Outrage as white police man shoots black man seven times in the back in front of his kids

Outrage as white police man shoots black man seven times in the back in front of his kids.

Ongoing protest has been taking place in Wisconsin as a white police officer fired at least seven shots at the back of a African American man in the front of his kids while he was about walking into his car.

The incident happened 5pm at the local time in Kenosha,Wisconsin. when two Wisconsin police officers were responding to a domestic incident. Then a yet unknown dispute erupted between the duo and the African American man,which resulted to the drastic shooting.

According to the video that has gone viral across all social media platforms,

The video shows two cops following a black man who was heading towards a car and one of them shooting him at the back in the front of his kids while he opened the door of the car.

The name of the victim who was shot is Jacob Blake, Blake is 29 years old, Blake's shooting has sparked rioting across the state as Governor Tony Evers condemned the shooting as excessive use of force. 

A witness said that Blake was trying to break an argument between women in a nearby home, After the shooting Blake was immediately taken to the hospital by the police according to a statement issued by the Kenosha police department. After which no further detailed information was given by the police as to what led to the deadly shooting. 

This incident comes amid the tensions that has been going across the US of an African American man who was also killed by a white cop who pinned his head to the ground with his knee for eight minutes. Benjamin Crump, a civil right activist who is representing the family of George Floyd shared the video of the incident on twitter, and he added that Blake's sons were in the car when it happened, which will make them traumatized. 

Large angry protesters gathered at the scene it happened and threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at the police.

Some social media accounts reports that multiple fire were set at the scene by a crowd that gathered to protest against the incident.