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You will meet the family of African American Jacob Blake, who was seriously injured by police shooting. “My goal will be to have a positive impact on what happens,” Biden said before the visit.
05.08 am, September 03, 2020
Following US President Donald Trump’s controversial visit to Kenosha, his challenger Joe Biden also travels to the city, which has been rocked by unrest during anti-racism protests. You will meet the family of African American Jacob Blake, who was seriously injured by police shooting. “My goal will be to have a positive impact on what happens,” Biden said before the visit.
The protests in Kenosha were sparked by a black man who was shot in the back during a police raid. Trump met there on Tuesday with representatives of the security authorities and businessmen affected by the unrest. A meeting with the family of the 29-year-old African American Jacob Blake, Those who survived the seven seriously wounded shots did not exist. Biden, on the other hand, will be meeting with members of Blake’s family, a spokeswoman for her campaign team told CNN news channel.
Biden also said before Thursday’s trip that he believes the police officer who shot Blake should be charged, even if the investigation should eventually go its way. Ministry of Justice William Barr He later criticized in a CNN interview that it was “inappropriate” to speak on his behalf before the investigation was completed. Barr himself said at the same time without further details, Blake was about to commit a crime and he was armed.
Against a Trump visit
Trump traveled to Kenosha despite the fact that the mayor of the city and the governor of the state of Wisconsin, both members of the Democratic Party, had opposed the visit of the Republican. Mayor John Antaramian had also originally asked Biden to wait with a trip, but withdrew it after Trump’s visit.
Neither the mayor nor the mayor appeared in television footage of Trump’s meeting in the city. Governor Tony Evers to see – but for that Chief of Police Daniel Miskinis and Sheriff David Bethwho thanked the president for his support. Trump had sent federal government security forces to Kenosha after the governor had already activated the National Guard.
Central Election Campaign Theme
Trump had made violence on the fringes of protests, especially in cities ruled by Democrats, a central issue in his election campaign. At the same time, he refused to condemn the violence of his followers. That’s what the president said of a video from the city of Portland that showed Like a Trump supporters car parade with a paintball gun Protesters are shot: “Paint is not ammunition.”
Trump had fueled the debate over his visit by defending on Monday a 17-year-old white man who shot two people on the sidelines of protests in Kenosha. These were the only two deaths during the protests in Kenosha. Trump warned that the protesters attacked the teenager “very violently” and that “they would have killed him” if he had not defended himself.
17 year old shooting people
Witness video shows the shooter armed with a rifle fleeing from the protesters. That was after he fatally wounded a man. The video shows people trying to stop him. He falls down and shoots a man who appears to be looking for his rifle. The 17-year-old has been accused of two murders, his lawyer speaks of legitimate defense.
The video also shows that the shooter then walks with his hands towards the approaching police vehicles, which pass him. He was arrested the next day in the neighboring state of Illinois. This drew criticism from Blake’s father, among others, who spoke of “two court systems” in the United States.
On Wednesday, Trump announced that he would withdraw the money in several cities due to ongoing protests and riots. “My administration will not allow taxpayer money to finance cities that are becoming lawless areas,” the US president said in the memo released by the White House. Russel Vought, who is in charge of the White House budget, should now consider how receiving federal grants for cities like New York, Portland, Washington, and Seattle could be restricted or otherwise sanctioned to the extent permitted by law.
