Riots have broken out in Wisconsin after an unarmed black dad was shot in the back seven times by a white police officer in front of his children.
Shocking footage of the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake in Kenosha has sparked rioting across the state as Governor Tony Evers condemned the “excessive use of force”.
The shooting comes amid heightened tensions in the US over police brutality and the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement following the killing of African-American man George Floyd in May after a white cop knelt on his neck.
The Kenosha incident happened yesterday at about 5 pm local time as officers were responding to a “domestic incident”.
A video circulating on social media showed the man walking towards a car followed by two officers and one of them shooting him in front of his kids as he opens the car door.
Seven shots can be heard.
During the shooting, a Black woman can be seen screaming in the street and jumping up and down.
Witnesses said Blake was trying to break up an argument between women in a home nearby.
Watch the video below…
