Wisconsin

"They were armed. They were destroying property," Wisconsin state Representative David Bowen said.

"If there's somebody hurt, I'm running into harm's way. That's why I have my rifle, because I can protect myself, obviously," the 17-year-old says in a video.

The president said Wisconsin's governor "agreed to accept federal assistance" after three nights of violence in Kenosha.

The juvenile was arrested in Illinois and faces extradition to Wisconsin.

The man worked at a long-standing mattress store in the city and arrived at the shop that night to witness protesters attempting to set it on fire.

Letetra Widman delivered a powerful statement two days after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot her 29-year-old brother, leaving him fighting for his life in hospital.

Three people were shot as the third night of protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, turned deadly.

The activist has previously wrongly accused two people on social media in connection to seperate rape and murder cases.

Prosecutors in Kenosha County, Wisconsin charged Blake, 29, with third-degree sexual assault, trespassing and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse last month.

"I think we have to create a threshold where, once you cross the threshold, Wisconsin, the United States, builds warehouses where we put these people," County Sheriff David Beth said in January 2018.

The Democratic nominee appears to have the advantage in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Julia Jackson said the violence and destruction taking place in Kenosha, Wisconsin after police shot her son is not what her family wants.

The 29-year-old is reported to be paralyzed from the waist down following the police shooting which has sparked mass protests and riots.

Videos posted to social media show heated protests against police brutality and racial injustice sparked by the shooting of Jacob Blake continued for a third night in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday.

Attorney Patrick Salvi said that the civil lawsuit against the Kenosha Police Department would "hold the wrongdoers accountable" in the Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake.

"What we have seen play out over the last two nights and many nights this year is the pain, anguish, and exhaustion of being Black in our state and country," Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said.

Three Wisconsin residents, on Tuesday, filed a lawsuit against Governor Tony Evers' recent emergency health order mandating masks statewide, suggesting that the order violates the "rule of law" in the state.

Several new videos show armed Kenosha, Wisconsin residents, protecting local businesses from rioters, amid mass protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

A video livestreamed by an activist on the protest march showed shots being fired outside a home in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

"What you guys don't understand is that people have their lives in these businesses," the self-described local business owner told protesters in the Wisconsin city.

Kenosha, Wisconsin, officers fired at least seven shots at Blake, 29, while his back was turned.

Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, remains in hospital after being shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday.

There has been a second night of protests and clashes with police following the shooting of 29-year-old Black man Jacob Blake.

The city in Wisconsin has become the latest flashpoint for unrest after a video circulated online showing Kenosha Police shooting Blake, a Black man, in the back.

"We will not excuse the actions of the Kenosha Police department," read a tweet from Jacob Blake's cousin, "but his mother asks everyone to please remain peaceful."

The petition called for the officers to be charged with attempted murder.

Demonstrations across Wisconsin followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, by Kenosha police.

Blake, 29, is in hospital in a serious condition after being shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Democrats state party chairman said the incident was a "sickening, infuriating tragedy" and a symptom of white supremacy.

A debate around the sharing of such videos has been reignited following the shooting of Jacob Blake.