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WASHINGTON DCPresident Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday amid fury over the police shooting Jacob Blake in the back, which left the 29-year-old black man paralyzed.
White House spokesman Judd Deere told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday that Trump will meet with law enforcement officers and “examine” some of the damage from recent protests that has turned destructive.
The visit is sure to exacerbate tensions in the city, where a crowd of around 1,000 protesters gathered in front of a court on Saturday to denounce police violence.
Trump has been running his re-election campaign in a cloak of law and order, denouncing the protesters as “bullies” while expressing his support for the police.
In his acceptance speech during the virtual Republican National Convention, Trump described the election in hyperbolic terms as a stark choice between peaceful streets and anarchy.
Trump’s opponent for re-election, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate, Kamala Harris, have accused Trump of encouraging violence amid riots in Wisconsin.
“He sees this as a political benefit,” Biden said in an interview on MSNBC. “He is supporting more violence, not less. And that is clear. “
Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey and two other officers were responding to a domestic dispute call last Sunday when Sheskey shot Blake in the back seven times. Cell phone video captured the shooting, which sparked new protests against racial injustice and police brutality months after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis officer triggered a broader settling of scores on race.
