{"id":58695,"date":"2020-08-24T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=58695"},"modified":"2020-08-24T17:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T22:00:57","slug":"58695","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=58695","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/wisconsin-governor-calls-in-national-guard-following-rioting-sparked-by-police-shooting-of-black-man\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=21302421\">Wisconsin Governor Calls in National Guard following Rioting Sparked by Police Shooting of Black Man<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin governor Tony Evers ordered 125 National Guard members to the city of Kenosha on Monday, following riots that erupted after police shot a black man while responding to a domestic violence call on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The guard members will be charged with \u201cguarding infrastructure and making sure our firefighters and others involved are protected,\u201d Evers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/nation-world\/ct-nw-kenosha-wisconsin-police-shooting-20200824-3wu3bcfypffyznwx7esu4tutju-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>\u00a0reporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cnx-resize-triggers\">\n<div class=\"cnx-expand-trigger\">\n<div>Video of the incident showed police shooting Jacob Blake in the back while responding to the call, and drew immediate condemnation from Evers. Full details of the incident have not yet been released.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At a press conference on Monday, Kenosha mayor John Antaramian and various community representatives called for all demonstrations to be peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen moments like this come, we have to come together to make it better,\u201d Tim Mahone, a board member of the philanthropic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mahonefund.org\/programs.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mahone Foundation<\/a>\u00a0based in Kenosha,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Es4VN_1ACHU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said through tears<\/a>. \u201cPlease don\u2019t destroy our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--native\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__inner\">Demonstrators gathered at the site of the shooting soon after the incident, and rioters have set fires on the street where the shooting took place and have attacked police officers. A fire was also started near the Kenosha city courthouse.<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"comments-launch comments-launch--desktop\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThings have been very heated, tons of damage to cop cars, an officer was actually knocked out,\u201d an observer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/protests-erupt-in-wisconsin-after-police-shoot-black-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--center ad-unit--inline\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__inner\">\n<p>The city of Minneapolis suffered millions of dollars in damages, including burned and looted buildings, from riots in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd. Minnesota governor Tim Walz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/george-floyd-case-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-calls-in-national-guard-to-control-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a>\u00a0the National Guard into Minneapolis on May 28, three days after Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Governor Calls in National Guard following Rioting Sparked by Police Shooting of Black Man Wisconsin governor Tony Evers ordered 125 National Guard members to the city of Kenosha on Monday, following riots that erupted after police shot a black man while responding to a domestic violence call on Sunday. 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