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Tag: Jacob Blake

Kyle Rittenhouse listens during his murder trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Nov. 11. The 18-year-old is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha in August 2020.
Posted inNational

Defense Rests in Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

by Stacy M. Brown November 11, 2021December 21, 2021

The defense rested Thursday in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the man who fatally shot two people and injured another during demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year over the police shooting of a Black man in the back.

Kyle Rittenhouse breaks down in tears on the stand as he testifies during his murder trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Nov. 10. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha in August 2020.
Posted inNational

Kyle Rittenhouse Takes the Stand in Kenosha, Breaks Down in Tears

by Stacy M. Brown November 10, 2021December 21, 2021
Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha, Wis., police officer on Aug. 23, speaks from a hospital bed in a video posted by his lawyer, Benjamin Crump.
Posted inNational, Stacy M. Brown

Outrage Surges in Wisconsin as Prosecutors Decline to Charge Officers in Jacob Blake Case

by Stacy M. Brown January 6, 2021December 21, 2021
Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha, Wis., police officer on Aug. 23, speaks from a hospital bed in a video posted by his lawyer, Benjamin Crump.
Posted inNational

Jacob Blake Speaks Out: ‘Nothing But Pain’

by WI Guest Author September 9, 2020December 21, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr.
Posted inCharlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Black Households Earned 61 Cents for Every Dollar of White Median Incomes

by WI Guest Author September 3, 2020December 21, 2021
The WNBA Mystics shirts spelled out the name of Jacob Blake in the front and seven fake bullet holes in the back to protest the shooting of Blake who was shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inSports

Blake Tragedy Sparks National Sports Boycott

by WI Guest Author September 2, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: No Justice, No Games

by WI Guest Author September 2, 2020December 21, 2021
President Donald Trump visits Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 1 amid ongoing unrest following the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man paralyzed by seven shots to his back.
Posted inNational

Jacob Blake’s Family Ignores Trump Visit to Kenosha

by WI Guest Author September 2, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: America’s Greatest Athletes are Standing Up, Calling for Country to Change

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. August 31, 2020December 21, 2021
President Trump (left) and Vice President Pence attend the 2020 GOP convention.
Posted inPolitics, Stacy M. Brown

GOP Convention Ignores Reality, Disregards Plight of African Americans

by Stacy M. Brown August 31, 2020December 21, 2021

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