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Following the spread of anger in Kenosha, and clashes between protesters after a white policeman fired multiple bullets at African-American “Jacob Blake,” Trump is heading into town and meeting with law enforcement officials.
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Protests in Kenosha
The White House announced on Saturday that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, will travel next Tuesday to the city of 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 Deere said: “Trump will meet with law enforcement officials in Kenosha and inspect the damage caused by the riots that followed the police shooting in Blake late last week.” .
Jacob Blake, 29, was hit by several bullets in the back that he fired near a white police officer, in front of his three children.
His lawyer said he would remain paralyzed. White cop Rustin Cesky was fired but not arrested or charged, fueling a sense of injustice after African American “George Floyd” was strangled under the knees of a white cop on May 25 in Minneapolis.
The White House spokesman did not say whether Trump intended to meet with the Blake family.
It’s worth noting that Trump is the first Republican elected by Kenosha in 44 years.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the two Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates, said Wednesday that they had spoken with the Blake family, and Blake’s father said Friday that his “hour-long conversation with Biden and Harris was similar to talk to my uncle and one of my sisters. “
Anger quickly spread in Kenosha and turned into nightly clashes between protesters and police after the Blake incident.
The tension reached its peak when a 17-year-old man mysteriously shot three protesters, killing two people on Tuesday night.
About 250 National Guard personnel were deployed to Kenosha, Wisconsin, last Thursday, as part of a massive effort to ensure calm after several nights of protests.
Kenosha authorities have asked Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers to send an additional 1,500 National Guard troops to the city.
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