What You Need to Know About Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse, and the Kenosha Violence

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

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Summary

Jacob Blake, 29, was shot seven times in the back by a police officer Aug. 23 after police responded to a report of a domestic dispute in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, is accused in the fatal shootings of two men who his lawyers say attacked the teen Aug. 26 as he was trying to protect property from rioters in the wake of the Blake shooting.

What is the media alleging about Rittenhouse, and what are the known facts? Amy Swearer, a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast"to discuss.

We also cover these stories:

President Trump visits Kenosha, despite the wishes of state and local politicians who asked him not to come.
Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tells Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler in a letter that the federal government will get involved if local leaders don’t quell the ongoing violence since the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The Department of Justice is looking into possible criminal activity by the Black Lives Matter organization.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, September 2nd. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.0	And I'm Rachel Del Judas. What happened in the shooting of Jacob Blake and the protesting of Blake situation
0:17.0	or Kyle Britain House allegedly killed two protesters?
0:21.0	Amy Swerer, a legal fellow in Edwin Me's Center for Legal and Judicial E Don't forget. If you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star
0:35.9	rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe. Now, on to our top news. President Trump visited Canosha Wisconsin on Tuesday, despite state and local politicians asking him not to come.
0:56.0	Trump has defended the actions of teenager Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two protesters in Kenosha last week amid riots.
1:06.0	Video footage shows Ritten House running down the street with a long rifle and being chased
1:11.5	by a crowd of demonstrators. The team stumbles and
1:14.8	falls and shoots his gun multiple times at those pursuing him, killing two men
1:19.9	and wounding another. When asked about the shooting, Trump told reporters
1:24.2	Monday, we're looking at all of it. That was an interesting situation. You saw
1:29.6	the same tape as I saw and added and it was something that we're looking at right now and it's
1:37.2	under investigation Trump said but I guess he was in very big trouble. He probably would have been killed, but it's under investigation.
1:47.2	After visiting some of the businesses that had been burned to the ground by riders in Kenosha.
1:52.8	Trump spoke with law enforcement and other community leaders at a roundtable in
1:57.0	Kenosha, per Fox News.
1:59.0	Trump pledged to provide $1 million to support law enforcement in Kenosha and four million for local
2:06.0	businesses in the Wisconsin City. It's an honor to be in your neighborhood. It's an
2:11.2	honor to be in your great state, Wisconsin, and we're here for you all the way.
2:15.6	Some people thought it would be a good thing for me to come, a bad thing.
2:18.2	I just wanted to come.
2:19.4	I really came today to thank law enforcement and to just really that what they what you've done
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