Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesPeople attend to a wounded person, during a clash with law enforcement, on Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneJustin Blake speaks to the media after Kenosha County prosecutors announced the officer who shot his nephew, Jacob Blake, won't face criminal charges.
Sean Krajacic/Kenosha NewsA man jumps over a tear gas canister in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 23, 2020.
Morry Gash / APWorkers board up broken window at the Harborside Academy charter school, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneProtesters gather outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on Aug. 27, 2020, to demand the release of fellow protesters detained the previous night.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneQuinton Ackerman, left, boards up broken windows at the Down Town'R Saloon in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 24, 2020. The business was damaged during unrest stemming from the shooting of a Black man by Kenosha police on Sunday.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneMadison Taft and Black Lives Matter activists march through a Kenosha neighborhood Jan. 5, 2021, after news that no charges will be issued against the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake.
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David Goldman/APAn American flag falls from its pole as police attempt to secure the area after protesters set fire to the Department of Corrections building, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneNewly installed black metal fencing surrounds the Kenosha County Courthouse on Jan. 5, 2021, in Kenosha. The fencing was installed in anticipation of potential unrest as they prepare for prosecutors to announce whether Officer Rusten Sheskey will face charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake in August.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneSimon Adetona Akindes and his wife, Fay Akindes, wait outside the Kenosha County Public Safety Building on Aug. 27, 2020, for the release of their daughter, activist Adelana Akindes, who witnesses say was detained by unmarked law enforcement personnel.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneProtesters argue with law enforcement officers near an armored vehicle after officers approached the group near the county courthouse in Kenosha on Aug. 26. 2020.
David Goldman/APProtesters take cover from tear gas fired by police outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneWisconsin National Guard members deploy on Jan. 5, 2021, near the Kenosha County Courthouse in advance of a possible announcement of charges for the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake four times in the back last August.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneA man carrying a rifle arrives to march with protesters downtown Kenosha.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneJacob Blake Sr. speaks to the media at Rainbow/PUSH in Chicago on Jan. 5, 2021, after it was announced that the police officer who shot Blake's son, Jacob Blake Jr., in Kenosha would not face criminal charges.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneProtesters gather outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on Aug. 27, 2020, to demand the release of fellow protesters detained the previous night.
Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesA demonstrator dressed as Spider-Man raises his fist in the air while protestors in the street, in front of law enforcement, on Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneJacob Blake's family, including sister Megan Belcher, from second from left, father Jacob Blake Sr. and mother Julia Jackson arrive for a news conference Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneDozens of water bottles are seen after having been tossed at Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies by protesters line outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse.
Morry Gash/APJacob Blake's sister, Letetra Widman, center, and uncle Justin Blake, left, march at a rally in Kenosha on Aug. 29, 2020.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneActivists confront National Guardsman on Jan. 5, 2021, while marching through the streets after Kenosha County prosecutors announced that the officer who shot Jacob Blake won't face criminal charges.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneVolunteers toss bricks off of the sidewalk of a burned down building near Roosevelt Road and 63rd Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Kenosha on Aug. 26, 2020.
Morry Gash / APVolunteers clean up department of corrections building, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. The building was burned during protests sparked by the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha Police.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneJustin Blake, center, rallies with other activists after Kenosha County prosecutors announced that the officer who shot his nephew Jacob Blake won't face criminal charges on Jan. 5, 2021.
Morry Gash/APPeople try to push over protective fencing, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneMembers of the National Guard stand behind a protective fence surrounding the Kenosha County Courthouse while activists march through the street after prosecutors announced that the officer who shot Jacob Blake won't face criminal charges on Jan. 5, 2021.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneJeremy Walker and Black Lives Matter activists rally through the neighborhoods of Kenosha after the announcement of no charges against the police officer who shot Jacob Blake.
Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesDemonstrators attempt to block an armored police vehicle on Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribunePolice block protesters from the entrance of the Public Safety Building where the Kenosha mayor and other officials were talking to reporters on Aug. 24, 2020.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneActivists march toward the Kenosha County Courthouse, Aug. 24, 2020.
David Goldman/APPolice attempt to push back protesters outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, late Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Protesters converged on the county courthouse during a second night of clashes after the police shooting of Jacob Blake a day earlier turned Kenosha into the nation's latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.
Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesSheriff's deputies guard the Kenosha County Courthouse on Aug. 24, 2020, in Wisconsin. Additional law enforcement were deployed to protect the courthouse.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneLexi Olivares, of Kenosha, wipes sweat from her brow after cleaning up bricks from a burned down building near Roosevelt Road and 63rd Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Kenosha on Aug. 26, 2020. Dozens of volunteers cleaned up bricks, boarded windows, and swept debris from sidewalks of damaged or destroyed building which happened following the police shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneKim Chesser, of Trevor, Wisconsin, with her son, Joshua, 5, look at burned vehicles at a used car lot on Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneA protester walks in front of graffiti stating, "They kill us because they fear us. Honor the dead." outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse.
Stacey Wescott/Chicago TribuneKenosha County Sheriff David Beth during a press conference about the shooting of Jacob Blake and the aftermath on Aug. 26, 2020, in Kenosha.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneProtesters gather outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on Aug. 27, 2020, to demand the release of fellow protesters detained the previous night.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribunePolice tape remains on Sheridan Avenue near 61st Street in Kenosha, Wisconsin Wednesday morning following a shooting during protests over the death of Jacob Blake late on Aug. 25, 2020.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneJustin Blake, center, leaves a news conference after Kenosha County prosecutors announced the officer who shot his nephew, Jacob Blake, won't face criminal charges.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneFlowers sit inside a destroyed city vehicle outside the Kenosha county courthouse on Aug. 26. 2020, after protesters and officers clashed the previous evening following the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneEric Russell, right, leads a prayer on Aug. 24, 2020, near where a Black man was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. An officer shot and wounded the man, touching off unrest in the city after a video of the incident was circulated.
Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesA demonstrator attempts to interview police officers on Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Alex Brandon/APPresident Donald Trump gives thumbs up while walking to Air Force One upon departure at Chennault International Airport on Aug. 29, 2020, in Lake Charles, La.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneMarchers make their way to the county courthouse on Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Police shot and wounded a Black man, setting off unrest in the city after a video of the incident was circulated.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneActivists march through the streets Jan. 5, 2021, after Kenosha County prosecutors announced that the officer who shot Jacob Blake won't face criminal charges.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneA protester argues with law enforcement officers near an armored vehicle after officers approached the group near the county courthouse in Kenosha on Aug. 26. 2020.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneActivists march past a boarded up business following the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police on Aug. 26. 2020.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneBlack Lives Matter leader and activist Jeremy Walker walks around with a case of water and offers it to others that are out protesting near the courthouse on Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneGetty photographer Scott Olson is doused with milk after being spayed with a chemical deterrent by police outside of the Public Safety Building, Aug. 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneMichelle Lee, of Evanston, is among the people gathered on Emerson Street in Evanston on Aug. 25, 2020, to decry the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneShyne Marie pleads with other protesters to keep calm after several people were sprayed with a chemical deterrent outside of the Public Safety Building in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 24, 2020. People were upset with the mayor and officials for not communicating with them after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneBlack Life Matters activist Porche Bennett-Bey, right, and a friend who did not want to be identified, listen to the news conference where officials announced no charges against the police officer who shot Jacob Blake.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneActivists scream anti-police chants outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, Aug. 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-SentinelPolice stand guard in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 23, 2020.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneActivists scream anti-police chants outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, Aug. 24, 2020.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribunePastor Allison Bengfort, of St. John's Lutheran Church in Wilmette, leads a prayer as people decrying the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha gather in Evanston on Aug. 25, 2020.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribunePorche Bennett-Bey speaks with a Kenosha police officer as Black Lives Matter activists confront police and Wisconsin National Guard members outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on Jan. 5, 2021.
Morry Gash / APA firefighter works near a torched truck by the Kenosha Courthouse, Aug. 24, 2020.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneKenosha Mayor John Antaramian looks on at a news conference at the Kenosha County Public Safety Building on Aug, 27, 2020.
Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesA car attempts to drive through a crowd of protestors on Aug. 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneBlack Life Matters activist Porche Bennett-Bey reacts outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on Jan. 5, 2021, after hearing no charges will be issued against the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneWisconsin National Guard members deploy on Jan. 5, 2021, at the Kenosha Dinosaur Discovery Museum near the Kenosha County Courthouse in advance of charges or not for the police officer who shot Jacob Blake four times in the back in August.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneOn Aug. 26, 2020, activists place flowers and a bottle at the scene where one of two people were killed the previous night by gunfire during a demonstration to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneActivists protest outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse a day after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneWisconsin National Guard members patrol near the Kenosha County Courthouse on Jan. 5, 2021.
Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesCars are set on fire in a used car lot on Aug. 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Chris Juhn/Zuma PressAfter being shot in the head, a protester was loaded into the back of an SUV and driven to a hospital. Three protesters were shot in a short span and two died from their injuries in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Aug. 25, 2020.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneAn activist raises a fist after Kenosha County prosecutors announced the officer who shot Jacob Blake won't face criminal charges Jan. 5, 2021.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneJacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake, speaks in Civic Center Park on Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha.
Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesMen walk toward law enforcement with their hands up on Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneKenosha County Sheriff's deputies stand guard outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse on, Aug. 24, 2020.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneActivists march through the city following the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police on Aug. 26. 2020.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneAn officer with a weapon watches protesters outside the Kenosha county courthouse on Aug. 26. 2020.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneWisconsin activist Isaac Wallner, center, looks on during a prayer vigil in Civic Center Park in Kenosha on Aug, 27, 2020.
Scott Olson / Getty ImagesA store owner looks at the damage to his office furniture business, which was torched the previous evening during another night of unrest on Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha.
Morry Gash / APVolunteers sweep up debris as police guard the Kenosha County Courthouse, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after a night of unrest.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneActivists march through the city following the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police on Aug. 26. 2020.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneThe Jensen family of Kenosha look at burned-out cars on Aug. 27, 2020, following riots in downtown Kenosha.
Morry Gash / APMany burned out vehicles are shown Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after a night of unrest following a police shooting.
Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-SentinelProtesters confront Kenosha County sheriff's deputies outside the Kenosha Police Department in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 23, 2020. Kenosha police shot and wounded a man, setting off unrest in the city after a video of the incident was circulated.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneHundreds of protesters march through an empty lot in downtown Kenosha on Aug. 24, 2020.
David Goldman/APAn explosive device detonates as a protester pushes back on an armored vehicle clearing the park of demonstrators during clashes outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, late on Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis.
Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-SentinelPeople pound on door at the Kenosha Police Department.
Mark Hertzberg/Zuma PressA man talks on a cellphone at the Car Source used car lot in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin, Aug. 24, 2020.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneBlack Lives Matter activists confront Kenosha police and Wisconsin National Guard members outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on Jan. 5, 2021.
Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-SentinelA man on a bike rides past a burning city truck outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 23, 2020.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneActivist Alvin Owens wipes his nose after being sprayed by police with a chemical deterrent outside of the Public Safety Building, Aug. 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneMegan Belcher, the youngest sister of Jacob Blake, speaks at a news conference, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha. The family and their attorney spoke.
Adria-Joi Watkins/APIn this September 2019 selfie taken in Evanston, Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her second cousin Jacob Blake. Blake is recovering from being shot multiple times by Kenosha police on Aug. 23, 2020.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneKenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announces no charges against the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake four times in the back in August, during a news conference on Jan. 5, 2021.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneVolunteers sweep debris from the sidewalk of a burned down building near Roosevelt Road and 63rd Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Kenosha on Aug. 26, 2020.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneBlack Lives Matter activists confront Kenosha police and Wisconsin National Guard members outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha on Jan. 5, 2021.
E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago TribuneActivists stand outside the Kenosha County Public Safety Building on Aug, 27, 2020.
David Goldman / APA protester launches a projectile toward police during clashes outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, late on Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis.
Chris Juhn/Zuma PressTear gas lands around protesters after they refused to listen to police demands to disperse near the courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Aug. 25, 2020.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago TribuneProtester Muna Ahmed blows smoke on Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies standing outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse.
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President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, amid fury over the police shooting of 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 be meeting with law enforcement officers and “surveying” some of the damage from recent protests that turned destructive.
The visit is certain to exacerbate tensions in the city, where a crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside a courthouse Saturday to denounce police violence.
Trump has been running his reelection campaign on a law-and-order mantle, denouncing protesters as “thugs” while voicing his support for police.
In his acceptance speech during the virtual Republican National Convention, Trump painted the election in hyperbolic terms as a stark choice between peaceful streets and anarchy.
Trump’s opponent for reelection, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate, Kamala Harris, have accused Trump of rooting for violence amid unrest in Wisconsin.
“He views this as a political benefit,” Biden said in an interview on MSNBC. “He’s rooting for more violence, not less. And it’s clear about that.”
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. Cellphone video captured the shooting, which has sparked new protests against racial injustice and police brutality months after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis officer touched off a wider reckoning on race.
