Kenosha

Fifty-five people are facing charges related to violent demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, police said Friday.

An 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin is due back in court Wednesday morning to go over final preparations for his trial.

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.

Kenosha County officials say they are cracking down on Illinois residents who are crossing the border to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin.

A judge on Thursday refused prosecutors’ request to issue a new arrest warrant and increased bail for an 18-year-old from Illinois who is accused of killing two people during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

A judge on Thursday refused prosecutors’ request to issue a new arrest warrant for an 18-year-old from Illinois who is accused of killing two people during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer.

Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for a new arrest warrant for an Illinois teen charged with shooting three people, killing two of them, during an anti-police protest in Wisconsin after he apparently violated his bail conditions.

Two police officers who were on the scene when a white officer shot and partially paralyzed a Black man in Wisconsin, triggering several nights of violent protests, have returned to duty, according to police officials.

Newly-released footage shows what happened the day that Kyle Rittenhouse, the suspect in the shooting deaths of two people during unrest in Kenosha last summer, turned himself in to authorities. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando has more.

A Wisconsin judge has modified the release conditions for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen charged with killing two men amid protests in Kenosha last year, after prosecutors alleged he drank beers and was “serenaded” with the Proud Boys anthem at a bar while out on bail, NBC News reports. An attorney for Rittenhouse did not object to the change in bond conditions...

Kyle Rittenhouse’s bond agreement has been modified after prosecutors said he flashed white-power signs while posing for photos at a southeastern Wisconsin bar, WTMJ, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee reported.

A Black man who was shot in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin, triggering several nights of violent protests over the summer and leaving him partially paralyzed, said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he was prepared to surrender just before the officer opened fire. Jacob Blake, 29, said an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that…

Prosecutors in Wisconsin have asked a judge to order an Illinois teen charged with killing two people and wounding a third in unrest following a police shooting to stay out of bars and away from violent white supremacist groups, saying he made a hand gesture adopted by those groups while out drinking.

After prosecutors decided not t file charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake, the Wisconsin man’s family gathered Monday to called for the officer who shot Blake to be fired. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos reports.

Kyle Rittenhouse, the now 18-year-old charged with killing two during protests in Kenosha, went to a southeastern Wisconsin bar on Tuesday, the same day he entered not guilty pleas during a formal arraignment, authorities said.

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.