Coronavirus and then. We begin in the u. S. City of kenosha where reinforcements are being deployed as outrage continues to grow over the Police Shooting of a black man jacob blake President Trump says he has called in the National Guard following 3 straight nights of protest which have occasionally turned violent in the most serious incident 2 people were shot dead a young white man has been arrested investigators have named the officer who shot blake in the back 7 times as rust and sure i say that blake who is now recovering in hospital had a knife in his car at the time. Mr blake walked around his vehicle open the drivers side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blakes shirt officer ruston chef ski fired his Service Weapon 7 times officer he fired the weapon into mr blakes back during the investigation following the initial incident mr blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession and the cia agents thats the division of criminal investigation recovered a knife from the drivers side floorboard of mr blakes vehicle a search of the vehicle located no additional weapons. The action against Racial Injustice has now spread to american sport the n. B. A. Postponed all of wednesdays playoff games of the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted that match in protest of john hendren joins us live now from in wisconsin we know that wisconsins attorney general has been giving more details about the events leading up to jacob blake shooting at what most even say. Well the attorney generals big news was that this story is not entirely as presented by the family of mr blake at least that is his perspective. He said that police were seeking blake because his girlfriend had complained that he had trespassed at her house so they were trying to arrest him at the time they say they say they tried to tase him but that did not succeed and then they followed him at some point apparently they did ask him if he had a knife or he disclosed that he had a knife not clear whether he had it on his person at the time they say they found on the floorboard of the card the car afterwards but at no point in the 20 seconds of viral video that so many people have seen on the internet and elsewhere do we see him threatening police in any way in fact when he shot his back is turned to officers as hes climbing into the car where his 3 young sons are sitting so that is the gist of what eternity generals information is he also goes on to say that the investigation is continuing what we dont have is any kind of firing of the officers or the criminal charges he did disclose the officers name but that was about it and we heard the the prosecutor the District Attorney say that they were disgusted by the kinds of activities that you see going on late at night the looting and all that sort of thing. We saw an armored personnel. Just a little bit earlier cleared the town square not only temporarily they used tear gas to get rid of people but it is really another hour or so usually until the night tends to go seriously downhill so let me show you how these towns prepare for this this is normally a vacation town and so restaurants like this one would normally be filled but theyre not just closed for the early curfew that goes through sunday night theyre also boarded up and thats because theyre afraid of looting and in fact when people live up stairs above the shops they put out signs like this that warn there are people out there thats a sign saying please dont fire bomb this place because there are human lives above and often they leave a little supportive black lives matter sign as well so right now its fairly quiet we hear some helicopters but all we know that there are many more police here tonight that have been here on other nights and things dont generally start at this hour so were waiting to see what happens all right john hendren live for us there in kind of show wisconsin john thank you for that. Give us some breaking news coming into us here at aljazeera the new zealand must shoot brant and tyrant has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole lets bring in wayne hay whos been following developments now from the thai capital bangkok wayne so brant on top of this is just breaking news now brant and tolerant how to already pleaded guilty to the charges against him talk us through the sentencing and how significant this is for new zealands legal history. Yes well its the 1st time that this sentence has been handed down the 1st time that someone has been sentenced in new zealand to life in prison without the possibility of parole that sentence coming down from the judge in the high court in christchurch Justice Cameron manda just a few minutes ago and it was a very long sentencing procedure this was the 4th day of the sentencing in the course and in the actual redan of the sentence all of the summing up of all the facts that have been presented to the court the judge spent more than 2 hours reading through his sentence and continuing a theme that weve seen over the past 4 days which was of was of course very emotional harrowing at times listening to our what all the people went through on that day on the 15th of march last year how methodical the gunman brinton tyrant what was that thing continued with the judge going through in great detail exactly what happened on that day he went through name by name the people who were murdered exactly where they were in the mosques in christchurch or indeed outside those mosques he went through those who were injured as well as detailing sometimes very emotionally exactly what those Family Members of the victims and survivors are still going through today. As you mentioned Brenton Tarrant issued a surprise plea back in march reversing an earlier decision to plead not guilty to