ANNIVERSARY OF THE JACOB BLAKE
SHOOTING THAT ROCKED KENOSHA AND
BROUGHT WISCONSIN INTO THE
NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT.
BLAKE WAS LEFT PARTIALLY
PARALYZED AFTER BEING SHOT SEVEN
TIMES BY A KENOSHA OFFICER WHO
WAS ATTEMPTING TO ARREST HIM FOR
AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.
PROSECUTORS DECLINED TO BRING
CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICER AND
HE IS BACK ON DUTY.
BLAKE HAS FILED AN EXCESSIVE
FORCE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE POLICE
OFFICER.
REPORTER WILL KENNEALLY SPOKE
WITH PEOPLE IN KENOSHA ABOUT THE
PAST YEAR AND THEIR HOPES FOR
FUTURE CHANGE.
>> IT'S A VERY NICE DAY.
NOT TOO DIFFERENT THAN TODAY.
SO I THOUGHT I'D GET ON MY BIKE,
RIDE DOWNTOWN AND JUST KIND OF
ENJOY THIS LAST DAY BEFORE A
VERY BUSY WEEK.
RODE MY BIKE NORTH TO WASHINGTON
ROAD, STARTED HEADING EAST TO
THE LAKE AND BY THE TIME I GOT
TO SHERIDAN ROAD ALL THE SIRENS
AND POLICE VEHICLES WERE MOVING
HERE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I'M ANTHONY KENNEDY, ALDERMAN
IN THE 10TH DISTRICT.
LET ME JUST DO A DEDICATION ON
MY BIRTHDAY.
THEN WE HEARD THE SEVENTH SHOT.
>> MY NAME IS ALVIN D. OWENS,
I'M A LICENSED MASTER BARBER,
EDUCATOR, FOUNDER OF REGIMENT
BARBER COLLECTIVE.
PEOPLE ASK ME HOW DO I FEEL
ABOUT THAT BEING FROM KENOSHA?
TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST, IT WAS AS
IF, OH, THIS WAS THE OTHER SHOE
THAT WAS GOING TO DROP.
>> MY NAME IS NATHAN UPHAM, 24
YEARS OLD, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
I HAVE BLOCKED A LOT OF THAT
STUFF BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY
INTENSE.
NOW SEEING ON MY INSTAGRAM AND
FACEBOOK MEMORIES, I WAS OUT
EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE
PROTESTS.
>> KENOSHA HAS A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO SET AN EXAMPLE
FOR WHAT A CITY CAN BE, RISE
FROM THE ASHES LIKE A PHOENIX
KIND OF THING.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CALL
MYSELF AN ACTIVIST.
BUT WE WERE ACTIVATED, YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE WHEN CHAOS ENSUES,
THERE'S NO ORGANIZATION AND
THERE'S NO LEADERSHIP.
SO I MAKE SURE THAT I'M HERE.
AS A RESIDENT, AS A BUSINESS
OWNER, AS A CHILD WHO GREW UP
HERE, I FELT AND I'VE SHARED
THIS WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I FELT THAT WE WERE ABANDONED
FOR A GOOD TWO WEEKS.
>> I WON'T SAY IF I'VE SEEN
PROGRESS.
WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT I SEE
BLATANT COMPLACENCY FOR KENOSHA.
I MEAN, HERE IN KENOSHA.
>> IN KENOSHA, A MINORITY VOTE
IS NOT STRONG.
IT'S NOT POWERFUL.
IT'S NOT PRESENT.
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING
THEIR ASSES OFF TO TRY TO CHANGE
THAT.
>> COME TO THE BARBERSHOP.
COME TO THE BLACK CHURCHES.
COME TO WHERE WE STILL SAFE IN
OUR OWN SPACES.
COME AND MEET US.
>> I THINK EVEN THE FACT THAT WE
CREATED THE CONVERSATION, I M
EAN, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE
BEGINNING TO BE LOOKED AT AS A
MORE EQUAL AND RESPECTED FORCE.
>> THAT SPARK, THAT TOOK PEOPLE
OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES AND
WANTED TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL AND
CONFRONT THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN
PLACE.
I HOPE THAT SPARK KEEPS BURNING
AND I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THAT
SPARK AND MOVE THAT INTO
ACTIVISM.
>> "HERE AND NOW" REPORTER WILL