Seventeen-Year-Old Kills Two People During Protests In Kenosha, WI; NBA Players Protest Playoff Games In Wake Of Police Shooting Of Jacob Blake; Kenosha Police Association Releases Contested Details Surrounding Jacob Blake Shooting
GOLODRYGA: New conflicting details over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The Kenosha, Wisconsin, Police Association released its own version of the events that led up to Blake being shot in the back seven times. In this video, taken by a witness, Blake can be seen walking back to his car, and police guns are drawn. The police union says Blake had a knife in his possession and was combative with officers. But that account is being disputed by Blake's family. Just moments ago, Kenosha police released photos of two officers involved in the Blake shooting. They say they are Officer Rusten Sheskey and Officer Vincent Arenas reportedly used their tasers to stop Blake, which had both failed. The shooting set off a new round of nationwide protests, some turning violent. Demonstrators are now demanding justice and police reforms. And that message is extending into the world of sports. Today many sports leagues, including the NBA, are returning to play after staging walkouts in response to the shooting. And now President Trump is also weighing in for the first time. CNN's Sara Sidner is in Kenosha, Wisconsin. And Sara, it is just days ago that a teenager killed two people during protests in Kenosha. What is the latest on that case?</s>SARA SIDNER, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, so Kyle Rittenhouse was in court -- or actually had a court date, and that court date actually has now been extended for 30 days. They're fighting extradition to come here to Wisconsin from Illinois where he was turning himself in after the shooting. His attorney saying that he believes that this was all self-defense. To be clear, he is charged with six counts in the case, including two intentional homicides and one attempted homicide.</s>SIDNER: Seventeen-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse accused of fatally shooting two people in Kenosha is due to appear in an Illinois court next month after an extradition hearing was pushed back. Authorities are fighting to have him sent to Wisconsin where he faces six charges in two fatal shootings and the wounding of another. Police and social media videos reveal the 17-year-old suspect came to Kenosha with a rifle and a plan, later laid out in the charges against him. He explained it that night to the conservative media outlet "The Daily Caller."</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People are getting injured, and our job is to protect this building. And part of my job is to also help people if there's somebody hurt.</s>SIDNER: Instead, authorities say Rittenhouse ended up killing and injuring people. Several social media videos show it playing out in the streets of Kenosha. His attorney telling NBC News his client acted in self-defense. Hannah Gittings boyfriend, shown here, died trying to stop the gunman using a skateboard.</s>HANNAH GITTINGS, SHOOTING VICTIM'S GIRLFRIEND: He loved the city because it was his city, and he wanted to make it better. Like he wanted to stay in this house with me and my daughter and raise her here, and make it a better place.</s>SIDNER: Anthony Kennedy, a Kenosha alderman, is clear on who he believes is to blame for the worst violence.</s>ANTHONY KENNEDY, ALDERMAN, 10TH DISTRICT: The last time there was a police shooting in this town was six years ago. This narrative that the police are out of control is something I'm pushing back on. The agitators are the ones who are showing up with guns and want to kill people.</s>SIDNER: The protests that created this volatile mix sparked by another shooting, the police shooting of Jacob Blake that left him paralyzed after being shot seven times in the back. Jacob Blake's family telling CNN police have cuffed Blake to his hospital bed.</s>JACOB BLAKE SR., FATHER OF JACOB BLAKE: When I walked into that room, he's paralyzed from the waist down, why do they have that cold steel on my son's ankle? He couldn't get up if he wanted to. So that's a little overkill to have him shackled to the bed. That just makes no sense to me.</s>SIDNER: The sheriff says he's cuffed to the bed because Blake has felony warrants for his arrest, including one from July for third- degree sexual assault. Friday afternoon, Blake's local attorney says the cuffs were finally removed and Blake's warrants vacated. Dispatch audio from the moments before Blake's shooting is shedding a little more light on why police approached him.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Complainant says Jacob Blake isn't supposed to be there and he took the complainant's keys and is refusing to give them back. It looks like he's trying to leave. We're trying to get a vehicle description.</s>SIDNER: The Blake family attorney explaining these two shootings, in his opinion, are an example of two different justice systems in America.</s>BENJAMIN CRUMP, ATTORNEY FOR JACOB BLAKE AND FAMILY: No police officer that he walked by, no National Guard that he walked by shot him in the back. Nobody killed him. And so it is the tale of two videos that perfectly highlight the frustration of African-Americans and the NBA players and the major league players and everybody who wants equal justice in this society.