Trump To Send Federal Law Enforcement To Wisconsin

Announcing his move in a tweet on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said: "We will NOT stand for looting, arson, violence, and lawlessness on American streets. My team just got off the phone with Governor Evers who agreed to accept federal assistance (Portland should do the same!)."

President Donald Trump’s tweet, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said he had permitted 500 National Guard troops to back up law enforcement efforts.

The 29-year-old Jacob Blake was shot and wounded by police on Sunday as he leaned into his vehicle as his children witnessed the horrific scene.

Protests have been happening for many nights and on Tuesday, two people were shot and to death another sustained injuries. A teenager has been apprehended and charged with murder.

Mr Blake is recovering in hospital and is conscious, his family say, but according to his lawyers it will take “a miracle” for him to walk again.

The protests over Jacob Blake’s shooting have turned violent and led them to damaging property.

Tuesday night’s incident was believed to have involved protesters against Blake’s shooting and armed men guarding a petrol station.

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Hours later, police in neighbouring Illinois said they apprehended a 17-year-old on suspicion of first-degree murder.

Announcing his move in a tweet on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said: “We will NOT stand for looting, arson, violence, and lawlessness on American streets. My team just got off the phone with Governor Evers who agreed to accept federal assistance (Portland should do the same!).”

Hours after Jacob Blake was attacked on Sunday, hundreds reassembled outside Kenosha’s police headquarters. As the protests continued, cars were burnt, armed robberies were reported and a night-time curfew was eventually set.

National Guard troops were positioned on Monday. Protesters said police and troops used tear gas, rubber bullets and smoke bombs.

On Tuesday, hundreds of protesters protested through the city. A crowd threw fireworks and water bottles at police, who also shot back with rubber bullets and tear gas.

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A spokesman for the Wisconsin Professional Police Association told the BBC crew and groups were exercising their own form of punishment because law enforcement was spread very thin across the city.

On social media, footage revealed a man with a rifle being chased by a crowd before he fell to the ground and seemed to shoot multiple rounds at them. Other footage shows armed civilians, many dressed in military fatigues, gathering outside businesses they said they were protecting.

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