The father of Jacob Blake, a man shot by police in Kesosha, Wisconsin, said Monday that the family had received threats and that he had refused to play politics with my son’s life amid tensions over Donald Trump’s planned visit to the city. On tuesday.
Jacob Black Sr., the father of 29-year-old black man Jacob Black Jr. and Kenosha, who was hospitalized, is the father of a paralyzed man below his waist, when a white police officer fired seven shots into his back last Sunday.
Black Sener said he had to take his other 20-year-old son to the hospital because he was depressed.
“I have received some threats and this has affected my son,” Blake Siner told CNN.
He declined to give further details. He said: “I am saddened that people do not understand the pressure this family is under.”
And he spoke of his son, Jacob Jr., as a man who a few weeks ago “walked around laughing, and now that guy can’t move his legs.”
Local officials have urged the president not to visit Kenosha or to postpone his visit. Trump has spoken of violent protests in a way that signifies the ongoing chaos in Kenosha. In fact, since Wednesday there have been daily and nightly marches and demonstrations completely peaceful.
Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. Despite being out after water and incentive curfew in an armed vehicle by police, and then confronted protesters.
Kyle Rattenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, found an assault rifle and shot one man in the head, then fled as others tried to give him first aid, then chased and shot and killed a third. The man was seriously injured.
He then passed through police lines without being arrested and was arrested the next day in Illinois.
Ben Krump, a civil rights lawyer working for the Black family, condemned “two justice systems in America: one for white, one for black.”
Parts of the incident with Jacob Black Jr.’s police shooting and the Rittenhouse were caught on tape, including a Rittenhouse running through police lines after the murder, which his lawyer claimed he was in self-defense.
Black Sinner told CNN that the inequality that Rittenhouse was able to return home clearly showed.
“The man went to his home in Anti Antinoc, Illinois … he went to another state,” he said. “[While] My son is paralyzed. ”
“There were two justice systems [there] Quite the opposite, right in front of your eyes, on video. ”
In a press briefing at the White House on Monday evening, Trump defended his supporters who ran paintballs and pepper spray on protesters in Regland’s Portland on Saturday. He also defended the police firing when asked about Blake, saying he “suffocates” sometimes and makes a mistake.
Asked about Kyle Rittenhouse, Trump said: “It was an interesting situation.”
Describing Rittenhouse as being “tried to get away from them” by men retreating after the deadly shooting, he added, “They attacked him in a very violent way.”
He also said that Rittenhouse, who was charged with premeditated murder and other crimes, “probably would have been killed” if he had not been armed.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers wrote a letter to Trump on Sunday asking him to reconsider his visit, as these events have since taken over the city.
Jacob Blake’s uncle, Justin Blake, told CNN, “President Trump is a racist who stokes racial tensions. He has been embroiled in racial tensions since entering the White House. Why, as Jacob’s uncle, do I want to talk to him? Our focus is on Jacob and healing the community. “
He said Jacob Blake’s father had told him he had “no interest in speaking with President Trump” and was instead focused on getting his son’s health and justice.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his vice president-elect Kamala Harris both spoke of having a telephone conversation with the Black family.
Biden is considering visiting Wisconsin.
On Monday evening, he issued a statement saying, in part: “Tonight the president refused to condemn the violence. He will not deny any of his supporters, who have been charged with murder for assaulting another. He is very weak, afraid of the one he hates and he has awakened to put an end to it. “
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