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One Year Later: Photojournalist Scott Yates
For part two of our series “One Year Later,” WNIJ’s Susan Stephens sat down with Rockford Register Star photographer Scott Yates. Yates had experience with large, dangerous protests before he moved to Rockford – he covered the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. So he was prepared when a peaceful march in Rockford took a turn when it reached Police District One.
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“The evening was very unpredictable,” Yates said about the long night of May 30, 2020. “I quickly recognized some of the same feelings and same scenarios around me that I witnessed in Charlottesville. And that made me uncomfortable. But I was prepared at that point for inevitability, for firearms to be discharged, for tear gas. And I knew I was there to document history. My Spidey-sense and journalistic sensibilities kicked in; I knew it was important to be there. And I knew I could only stay there if I stayed safe.
ROCKFORD The Winnebago-Boone County Integrity Task Force is investigating a fatal shooting by a Winnebago County sheriff s deputy Saturday night following a domestic disturbance.
According to a news release issued by the task force, the deputy responded to the call about 5:45 p.m. in the 2100 block of Bellwort Drive when the situation escalated to an officer-involved shooting.
A man and a deputy were injured. The man was taken from the home to a local hospital where he died from his injuries, the release states. The deputy was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The man s name is being withheld pending the notification of family.