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“If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be no Kenosha right now. Also, there would have been great death and injury. I want to thank Law Enforcement and the National Guard. I will see you on Tuesday!” – Trump Tweeted on August 31 President Donald Trump charged into the latest eruption in the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice on Tuesday, September 1, blaming “domestic terror” that he said fueled the violence in Kenosha and falsely declared it was enabled by Democratic leaders. While Trump asserted that the violence was...

Republicans refused to take action on the request by Governor Evers for criminal justice reform and police accountability and transparency during a special session on August 31. Within a day following the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake, Governor Evers issued an executive order that called for a special session of the Wisconsin legislature. The order only had the power to convene the session, and lawmakers were under no obligation to participate. The governor asked lawmakers to take up nine bills that he and Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes introduced earlier this summer, in response to Black Lives Matter protests...

President Donald Trump announced that he would travel to Kenosha on September 1, amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back, which left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. On Sunday, August 30, Governor Tony Evers urged Trump to reconsider his plans, fearing the appearance would provoke an escalation of the protests. In a letter to the White House, Governor Evers warned that the visit would hinder Wisconsin’s efforts to heal, in the wake of racial unrest triggered by the video of Kenosha police shooing Blake seven times. Outrage over the incident sparked a week of...

The dramatic series of moves began when the Bucks — the NBA’s team from Wisconsin, a state rocked in recent days by the shooting by police officers of Jacob Blake, a Black man — did not take the floor for their playoff game against the Magic. The teams were set to begin Game 5 of their series shortly after 4:00 p.m., with the Bucks needing a win to advance to the second round. Players had been discussing boycotting games in the bubble after the shooting of Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. More discussions were scheduled Wednesday, but even...