TO KENOSHA THIS WEEK AS POLICE
SHOT JACOB BLAKE, A 29-YEAR-OLD
BLACK MAN, SEVEN TIMES IN THE
BACK.
WILL KENNEALLY REPORTS ON THE
ENSUING PROTESTS AND CALLS FOR
CHANGE.
>> A BLACK MAN SHOT BY POLICE,
AN ALL-TOO FAMILIAR STORY
HAPPENED IN KENOSHA, ATTRACTING
GLOBAL ATTENTION ONCE AGAIN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS.
>> POLICE WERE TRYING TO ARREST
JACOB BLAKE, SHOOTING HIM AS HE
ENTERED HIS CAR.
HE SURVIVED, BUT HIS FAMILY SAID
HE'S PARALYZED AND THE INCIDENT
SENT KENOSHA REELING.
PROTESTS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK, RANGING FROM PEACEFUL
TO VIOLENT.
>> PLEASE CLEAR THE ROADWAY.
>> CULMINATING TUESDAY NIGHT
WHEN A 17-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOWN ON
VIDEO FATALLY SHOOTING TWO.
HE FACES TWO COUNTS OF MURDER.
>> EVERYBODY INVOLVED WAS OUT
AFTER THE CURFEW.
I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A GREAT
DEAL OF THAT.
BUT THE POINT IS THE CURFEW IS
IN PLACE TO PROTECT.
HAD PERSONS NOT BEEN OUT IN
VIOLATION OF THAT, PERHAPS THE
SITUATION THAT UNFOLDED WOULD
NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
>> TENSIONS WERE FURTHER RAISED
BY IMAGES OF POLICE HANDING OUT
WATER TO ARMED MILITIA AT THE
PROTESTS.
THE EROSION OF TRUST LED DEM
DEMONSTRATORS TO CALL FOR
CHANGE.
>> THERE'S NO PROOF.
THERE'S MULTIPLE WITNESSES.
WE DON'T TRUST THE SYSTEM.
>> THE SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM, THE
SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
>> MICHAEL BELL LOST HIS SON TO
A KENOSHA POLICE SHOOTING IN
2004.
SINCE THEN, HE HAS WORKED TO
REFORM HOW POLICE INVESTIGATIONS
ARE HANDLED.
>> THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE AGENCY
CONDUCT THIS.
SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW
THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S GOINGO
YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
>> THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE IS LEADING THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED EARLIER THAT
THE FBI WOULD LAUNCH ITS OWN
CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION.
>> HAVING TOPNOTCH INVESTIGATORS
WHO HANDLE A LOT OF THESE CASES
AND ARE EXPERT IN INVESTIGATING
THEM I THINK IS A GOOD PROCESS.
>> THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR
PROTESTORS.
>> WE WANT THE OFFICERS WHO SHOT
JACOB BLAKE IN THE BACK, WE WANT
THEM FIRED, WE WANT THEM
ARRESTED, AND WE WANT THEM
PROSECUTED.
>> THE INVESTIGATION COULD TAKE
UP TO 30 DAYS AND WILL
ULTIMATELY BE IN THE HANDS OF
THE KENOSHA DA WHETHER TO FILE
CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICER.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS SAY PEOPLE
CAN TAKE CHANGE INTO THEIR OWN
HANDS BY SHOWING UP TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND
CONTINUING TO PRESSURE
OFFICIALS.
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF STUCK
WITH THE LIST OF OPTIONS THAT
ARE ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER.
BUT THERE IS ELECTIONS EVERY
YEAR.
PEOPLE HERE, YOU HAVE THE POWER
TO STAND UP AND REPRESENT YOUR
COMMUNITY.
CONSIDER RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
CONSIDER FINDING SOMEBODY TO
REPRESENT YOU.
>> REPORTING FROM KENOSHA, THIS
IS WILL KENNEALLY FOR "HERE AND
NOW."
>> TO CALL PUBLIC ATTENTION TO
CHANGING THE PATTERN AND
PRACTICE OF POLICE OFFICERS, THE
MILWAUKEE BUCKS THIS WEEK
BOYCOTTED ONE OF THEIR GAMES.
THEY HAD A PHONE CALL WITH
WISCONSIN ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH
KAUL TO UNDERSTAND THE
PARTICULARS OF THE SHOOTING OF