the charges with the judge in his sentencing said he was very skeptical about that decision to change his mind and also what he had seen and heard from brenton tyrant since that decision in march this year to change his mind particularly referring to interviews and statements that he had given to psychologists and others leading up to this sentence. When terence apparently changed his mind about his beliefs in the White Supremacy etc in his how to treat all muslims and non european immigrants but again the judge expressed a lot of skepticism about whether those beliefs really had changed when stay with us werent you because some of the families of the victims are speaking now outside the courthouse in christchurch lets just listen to what theyre saying welcome back to the 2nd. 2 d. Is that. The best. To come to new zealand. For the justice served and only just to be she should be under the same tone. To let everyone know. American. European asian african we are of are you going from that part of the world. You were bundy soon. The same we were burnt we live the same we would dare to sin we guess not different between any one of us your identity your behavior differentiate you when you are good you are the biggest. When you care for life you are the best doesnt matter what color you are you are what little you i may be just street to street strip or. Ended up as building as a derrick the if you are your heart is now clean over there your do worst and if this must repeat history is the best if that is killing is the best human being so to be. I think this country the people of new zealand and the entire human every every one our own do. The police only choose the best in your life to be kind clean from the inside. Clean from the insert you will ever the big you will remain the best till you die thank you very much. So some point remarks there from some of the families of the victims who were killed by brenton tyrant there talking outside the courthouse. And a little bit more to what they have to say why should they throw us with a flower so we thank you very much every one of them very much and we thank you the. Whole judiciary system of news even justice is done as a mom say is no justice is enough for those when you know they lost their Family Member and loved one but at least something is done that take the pain and take the load we had in our heart from us so we thank the media for reporting and we thank everyone in project in whole or around the world in new zealand terrorism doesnt have as i said in my coat impact statement terrorism doesnt have language race color anyone can be a terrorist so we are not terrorists we are loving people we are the same as any person yet in new zealand thank you. Dr Salaam Aleikum what happened on 15 march 2009 here was in not only an attack on the muslims of new zealand but the country is out. Their wish. Was to take that day. Like. A. Dignified way they held up throughout the trial. Some of the families of the victims there speaking outside the courthouse in crisis lets go back to wayne a even monitoring developments for us from the thai capital bangkok wayne i remember you covered the aftermath of these shootings extensively for aljazeera and you never think of these sorts of Mass Shootings happening in a country like new zealand you know new zealand well i mean how is the country come come to terms with the crime almost chains since then. Yes i was there in the immediate aftermath and i have to say it was quite a surreal experience having covered many tragic stories in different parts of the world to then arrive in my home country and to cover such an event there was quite a surreal and Emotional Experience but then there was a sense of pride i think and that was echoed around the world because you know there was so much positive reaction to how everyone in new zealand was responding to this unprecedented attack certainly in modern history on new zealand soil everyone from the Prime Minister done down to those in christchurch and indeed in other parts of the country who werent directly affected by these attacks and then with the swiftness i think with how the government moved to amend what can only really be called loopholes in the Gun Legislation i think that caught many people by surprise in new zealand that the that the laws the regulations surrounding the ownership of the guns that brinton terra used in these attacks were there in the 1st place i think people thought in new zealand because gun crime is relatively low that the laws must have been tight so the government moved very quickly on that to close those loopholes to pos legislation and of course the obvious comparison was made with the United States where this you this issue was brought up constantly because of the high rate of gun crime there and and mass shooting so yes it was an emotional surreal experience and i think that going back to this case in particular the judge commented on the fact you know back in march when the guilty plea was entered by Brenton Terence that meant that meant of course they would be no trial therefore no opportunity ok possibly for the survivors and the Family Members of the victims to have their say in court well they certainly did over the past 4 days all right away in a live from bangkok wayne thank you lets just listen now to waynes reports on those tragic events of last year which left him. People dead in christchurch. At just after 140 in the afternoon on the 15th of march last year Emergency Services received the 1st calls a shooting was underway during friday prayers at the el nor mosque in central christchurch. The final. Stop in here the people. In total 44. 