102 out of 175 people arrested in Kenosha after the Jacob Blake shooting have been out-of-towners, police say
- The police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, say 102 of 175 people arrested there since protests began over the shooting of Jacob Blake listed addresses outside the city, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- Kyle Rittenhouse, a teen from Antioch, Illinois, charged with two killings in the unrest, is among that number.
- The out-of-town people arrested came from 44 cities, Fox 29 Philadelphia reported the Kenosha police as saying.
- It is unclear which of the remaining arrests were of those protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake and which were of counterprotesters.
Most arrests made in Kenosha, Wisconsin, since the police shooting of Jacob Blake have been of people who do not live in the city, police have said.
The Kenosha police say 102 out of 175 people arrested in the past week gave addresses from outside the city, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The figures, issued on Sunday, include people from 44 cities, Fox 29 Philadelphia reported the police as saying.
This includes Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen who has been charged with killing two people during the unrest.
The police said they seized 20 weapons and had made 69 arrests linked to curfew violations, according to Fox 29.
They also cited burglary, carrying concealed weapons, and possession of a controlled substance as reasons for arrests.
The city is reeling from more than a week of unrest since the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white police officer on August 23. Blake's injuries mean he may never walk again.
The protests decrying Blake's shooting — which is under investigation by Wisconsin state officials — came against a backdrop of nationwide Black Lives Matter activism sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The National Guard was deployed the day after Blake's shooting to help the police contain the unrest. Numerous businesses have been burned, and Kenosha's municipal equipment, such as garbage trucks and other vehicles, have suffered some $2 million worth of damage, according to the local newspaper Kenosha News.
Mayor John Antaramian has requested $30 million in state aid to cover the cost of damage to the city, Fox 29 Philadelphia reported.
Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, was among numerous armed civilians who attempted to stand guard over local businesses during the unrest on August 25.
He has been arrested in connection with the shooting of three people — two of whom died of their wounds.
It is not clear what proportion of the arrests have been of people protesting and what proportion is of those counterprotesting or attempting to protect businesses.
The press conference announcing the arrest numbers was organized in preparation for President Donald Trump's scheduled Tuesday visit to the city, Fox 29 Philadelphia reported the Kenosha police as saying.