KENOSHA, Wis.— One year ago, on August 23, 2020, Jacob Blake was shot multiple times by police officer Rusten Sheskey.
Take a look back at some of the most impactful images from that day, the following weeks of protests and months of ongoing calls for change, that ensued.
Six-year-old Deja holds her hand in the air during a Black Lives Matter protest Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
A protester confronts a National Guard member outside a museum, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Earlier it was announced that no charges will be filed against the white police officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, in August. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, protesters walk past police with their arms up, in Kenosha, Wis., as a building burns in the background. The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept the nation last summer in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, according to a new report released Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, by The Movement for Black Lives. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Justin Blake, the uncle of Jacob Blake, walks away from a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Earlier it was announced that no charges will be filed against the white police officer that shot Jacob Blake, a Black man in August. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Police in riot gear stand outside the Kenosha County Court House Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Kenosha police shot a man Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man's back. (AP Photo)
In this Friday, Sept. 4. 2020 file photo taken from Kenosha County Court video, Jacob Blake answers questions during a hearing in Kenosha, Wis. Blake was discharged from a hospital in Wisconsin and underwent treatment at an Illinois rehabilitation clinic. Blake was left paralyzed after a Kenosha police officer shot the 29-year-old Black man in the back in August. At the time, Blake's uncle Justin Blake told The Associated Press that his nephew was discharged "about a week ago." (Kenosha County Court via AP File)
In this Aug. 25, 2020, file photo, people gather to protest in Kenosha, Wis. Authorities were reluctant to release even the most basic information about the incident or details about the white officer who shot Blake multiple times in the back. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
New Yorkers took to the streets in protest Monday after a Black man was shot by police in Wisconsin Sunday night. Hundreds of Black Lives Matter marchers started in Times Square and made their way up Fifth Avenue, then down to Washington Square Park before heading along the West Side Highway. (Ruschell Boone/NY!)
In this Aug. 29, 2020, file photo, members of the Milwaukee Bucks join arms as they kneel during the national anthem before an NBA basketball first-round playoff game against the Orlando Magic Saturday, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Hundreds march at a rally for Jacob Black Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. More than a thousand people gathered Saturday in Kenosha for a march and rally against police violence, about a week after an officer shot Jacob Blake in the back, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Many members of BLAK were in attendance during Kenosha-based vigils calling for peace and justice, as well as many others from the community and around the area. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
Peaceful protesters take to the streets demanding justice for their neighbor, Jacob Blake. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
A protester lights a cigarette on a garbage truck that was set on fire during protests late Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis., sparked by the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha Police officer a day earlier. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
A memorial in the street to honor those who were shot during the unrest. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, has been charged in their deaths. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
Police attempt to push back protesters outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, late Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Protesters converged on the county courthouse during a second night of clashes after the police shooting of Jacob Blake a day earlier turned Kenosha into the nation's latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Porche Bennett of Kenosha was one of the residents who spoke at Joe Biden's listening session. She is a Black Lives Activists Kenosha (BLAK) organizer and 31-year-old mother. "I’m just going to be honest, Mr. Biden. I was told to go off this paper, but I can’t. You need the truth. And I’m part of the truth.” (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
Letetra Widman, sister of Jacob Blake, speaks at the March on Washington, Friday Aug. 28, 2020, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Hundreds march at a rally for Jacob Blake Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
In this Aug. 25, 2020 file photo, a protester holds up a phone as he stands in front of authorities in Kenosha, Wis. Until the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the bedroom community of Kenosha has been largely untouched by the level of demonstrations that had been seen in nearby Milwaukee and Chicago since the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
A boarded-up building is turned into a message of hope and inspiration. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
A candlelight vigil was held in Kenosha as a form of peaceful protest and community healing. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
A police officer stands in the street as protesters gather Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wis. Anger over the Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police spilled into the streets for a third night. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
During multiple nights of unrest following the shooting of Jacob Blake, businesses and buildings in downtown Kenosha were burned to the ground, leaving nothing but rubble and ash behind. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
Authorities disperse protesters out of a park Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wis. Anger over the Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police spilled into the streets for a third night. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Law enforcement in riot gear line up against protesters during clashes outside the Kenosha County Courthouse late Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Protests continue following the police shooting of Jacob Blake two days earlier. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Members of a National Guard unit guard a street near the entrance of Bradford High School and a largely white neighborhood in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, as tensions remain high in the city following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
Two peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters sit quietly outside for some rest. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
A sign from a local business calling for peace and prayers. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
People try to push over protective fencing Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wis. Anger over the Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police spilled into the streets for a third night. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Protesters prepare to march against the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Oscar Walton speaks to fellow protesters while marching against the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Another boarded-up building turned into a work of art. (Marti Glaser/Spectrum News 1)
A small group of Black Lives Matter protesters hold a rally on the steps of the Kenosha County courthouse Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Kenosha police shot a man Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man's back. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Supporters of both President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matters clash in a park outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
President Donald Trump tours an area on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, damaged during demonstrations after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Then-Democratic presidential candidate, and current President, Joe Biden speaks during a community event at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha Wis., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Volunteers paint murals on boarded-up businesses in Kenosha, Wis., on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at an "Uptown Revival." The event was meant to gather donations for Kenosha residents and help businesses hurt by violent protests that sparked fires across the city following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras)
Protesters observe a moment of silence while marching Wednesday night, Aug. 26, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis., near the scene of a fatal shooting Tuesday night. A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday after two people were shot to death Tuesday during a third straight night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. (AP Photo/David Goldman)