00 worshippers were killed by Brenton Terence at el norte in an attack he live streamed on the internet he then moved on to his 2nd target across town the lynwood mosque where he killed a further 7 people the youngest victim just 3 years old the eldest 77 he was arrested by police as he was making his way to a 3rd mosque in the town nearby it is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack. That was determined because of the preplanned nature of the attack and the ideology terence subscribe to the australian had studied the layout of the mosques and their busiest times he had uploaded a manifesto detailing his White Supremacy beliefs and his hatred of muslims and non european immigrants as the Wider Population rallied around the new Zealand MuslimCommunity Attention turned to the high powered weapons he fired how he obtained them and in some cases modified them legally i can tell you one thing right now our gun laws will change less than a month later most semiautomatic weapons became illegal and the government buyback scheme for guns began. In march this year terrance surprise prosecutors by entering a guilty plea that meant did be no trial but the judge wanted some of the 40 survivors and Family Members of those killed to have the opportunity to speak directly to the gunman in court more than 60 statements were given during the sentencing he had no issue on strong it doesnt even know. It. Has racist this hour with his hide his big powerful. And short lives a little in the form of. She never even saw the child. It took something from me the sentencing of brenton tyrant may help provide some closure and healing but his hatred and terror against the lives of so many and one of new zealands darkest days will never be forgotten wayne hey al jazeera. Well more now on the ferrari have a connection to shooting as we mentioned earlier the n. B. A. Has counseled a number of top flight basketball games in solidarity with the protests against the shooting of jacob blake lets bring in David Holdridge hes the editor in chief of the athletic d. C. Hes covered sports for 30 years david great to have you on the show does this auction led by the Milwaukee Bucks as a force the league to counsel 3 playoff games the bucs of course frog global view as the n. B. A. s team from wisconsin how significant is this move and what impact is it likely to have to you think well its its enormous and its never happened in the 30 years ive been covering the n. B. A. And you have to go back to 164 really when the League Players union 1st was formed by the star players at that time which included the likes of bill russell and jerry west and ask robertson to threaten to not play in an all star game that they had arrived at until their union was recognized by the owners of the lakes teams at the time which they did and really thats the last time i can think of something where the players specifically threatened not to play and nobody has ever actually carried it out and not play so it is a it is a game changer in the sense that it will get the attention of the league and the team owners. But we all understand and the players understand this as well and all right whatever they do its not going to end systemic racism in the United States yeah thats an important point to make david and it was just a few months ago that many black American Sports man and sports women raise their voices over the killing of george freud now we have another shooting of a black man take a black in broader terms david how powerful is sports in bringing about reform and changes in social justice. I think it has a very significant role if it doesnt solve all the problems but i tend to believe that you know when Jackie Robinson broke the color line in 1947 a Major League Baseball that was a big deal and i was a big deal my mom and alis said after winning every way championship in 1984 that i could he was free to be whoever he wanted to be he didnt have to be to write white Sports Writers wanted him to be that was a big deal. It doesnt solve everything but symbols matter symbolism matters in this country and around the world i think and those and sports often not always but often can lead the way towards ok making people kind of stop and think and i think thats what these players are trying to get people to do as the protests over George Floyds death have kind of receded in abdin slowed down somewhat in the last few weeks people have started to forget where they started to revert back to their previous positions and i think the players are saying no we cant do that ok you have to continue the energy that you had before david old has sought we havent even that clip it just a bit push the time but thanks very much david talking to al jazeera thank you. My pleasure. Democratic president ial nominee joe biden as promised justice for jacob blake in a video statement biden said hed spoken to the 27 year olds family and that the video showing blake being shot made him sick president ial hopeful as about peaceful protests against Police Brutality but warned against needless violence. But u. S. Vice president might pence is about to make his case to voters at the Republican National convention a socially distance audience of around 100. 00 people are expected to watch him deliver his speech from fort mchenry in maryland other speakers on day 3 will include pence his wife karen and civil rights advocate Clarence Anderson lets bring in Kimberly Alcatraz joins us live now from outside the white house kimberly so all eyes now on mike pence when he delivers his speech shortly from fort mchenry what are we expecting pence to say and was he chose in this location. Well its true of this location because it inspired the starspangled banner the American National anthem and there has been a very strong stance by this administration with regard to the the kneeling of some athletes in the United States as well as those that support them predomin