Shot down, in flames: Kenosha, Wisconsin
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🗓️ 28 August 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Another shooting of an unarmed black man by police has reopened wounds still not healed after George Floyd’s killing—and, like all else, the unrest is being politicised. Montenegro’s president is Europe’s longest-serving leader, but anti-government sentiment has mounted ahead of Sunday’s election. And a look back on the life of Julian Bream, who restored the reputation of the classical guitar.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:17.4 | For half his life, Milo Giacanovich has been directly or indirectly in charge of Montenegro. |
| 0:23.6 | But recently, protests have spread and long-simmering issues of national identity have been raised to the boil. |
| 0:30.6 | Sunday's election will be tricky for him. |
| 0:33.6 | And Julian Bream was passionate about the classical guitar when no one else in the music establishment was. |
| 0:41.3 | We look back on the life of the man who restored the guitar's reputation |
| 0:45.3 | and dispelled the notion it wasn't an instrument for an Englishman. |
| 0:53.3 | First up, though. |
| 1:01.0 | This week, the city of Kenosha in Wisconsin has been plunged into turmoil. |
| 1:06.4 | On Sunday, a police officer named Rustensheski shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old black man, |
| 1:12.6 | seven times in the back as he got into his car. |
| 1:16.6 | Mr. Blake's father said his son had been left paralyzed from the waist down. |
| 1:20.6 | They shot my son seven times. |
| 1:26.6 | Seven times. Seven times. |
| 1:29.3 | Like he didn't matter. |
| 1:31.3 | But my son matters. |
| 1:33.3 | Black lives matters. |
| 1:36.3 | After a video of the shooting went viral, protests began to build on the streets of Kenosha. |
| 1:42.3 | But what started as peaceful marching, |
| 1:45.0 | soon escalated to looting an arson. |
| 1:50.0 | Late on Tuesday, Black Lives Matter demonstrators |
| 1:53.0 | clashed with self-styled vigilante militias, |
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