NY Times, Getty Photographers Sue Kenosha Police Over Alleged Injuries Sustained During 2020 Protests US News | The Epoch Times https://ift.tt/vJP1obQ Two freelance photographers have filed a federal lawsuit against police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, alleging that they were unlawfully shot with rubber bullets during a protest over police racism in 2020. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on July 4 by photographers Alyssa Schukar and Scott Olson who claim their civil rights were violated by law enforcement while they were both documenting the demonstrations. The protests occurred in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed when Kenosha Police officer Rusten Sheskey shot him in the back seven times while officers were responding to a domestic incident on Aug. 23, 2020.... July 07, 2023 at 03:56AM https://ift.tt/crBl0yu Katabella Roberts https://ift.tt/mnLuN7o
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