Daniel Prude was strangled by police after having a mental health episode and complying with everything that the police asked of him. Protests have been met with significant brutality, with police in Rochester being as violent and using the same tactics as those in Portland.
Uprisings
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A black man was shot overnight, the 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee. The police shot him and claimed that he had a gun trained at them, but it was later found that it was a lump in his clothes and not actually a firearm. Small protests began at the site of his […]
A third night of demonstrations continue in Kenosha, with several protests in the center of the city and outside the courthouse. A 17-year-old Chicagoan shot 3 people and killed two, and was not arrested until a massive online campaign; he is now facing 1st-degree murder charges.
Riots continue for a 2nd day in Kenosha, after the shooting of Jacob Blake in the back 7 times. The National Guard is beginning to lose control of the city to protesters.
Protests and riots have erupted in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after police shot Jacob Blake, a husband and father of three, 7 times in the back, without probably cause or any possible reason to feel threatened. Many downtown businesses and courthouses have been set on fire in Kenosha, and protests have also erupted downtown.
After a police officer shot and wounded a 20-year-old man on Sunday, protesters and citizens immediately began looting and starting a night of unrest in the city, seizing goods from hundreds of stores. The looting was centered around Goose Island neighborhood, and some protests occurred as well.
J25 was a day of solidarity with Portland protesters. An extended documentary of the Pacific Northwest uprising is linked. Several hubs for mass protests were in Seattle, Marin, Olympia, Austin, and Portland. Notable events also happened in Louisville, but not tied to J25. Austin In Austin, a protester was shot […]