Protests erupt after racially-charged police shooting in US state

Protesters gather near the site of a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin (Screengrab/WDJT-TV/AP)

Officers deployed tear gas in an effort to disperse hundreds of people who took to the streets following a police shooting in a US town.

The governor of Wisconsin pointed out that the victim was black and was not the first to be “shot or injured or mercilessly killed” by individuals in law enforcement.