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An activist who participated in protests following the August police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha was charged Friday with a felony for allegedly kicking in a door at the Kenosha Public Safety Building and saying he wanted to break an officer’s fingers.

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.

An attorney for the 17-year-old from Illinois charged in shootings that left two people dead and a third wounded last month during unrest in Kenosha said in a hearing on Friday that they planned to challenge the teen’s extradition to Wisconsin.

The 17-year-old from Illinois charged in shootings that left two people dead and a third wounded last month during unrest in Kenosha appeared in a hearing on Friday during which his attorney said they planned to challenge his extradition to Wisconsin.

The 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during unrest in Kenosha last month is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a hearing on whether or not he’ll be extradited to Wisconsin. Chris Hush reports.

The Dallas Independent School District apologized for an assignment that asked high school students to write an essay about a “hero for the modern age,” and choose someone from a list that includes Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Antioch teen accused of killing two people during racial justice protests in Kenosha. Rittenhouse was suggested as a “hero for the modern age”…

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian has announced a series of public listening sessions to help unify the community and move forward three weeks after a police officer shot Jacob Blake, sparking several nights of protests. At a news conference Monday, Antaramian said feedback from the listening sessions, which begin later this week, will become a part of the city’s Commit...

Joe Biden told residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin, that recent turmoil following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, could help Americans confront centuries of systemic racism, drawing a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump amid a reckoning that has galvanized the nation. “We’re finally now getting to the point where we’re going to be addressing the original...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden visited Kenosha Thursday – a city torn apart by the shooting of Jacob Blake. NBC 5’s political reporter Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Here are the latest updates on the situation unfolding in Kenosha.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden held a community gathering in Kenosha Thursday after meeting with the family of Jacob Blake. “We’re finally now getting to the point where we’re going to be addressing the original sin of this country, 400 years old … slavery and all the vestiges of it,” Biden said.

Here are the latest updates on the situation unfolding in Kenosha.

Demonstrators in Kenosha marched through city streets after President Donald Trump wrapped up a visit to the area, but the situation stayed relatively calm Tuesday. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos recaps it all.

Demonstrators in Kenosha are marching through city streets, after President Donald Trump has wrapped up a visit to the area

Here are the latest updates on the situation unfolding in Kenosha.

President Donald Trump traveled to Kenosha Tuesday in wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, which sparked days of unrest in the southeastern Wisconsin city. Some city officials feared the president’s visit would fuel further division, with additional protests planned ahead of his trip, and asked the president to reschedule, but Trump said he planned to move forward...