- On Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency in response to continuing protests after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who is Black, this Sunday. [Twitter / Jessie Opoien]
- The declaration clears the way for a substantially larger National Guard presence — from 100 to 250 soldiers — in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the shooting took place. [Reuters / Stephen Maturen]
- National Guard troops were already deployed in the city Monday, and a curfew has been in place the past two nights. Several buildings in Kenosha were lit on fire Monday when protests in a small area turned destructive. [NYT / Julie Bosman]
 - Since the protests began on Sunday, police have unleashed tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters. Some protesters responded by throwing water bottles. [CNN / Eliott C. McLaughlin and Christina Maxouris]
- Police officers shot Blake, 29, eight times in the back on Sunday while three of his children — ages 3, 5, and 8 — looked on. According to his father, the shooting has left Blake paralyzed from the waist down. [AP / Mike Householder and Scott Bauer]
- According to the state attorney general, the officers who shot Blake have been placed on administrative leave and the incident is now under investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice. [WSJ / Erin Ailworth and Julie Wernau]
- Protests in response to the shooting have spread to other cities around the US, including New York, LA, and Portland. Some have seen sustained anti-racist and anti-police brutality activism since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis this May. [Vox / Fabiola Cineas]
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