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Civil rights investigation launched in wake of Kenosha shooting

Rev Jesse Jackson at a press conference in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha

Rev Jesse Jackson at a press conference in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha Source: AAP

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The US Justice Department is sending in more than 200 federal agents from several agencies, including the FBI, to Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the shooting of Jacob Blake.

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