What the records say
- When
- 25 Aug 2020 – 30 Aug 2020
- Kind
- Strike
- Coordinates
- 39.83° N, 98.58° W
- Description
- 2020 strike by professional athletes in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake
- Cause
- shooting of Jacob Blake
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2020 American athlete strikes
Strike actions by athletes in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake
On August 26, 2020, some professional athletes in the United States began to go on strike for their respective sports contests in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. After the video of the shooting in which he was seriously injured went viral, protests and riots broke out in the city of Kenosha and elsewhere.
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