Trump is in Kenosha Tuesday, inspecting the damage

Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday, where he will meet with law enforcement officials and inspect the damage caused by the riots that followed the Jacob Blake shooting late last week.

WashingtonThe White House announced on Saturday that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, will go on Tuesday to Kenosha in the state of Wisconsin, where the African-American citizen Jacob Blake was seriously injured by bullets fired by a policeman.

White House spokesman Judd Dere said Trump will meet with law enforcement officials in Kenosha, while also inspecting damage from the riots that followed the police shooting of Blake over the weekend. past.

The 29-year-old head of the family was hit by several bullets in the back, fired by a white policeman, in front of the eyes of his three children. His lawyer said he would remain paralyzed. White police officer Rustin Cesky was fired but was not arrested or charged, fueling a sense of injustice, following the death of African American George Floyd by suffocation under the knee of a white police officer on May 25 in Minneapolis.

The White House spokesman did not say whether Trump intended to meet with the Blake family.

Anger quickly spread in Kenosha and turned into nightly clashes between protesters and police. The tension reached its peak when a 17-year-old man mysteriously shot three protesters, killing two people on Tuesday night.