</s>SIDNER: Jacob Blake's family is here. We have just met and seen his uncle. They are here because this is where there is going to be a protest that was scheduled for today in just about 30 minutes from now. We should also mention they are outraged hearing from the police association who has put new information out that they say is relevant to the case, saying that Jacob Blake had a knife. They are accusing him of fighting with officers before he ended up being shot in the back by one of their officers. We should be clear they are not the investigating agency. The investigating agency, the State Department of Justice, is saying that they are going to be doing an impartial investigation, and that that does not reflect all of the details that they will be coming out with. They are very adamant that they are the official investigation to put out information.</s>GOLODRYGA: Sara, we can see local people there gathering for what is to be another day of protests and peaceful, hopefully, demonstrations. Thank you. NBA players will be back on the court today after protesting several playoff games in the wake of Jacob Blake's shooting. Joining me now to discuss is Rashad Robinson, a civil rights leader and the president of Color of Change. Rashad, thank you for joining us to talk about this important story. What does it mean to see NBA players and other athletes really standing in solidarity with people like you who are working to create change?</s>RASHAD ROBINSON, PRESIDENT, COLOR OF CHANGE: I think it's incredible. Athletes, artists, black athletes and artists, have constantly been a part of social movements. But for folks to stand up and use their platform, to watch these athletes in the tradition of folks like Bill Russell and so many others that had to endure so much on the court and so much off the court. These athletes in so many ways are standing on the shoulders of folks who came before them, but live in the communities, have families in these communities, are dealing day in and day out with the impacts of systemic racism. And so the athletes standing up and speaking out sends a really powerful message. And having it come four years after Colin Kaepernick took that brave step and suffered so much as a result and was blackballed, to see so many folks rally around, also, I think, shows how much we've been able to change the conversation and move the conversation as a result of more people coming into this conversation and speaking out.</s>GOLODRYGA: I'm glad you mentioned Colin Kaepernick because the NFL's Baltimore Ravens put out a strong statement calling for police to arrest the officers who killed Breonna Taylor and shot Jacob Blake. Let's show the statement, reads in part, "This is bigger than sports. Racism is embedded in the fabric of our nation's foundation and is a blemish on our country's history. If we are to change course and make our world a better place, we must face this problem head on and act now to enact positive change." As you mentioned, what a difference four years can make given how blackballed Colin Kaepernick was for his stance in just taking a knee. How much longevity do you think this movement has as far as other teams coming forward and embracing similar statements?</s>ROBINSON: What's going to continue to happen is that more of these moments are going to happen, more of these killings are going to happen, more tragedies are going to happen in communities until real systemic change, until accountability actually occurs. There have been from Kaepernick to now so many folks standing up. I couldn't have this conversation without talking about the work of the WNBA and the women basketball players who stood up and have been so powerful on these issues and have sacrificed, many of them taking time off the league, out of the league to engage and work directly on social justice movements, athletes setting up foundations and other things. And so the fact of the matter is every couple of years we hear, has the movement lost steam? The movement isn't about just people standing up and raising their voices because we have nothing else to do. The movement is about us standing up and speaking out because we can do nothing else, because our lives and our families are on the line, because day in and day out we are dealing with the impacts of systems that are not broken, but are operating exactly the way they are designed, and are set up to harm and hurt us, and then to not deliver accountability and justice. And this is simply not about hearts and minds. It is about power. And that is why we need folks who have platforms, who have power, to stand up and use it.</s>GOLODRYGA: Well, I was going to ask you, unfortunately, we're out of time, about the platform of Facebook and how it's amplified some of the responses we've seen. We saw a rare apology, really, from Mark Zuckerberg for their role. But we will continue this conversation another time. Rashad Robinson, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. 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