Black Lives Matter protests continued for a third night after a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, several times in the back over the weekend. Early Wednesday, two people were fatally shot and another was injured. Authorities have arrested a teenager from Illinois.
Kenosha Unrest Continues, Arrest Made In Fatal Shooting
Authorities arrested a 17-year-old in Illinois after a fatal shooting left two people dead in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
David Goldman / AP
Posted: 6:05 p.m. EDT Aug 26, 2020
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