Kenosha County
Proper noun
Meaning
Kenosha County
One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Kenosha.
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The 2019 police shooting of Ty’Rese West in Racine County, just north of Kenosha County, also resulted in no charges against the police.
Kenosha County enacted the restriction as violence, fires, looting and other property damage erupted after Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey, who is white, shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, in the back seven times on Aug. 23.
Tensions are rising outside the Kenosha County Courthouse.
“The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department has worked tirelessly to bring order back to the community and has been careful to protect the rights of all citizens throughout that process,” attorney told the newspaper.
The situation degraded as a large BLM protest group showed up at the Kenosha County Courthouse.