Wisconsin, United States.
The police officers involved in the shots who seriously injured the African American Jacob Blake in August Kenosha They will not be prosecuted, the prosecutor responsible for the case announced Tuesday anti-racist rage in America.
“Not an agent of it Kenosha will be chargedor (…) Based on the facts and the law, we decided that no costs will be chargedLocal Prosecutor Michael Graveley said at a news conference.
In anticipation of this announcement, the city council declared a state of emergency in this city of 100,000 residents in the state Wisconsin. T.Also 500 members of the National Guard are preparedr deployed in case the violence.
Blake, At the age of 29, he was shot on August 23 while his three sons watched him try to get into their car. Seriously injured, he lost the use of your legs.
The scene was filmed by a witness and the agents were involved suspended from their duties.
The case sparked three nights of riots Kenosha, that culminated on August 25 when a 17-year-old shot youn semi-automatic rifle against three protesters, two dead.
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His arrest the next day brought precarious peace to the city. The young man, Kyle Rittenhouse, was brought in later bail from two million dollars. On Tuesday he pleaded not guilty.
The case caused a strong mobilization in the sports world and on the political scene. Even the then presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, they went there.
The country has witnessed a historic protest movement against the racism and violence police since the death of George Floyd, a African American suffocated by a white cop on May 25 in Minneapolis.