President Trump Visits Site of Protest Against Black Man Shooting September 2: 05:05
President Trump of the United States visited a scene where a black man was protested by being shot by a police officer from behind and emphasized his attitude to crack down on the radical activity that took advantage of the protest.
There have been some opposition to the visit as President Trump has called for a division, and political confrontation is deepening.
In the Midwestern state of Wisconsin, the United States, on the 23rd of last month, a black man Jacob Blake was protested against being shot by a police officer seven times at a close distance from behind, and some buildings were destroyed. It was.
President Trump visited the site on the 1st to inspect the stores burned by the arson and the countermeasures headquarters. Emphasized.
In a park in the center of the city, hundreds of people, including supporters of the president and those who opposed the visit of the president, gathered, and the supporters voiced "4 years to go" and re-elected, but opposition Said, "The president divides society," he said.
President Trump is likely to appeal to the presidential election that the turmoil is due to the insufficient response of the governors of the opposition and the Democratic Party, and at the same time to appeal the attitude of thoroughly maintaining security.
On the other hand, the opposition and the Democratic Party have opposed the fact that President Trump defends the position of the police and are in conflict, and he opposes that he should turn to the issue of racism.
The scene of the arson, which is believed to be due to demonstrators,
At a used car dealership in the center of the city, nearly 100 used cars were burnt by the arson, which is believed to have come from the demonstrators, leaving only the body frame.
In addition, the store that sells office furniture has the roof collapsed and the interior of the building is exposed.
According to the furniture store owner Scott Carpenter, the damage was over 100 million yen in Japanese yen.
“I want President Trump to see what happens if local authorities don't use police or the military. Freedom of expression and protest demonstrations are not bad, but they destroy people's lives and property,” Carpenter said. You don't have the right to do that, and you lose the cause of the protest if you do it."
Citizens
“I don't know if President Trump's visit will fuel the fire or make things better, but I don't think it's a good thing. Heal the community,” said one local man. Is required.”
On the other hand, a man who supports President Trump said, “The vandalism was not well-publicized in the streets. The president came and the media reported that protest against racism. I think the looting and arson are going on in the world. It wouldn't have happened if the governor had suppressed the demonstration," he welcomed the president's visit.