The breaking news, new details about jacob blake, the 29yearold black man shot seven times in the back by police in wisconsin. Blake is now cuffed to his hospital bed, blakes family telling this is insult to injury. Hes paralyzed, cant walk, and they have him cuffed to the bed. Why . Asked about that, the governor of wisconsin said he couldnt imagine why yang would be cuffed to the bed. Blakes first question after he woke up was, quote, daddy, why did they shoot me so many times. Andrew yang is going to be with us in just a few moments and you will hear what blakes father wants you all to know. We are awaiting answers on blake is constrained to his bed and why he was shot so many times. We are waiting for the president to say something. He has said nothing about this, today he was asked repeatedly about the case. [ inaudible question ] i want to note the reporter there did mistakenly say blake had been killed, but the president , as you saw, would not respond to anything there. Blake i
Reportedly shot paint ball guns at the protesters, who then threw objects back at them. One man affiliated with a rightwing group was shot and killed. The president took to social media in the wake of all this, praising the protrump activists as great patriots. The president also retweeted a message supporting the 17yearold charged in connection with two fatal shootings during the unrest in kenosha, wisconsin, last week. Those demonstrations were in response to the Police Shooting of jacob blake, who is now said to be paralyzed. Hes stoking violence in our cities. I want to make it absolutely clear. Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. Its lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted. Do i look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters . Really . I want a safe america, safe from covid, safe from crime and looting, safe from racially motivated violence, safe from bad cops
Hes stoking violence in our cities. I want to make it absolutely clear. Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. Its lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted. Do i look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters . Really . I want a safe america, safe from covid, safe from crime and looting, safe from racially motivated violence, safe from bad cops. Let me be crystal clear. Safe from four more years of donald trump. Hes rooting for chaos and violence. These are not images of some imagined Joe Biden America in the future. These are images of Donald Trumps america today. He keeps telling if only he was president , it wouldnt happen. Well, he is president whether he knows it or not, and it is happening. And a few hours later, the president offered this response. The rioters and joe biden have a side. Theyre both on the side of the radical left, and that is so obvious. From wh
Marc lamont hill is at Temple University. His books include nobody, casualties americas war on the vulnerable from bergersen to plant and beyond and except for palestine, the limits of progressive politics. He also owns uncle bobbys coffee and books and is a founding director of the Peoples Education center. A Nonprofit Organization devoted to community education. Todd brewster is the coauthor of the number one bestseller the century. Their other work includes the book lincolns gamble and in search of america but he also taughty journalism at Temple University was a knight fellow at Yale Law School and was the founding director of the center for oral history at west point. He is also the executive producer of the documentary in harms way. In their new book seen and unseen the authors examined the uniqueness of this moment in the overall history of the Civil Rights Movement in the united states. Joining them in conversation this evening is award winner, awardwinning broadcaster and jour