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By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A protester throws back a can of smoke toward law enforcement during clashes outside the Kenosha County Courthouse late Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Protests continue following the police shooting of Jacob Blake two days earlier. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Lawyer says Jacob Blake paralyzed; protests erupt for 3rd night

By Mike Householder and Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Officials stand beside an empty court at the scheduled start of an NBA basketball first round playoff game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the floor in protest against racial injustice and the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)

NBA playoff games called off amid player protest

By Brian Mahoney and Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

New York Jets safety Bradley McDougald (30) during a practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Florham Park, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Within the confines of the team's facility, McDougald is a respected pro football player whose main concern is stopping the offense. When he heads home and turns onto the main road just a few hundred yards away, he goes on the defense. His guard goes up. Just as it has most of his life. “Guys are sick and tired of being sick and tired,” McDougald said Wednesday during a video conference call. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

NFL players concerned, ‘sick and tired’ of racial injustice

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

In this file photo from March 10, 2020, (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Joe Biden: ‘Burning down communities is not protest’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A protester launches a projectile toward police during clashes outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, late Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Protests continue following the police shooting of Jacob Blake two days earlier. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Donald Trump orders National Guard, federal agents to end rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Police in riot gear clear the area in front of Kenosha County Courthouse during clashes with protesters late Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Protests continue following the police shooting of Jacob Blake two days earlier. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests

By Mike Householder and Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Police clash with protesters near the Kenosha County Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Kenosha, Wisconsin, rioters clash with police after Jacob Blake shooting

By Tammy Webber and Mike Householder - Associated Press

Atlanta Police: 8 arrested, precinct damaged during protest

Associated Press

A flag flies over a department of corrections building ablaze during protests, late Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis., sparked by the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha Police officer a day earlier. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Kenosha’s pro-looting, pro-arson locals after Jacob Blake shooting: ‘It has to be done’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James reacts against during the second quarter of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kevin C. Cox/Pool Photo via AP)

LeBron James on Jacob Blake shooting: ‘We are scared as Black people in America’

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

A protester stands in a cloud of tear gas near a burning garbage truck outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, late Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Protesters converged on the county courthouse during a second night of clashes after the police shooting of Jacob Blake a day earlier turned Kenosha into the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Jacob Blake’s dad says son left paralyzed by police shooting

By Mike Householder and Tammy Webber - Associated Press