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Protesters set nearly 100 vehicles on fire at Wisconsin dealership after police shooting

Protesters broke windows and started fires after a police shooting.

Protesters set nearly 100 vehicles on fire at Wisconsin dealership after police shooting

Protesters broke windows and started fires after a police shooting.

AFTER ARSONISTS TORCHED ONE CAR DEALERSHIP. LEAVE THE AREA. HORN] LEAVE THE AREA. >> THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS THE FLAMES, POURING OUT OF A CAR DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT. >> IT STARTED WITH ONE CAR OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. THEN THIS FIRST SUV HERE. THEN ONE AUDI ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEN IT PRETTY MUCH ONCE THEY STARTED THAT CAR WITHIN TEN MINUTES I WOULD SAY THESE FIRST FIVE CARS WERE UP IN FLAMES. >> LEAVING THIS WRECKAGE BEHIND. THE OWNERS OF CAR SOURCE SAY THEY HAVE ABOUT 100 CARS HERE IN THE OPEN PARKING LOT. AS YOU CAN SEE, ALMOST ALL OF THEM WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE. >> YOU鈥橰E DESTROYING PEOPLE鈥橲 LIVES. NOT ONLY OUR BUSINESS BUT THE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN KENOSHA. >> DOWN THE STREET VANDALS, , SMASHED WINDOW AFTER WINDOW . FAMILY, FRIENDS AND EVEN VOLUNTEERS HELPED OWNERS CLEAN UP. >> I UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYONE IS UPSET. BUT BREAKING STUFF JUST SEEMS POINTLESS TO ME. >> I CAN鈥橳 BLAME PEOPLE FOR BEING ANGRY, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I鈥橫 MORE CONCERNED WITH THE MAN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. WE DAMAGED SOME WINDOWS. WE鈥橪L BE OK. >> WHILE MOST OF DOWNTOWN IS NOW BOARDED UP. THE DEALERSHIP IS TAPED OFF, LEFT WITH DOZENS OF CHARRED CARS. >> THIS IS MY CITY. I CAN鈥橳 BELIEVE THIS IS MY CIT
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Protesters set nearly 100 vehicles on fire at Wisconsin dealership after police shooting

Protesters broke windows and started fires after a police shooting.

Dozens of business owners are cleaning up after a night of unrest in Kenosha.Protesters broke windows and started fires after police shot Jacob Blake, 29, multiple times.Vandals torched dozens of vehicles at a car dealership.A former employee recorded video of the scene."All cars are done for. There's a couple of them that are salvageable, but every one of them. It was so hot," Nicholas Smith said. "The rims actually melted into metal piles. I mean, everything is done for. The building, water damage, the fire. We'll just take what we got, try and rebuild."Witnesses said hundreds of protesters converged on the dealership."It started with one car over there in the corner, then this first SUV here," Justin Hamilton said. "Then one Audi on the other side and then it pretty much, once they started that car, within 10 minutes, I would say these first five cars were up in flames."The owner said more than 100 cars in the lot and most were destroyed.Other business owners spent Monday morning sweeping up glass from broken shop windows and boarding up."I understand why everyone is upset, but breaking stuff just seems pointless to me," Marty Wikel said."I can't blame people for being angry, and to be honest with you, I'm more concerned with the man fighting for his life. We (had some) damaged windows. We'll be OK," Mary Losey said.The Kenosha County Courthouse is closed after it was damaged.Court hearings will be rescheduled and other services are available online or by phone.Blake was flown to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee and listed in serious condition.The Wisconsin Department of Justice was called to investigate the officer-involved shooting.They have not identified the officers involved.No other details have been released.

Dozens of business owners are cleaning up after a night of unrest in Kenosha.

Protesters broke windows and started fires after police shot Jacob Blake, 29, multiple times.

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Vandals torched dozens of vehicles at a car dealership.

A former employee recorded video of the scene.

"All cars are done for. There's a couple of them that are salvageable, but every one of them. It was so hot," Nicholas Smith said. "The rims actually melted into metal piles. I mean, everything is done for. The building, water damage, the fire. We'll just take what we got, try and rebuild."

Witnesses said hundreds of protesters converged on the dealership.

"It started with one car over there in the corner, then this first SUV here," Justin Hamilton said. "Then one Audi on the other side and then it pretty much, once they started that car, within 10 minutes, I would say these first five cars were up in flames."

The owner said more than 100 cars in the lot and most were destroyed.

Other business owners spent Monday morning sweeping up glass from broken shop windows and boarding up.

"I understand why everyone is upset, but breaking stuff just seems pointless to me," Marty Wikel said.

"I can't blame people for being angry, and to be honest with you, I'm more concerned with the man fighting for his life. We (had some) damaged windows. We'll be OK," Mary Losey said.

The Kenosha County Courthouse is closed after it was damaged.

Court hearings will be rescheduled and other services are available online or by phone.

Blake was flown to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee and listed in serious condition.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice was called to investigate the officer-involved shooting.

They have not identified the officers involved.

No other details have been released.