Kenosha Protests, Violence Expose Racial Disparities Among The Worst In The Country

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Jacob Blake Sr., the father of Jacob Blake, who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, speaks to protesters after a march Saturday, August 29.





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Members of Black Lives Activist of Kenosha Porche Bennett and Nick Larsen react as they participate in a candle light vigil in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Friday, August 28.





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Carey Norris, also known as DJ Mr. 262, stands for a portrait in Kenosha, WI.





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«Some of them (local voters), they don’t know. They think it just starts and ends with the president, Norris says. «It doesn’t.

Many here agree that changing deep-seeded racial inequalities starts at the ballot box (or mailbox) this November. And in a county that President Trump won by just 255 votes four years ago, in a state he unexpectedly and narrowly won, the police shooting of Jacob Brown, and the protests and violence that followed, are likely to influence election results from Kenosha’s city hall to the White House.