Wisconsin’s governor summoned the Nationwide Guard to move off one other spherical of violent protests Monday after the police taking pictures of a Black man below murky circumstances turned Kenosha into the nation’s newest flashpoint metropolis in a summer time of racial unrest.
Police attempt to safe the general public security constructing from protesters. (Picture: AP)
Wisconsin’s governor summoned the Nationwide Guard to move off one other spherical of violent protests Monday after the police taking pictures of a Black man below murky circumstances turned Kenosha into the nation’s newest flashpoint metropolis in a summer time of racial unrest.
Democratic Governor Tony Evers mentioned 125 members of the Nationwide Guard can be in Kenosha on Monday night time with accountability for “guarding infrastructure and ensuring our firefighters and others concerned are protected.” The transfer got here after protesters set automobiles on hearth, smashed home windows and clashed with officers in riot gear Sunday night time over the wounding of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who was hospitalised in severe situation.
He was shot, apparently within the again, as he leaned into his SUV whereas his three kids sat within the automobile.
