China News Service, August 27, reported that Black, an African American man, was shot and seriously injured by the police in Kenosha and paralyzed. After three consecutive days of local protests against racial discrimination broke out. On the evening of the 25th local time, during a protest and demonstration, a shooting incident occurred at the scene, resulting in two deaths and one injury. A 17-year-old suspect was arrested. According to reports, the young suspect claimed to be a "police admirer."
Young suspect shoots crowd with semi-automatic rifle
As shown in a video, people were surprised to find that the person who fired at the crowd in the chaos was still young. "I just killed someone," said 17-year-old Ritterhouse with a semi-automatic rifle.
On August 25, 2020 local time, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, a policeman stands on a street where protesters gather.
The same young 19-year-old protester, Devin Scott, described to the Chicago Tribune afterwards: “We were all shouting at the gas station,'The life of a black man is also life', and then we heard the sound of booming. Tell my friends,'That's not fireworks'"!
"Then a guy with a gun ran past us in the middle of the street, people yelled, he shot someone,' and everyone tried to fight him, chase him, and then he started shooting again." Scott recalled.
According to witness descriptions and video clips, the suspect walked past the police. He has a gun on his shoulder, but his hands are in the air. People shouted "Arrest him". Sheriff Beth said that due to the chaos at the scene, the law enforcement officers' vision was blocked.
Social networking sites often "praise the police for law enforcement"
Ritterhouse, the 17-year-old suspect with a gun, is from Antok, Illinois. He was detained in the state and will attend a hearing regarding his transfer to Wisconsin for trial on the 28th. According to Wisconsin law, anyone 17 years of age or older is treated as an adult in the criminal justice system.
Most of the content of the Ritterhouse social networking site page praised (police) law enforcement, and also mentioned supporting the "police's life is also life" operation.
The suspect may participate in patrol operations, saying that carrying a gun is "self-defense"
Beth told the local media that in recent nights, militiamen or armed security members had been patrolling the streets of Kenosha, but he did not know whether the suspect was among them.
However, a video taken before the shooting showed that the police threw the bottled water in the vehicle to some armed personnel participating in the patrol. One of them seems to be the suspect. "Thank you for coming," an official said to everyone through a loudspeaker.
Before the shooting, a conservative website was video interviewed with the suspect. He said: "Part of my job is to help others...that's why I bring a gun-because I can protect myself. However, I still have a medicine kit."
Sam Deke, a 22-year-old man from Milwaukee, said he saw the suspect early in the evening when he was yelling at some protesters. "He walked around, just holding a gun. It doesn't have to be against anyone," Dex said.
According to reports, in Wisconsin, it is legal for people 18 years and older to carry firearms publicly and does not require a license.
As a Democrat, Governor Evers of Wisconsin said in a statement: "Such a meaningless tragedy cannot happen again." "I once again ask those who choose to exercise their rights in the First Amendment, please peacefully and safely. Exercise their rights, as many people did last night. I also ask those who have not exercised these rights to stay at home and let local first responders, law enforcement officers, and Wisconsin National Guard members do their jobs. ."