Protests in Wisconsin after video appears to show police shooting black

esidents have confronted law enforcement officers at the scene of a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that drew a harsh rebuke from the state’s governor and prompted crowds to take to the streets after a video posted on social media appeared to show officers shoot at a man’s back seven times as he leaned into a vehicle. Kenosha police said one person was left in a serious condition in hospital after a shooting by officers about 5pm on Sunday, as police were responding to a “domestic incident”. Police did not provide details about what led to the shooting or the officers involved, but said the person was transported to a hospital in Milwaukee for treatment. In the video posted on social media that appeared to show the shooting from across a street, three officers could be seen shouting and pointing their weapons at the man, who appeared to be black, as he walked around the front of an SUV parked on the street. As the man opened the driver’s side door and leaned inside, one officer appeared to grab his shirt from behind and then fired into the vehicle. Seven shots could be heard on the video, though it was unclear if more than one officer fired. Following the shooting, social media posts showed neighbours gathering in the surrounding streets and shouting at police. Some could be heard chanting, “No justice, no peace.”Later on Sunday, in a scene that mirrored the months of protests that followed the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other black people killed by police, marchers headed to the Kenosha county public safety building, which authorities had mostly blocked off. Protesters marched along lines of cars sounding their horns on their way to the station and eventually made their way to the rear parking lot. A man could be seen breaking the window of a patrol car parked along the street. Some police officers were positioned on the roof of the station as people continued toward the building. Outside the police station, protesters faced off with officers dressed in riot gear and held plastic shields and batons that they occasionally used to push people back.

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