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A new case of police brutality against a black suspect, seriously injured Sunday during his arrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, sparked riots for two consecutive nights. Three months after the death of George Floyd, and in the midst of a particularly tense electoral campaign, the event revived the controversies over the supposed racism of the American police, but also over the complacency of certain political leaders towards the rioters.
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Kenosha police were called on Sunday afternoon to intervene in a domestic violence case in a neighborhood of this former industrial city of Wisconsin, located between Milwaukee and Chicago. On a video filmed by a witness from the other side of the street, we see two police officers attempting to stop a black man, who refuses to comply. Turning his back to them, the man walks towards his car, followed by the two policemen who have drawn their pistols. As he opens the
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