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IN PHOTOS: Protesters at January11 demonstration call for firing of Officer Sheskey
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
A demonstrator holds a Black Lives Matter flag during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Demonstrators walk around the municipal building during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Justin Blake, Jacob Blake's uncle, speaks during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKEY
Justin Blake, Jacob Blake’s uncle, leads a protest Monday organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding that Officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKEY
Demonstrators hold signs as they march around the Kenosha Municipal Building on Monday afternoon. The crowd was estimated at about 50 particiapnts.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Demonstrators hold signs as they march around the municipal building during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Justin Blake, Jacob Blake's uncle, holds his fist in the air during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Demonstrators hold signs Monday afternoon in front of the Municipal Building during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding that Officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Erica Ness, right, gets ready to address the press during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Jacob Blake, Justin Blake's uncle, center, speaks to the press during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Demonstrators march around the municipal building during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Justin Blake, Jacob Blake's uncle, leads a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Joe Cardinali holds his fist in the air as he marches during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Demonstrators march around the municipal building during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Erica Ness speaks during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKEY
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Xavier Simmons of The Change is Coming organization, right, helps to lead a protest Monday organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding Officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Xavier Simmons, of The Change is Coming helps lead a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Ariel Crowder, right, records as demonstrators march around the municipal building during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Josh Garside-Meyers, right, keeps the beat with a drum during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
PROTEST TO REMOVE OFFFICER SHESKY
Ajillian Burrell, center, speaks during a protest organized by Leaders of Kenosha demanding officer Rusten Sheskey be removed from the Kenosha Police Department on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Burrell made reference to a Billie Holiday song and with tears in her eyes said, "We are not strange fruit."
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“Increasing accountability and transparency for the police, while also increasing community involvement, is something we all can agree on.”
State Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine
