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Prosecutors in Wisconsin want a judge to allow evidence at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial that shows he had a previous violent encounter in Kenosha before he fatally shot two men and injured another during a police brutality protest last year.

Officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have denied a claim for damages from Jacob Blake Jr., the Black man who was paralyzed when he was shot by a white police officer last summer.

The Kenosha officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in a shooting that sparked a nationwide firestorm will not face criminal charges, the Kenosha County District Attorney announced Tuesday. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

NBC 5’s Alex Maragos is in Kenosha as the community reacts to the decision not to charge officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake last year.

After the Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office announced the officer who shot Jacob Blake in Aug. 2020 will not face criminal charges, Blake’s family said they won’t stop seeking justice. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has more on their reaction.

On Aug. 23, 2020, Kenosha police officers were called to a scene that would ultimately end with officers shooting Jacob Blake, a Black man, at least seven times, paralyzing him from the waist down.

Officials in Kenosha laid out their reasoning for not filing criminal charges against police officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake, and NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the details.

The Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office plays 911 audio recordings, and dispatcher calls to police, during a press conference Tuesday in Kenosha.

The family of Jacob Blake plans to hold a news conference Monday and march in Kenosha ahead of a decision on whether charges will be filed in the police shooting of the Wisconsin man, WTMJ, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee, reported.

The city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, is preparing for protests when a charging decision comes in the police shooting of Jacob Blake, officials said Sunday. A decision is expected within the next two weeks.

Kenosha’s mayor and police chief urged residents to remain peaceful regardless of the results of an investigation into the shooting of Jacob Blake.

 The white Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot a Black man in the back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, had been the subject of five internal investigations since he joined the department in 2013. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that it has reviewed the personnel file of Officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the...

A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is due back in court Friday as his attorneys fight efforts to send him to Wisconsin to stand trial on homicide charges.

A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, remains in custody in his home state of Illinois as his attorneys fight efforts to send him to Wisconsin to stand trial on homicide charges. Kyle Rittenhouse appeared on a video stream and wore a face mask during a brief court hearing Friday...

Sending a 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to stand trial in Wisconsin would “turn him over to the mob,” defense attorneys argued in court records Thursday. Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested at his home in Antioch, Illinois, a day after prosecutors say he shot and killed two protesters and injured a...

After the release of grand jury recordings in Breonna Taylor’s case, family members of Taylor and relatives of Jacob Blake joined together Saturday to call for unity. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Family members of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake joined Chicago Rev. Jesse Jackson Saturday in Evanston, Blake’s hometown, to call for reform within the country’s judicial system. One day earlier, Kentucky’s attorney general released grand jury recordings, including testimony from police and witnesses, in the case of Taylor, a Louisville EMT who was fatally in March shot during a botched...

On Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse and his attorneys revealed plans to fight the teen’s extradition from Illinois and Wisconsin. Now, Phil Rogers with NBC 5 Investigates reports Rittenhouse’s lawyer has a video that reveals the defense strategy.