Tri-Cities man among the protesters arrested in Kenosha, Wis., during recent unrest
A 37-year-old Pasco man is one of more than 175 arrested during recent protests and unrest in Kenosha, Wis.
Brandon Bartells was picked up by Kenosha police on Aug. 27 and booked into the Kenosha County jail for not complying with a “emergency management order.”
The protests erupted after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, during a call about a domestic dispute on Aug. 23 and a curfew was put in place the next day.
Bartells and 68 others were arrested for violating the curfew, according to an Aug. 30 news release from Kenosha police.
Other demonstrators have been arrested for rioting, disorderly conduct and obstruction, show jail records.
A recently filed lawsuit contends that officials have arrested a total of 150 protesters for violating the curfew but ignored pro-police demonstrators, according to Associated Press reports.
The police department news release said that of the people arrested, 44 came from cities other than Kenosha.
Many were from other places in the Midwest, but there were some that arrived from Seattle or Portland, according to a Fox News story that mentioned the arrest of someone from Pasco, WA.
Kenosha County jail records show that Bartells was released the next day.
The curfew was lifted on Wednesday.
This story was originally published September 2, 2020 at 5:50 PM.