Outrage and protests have been sparked after a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin fired seven shots at point-blank range into the back of 29-year-old Jacob Blake as he attempted to enter his vehicle.
Then, during a subsequent protest, a heavily armed 17-year-old opened fire at the crowd and killed two protestors. He was arrested and subsequently charged with homicide.
He was not shot by police. Blake, who has yet to be charged with a crime, is Black. The 17-year-old murder suspect is white, something that has not gone unnoticed.
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