Joseph Cardinali, 25, has been charged with one count of possession of narcotics after police found him slumped over the steering wheel in the middle of the intersection in Pleasant Prairie.
Fond du Lac police were part of a pursuit through several residential areas in southeast and northeast portions of the city around 7 a.m. Sunday morning.
Barker s Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner
Blake, Barker, and Cardinali, now huddled under bright green blankets to cut the Wisconsin wind, didn t budge.
They were there to protest the return of officer Rusten Sheskey to the Kenosha Police Department.
Sheskey, a white officer, had been on administrative leave after he shot Jacob Blake Jr., a black man, in the back seven times. Blake, a 29-year-old father of six and the nephew of Justin, grew up in Evanston, Illinois. He had moved to Kenosha a few years ago because he thought it would be safer.
His shooting was caught on camera and ignited several nights of civil unrest in the small Wisconsin city.
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Police watch as protesters gather on August 24th, 2020 in Kenosha. (Photo by Isiah Holmes)Police watch as protesters gather on August 24th, 2020 in Kenosha. Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner.
More than six months after
Rusten Sheskey last August, activists continue to push for change in the city.
In late April, three people were arrested during a sit-in outside of the Kenosha Public Safety Building, including Blake’s uncle,
Protesters in Kenosha on Sunday, April 25, 2021, called for the firing of Officer Rusten Sheskey.
After his disorderly conduct arrest while protesting the return to duty of the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, Blakeâs uncle Justin Blake was placed in a restraint chair for seven hours at the Kenosha County Jail after refusing to speak during the booking process.
Justin Blake
According to the Kenosha County Sheriffâs Department, Blake was placed in the chair as a safety precaution because jail staff was unable to remove items that are not allowed in cells, like belts and shoelaces, since Blake was not responding.