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KENOSHA â An activist who took part in Black Lives Matter protests following the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha was charged Friday with a felony for allegedly kicking a door at the Kenosha Public Safety Building and allegedly making a comment about breaking a police officerâs fingers.
Clyde McLemore, 62, of Zion, Ill., founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Lake County, Illinois, was charged Friday in Kenosha County Circuit Court with attempted battery to a law enforcement officer â a felony â and disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. A warrant was issued for McLemoreâs arrest.
McLemore was active in many of the Black Lives Matter protests in the city following the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha Police officer on Aug. 23. He was also involved in protests in Racine following the Jan. 17, 2018, shooting of Donte Shannon by Racine Police. Prosecutors declined to file charges against police in either incident.
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