Kenosha victim’s family gives poor marks to all US politicians
Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Kenosha
In the United States media condemnation was widespread for President Donald Trump’s visit to rebellion-wracked Kenosha, Wisconsin, the site of the nation’s latest brutal police shooting.
However, the family of the shooting victim was outraged that so many appeared to be playing politics with their relative, who is now paralytic. From the state governor, who required four days to visit Kenosha, down to a local police force, which has been mostly silent instead of fully transparent, the family of Jacob Blake condemned the response from all levels of government.
Ending police brutality is the primary demand of the incredibly popular ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, but many in the African-American community say a larger issue is the government’s perpetual refusal or inability to get money and resources into Black communities through either public or private means.
The government’s week-long failure to defuse tensions or to provide basic security resulted in the shooting death of two protesters by an armed teenage local who sought to protect local property.
Nobody expects the Kenosha shooting to be the last occurrence of police brutality in the United States, but the message of ‘Black Lives Matter’ continues to propel the largest social movement here in 50 years. Criticism of the government from the top-down to the local level appears certain to keep piling up, along with popular discontent and tragedies of many different types.
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