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According to remarks made by President of the US Donald Trump, the Trump administration will grant $1M to Kenosha Police and $4M to businesses damaged from rioters.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump while visiting Kenosha told reporters that he will grant $1 million to the Kenosha Police Department in support of their efforts to defuse the current unrest in the city and $4 million to small business recovery for those businesses that have suffered damages from the riots. Besides that, he said that he will also grant $42 million statewide to advance law enforcement efforts.
“We must give far greater support to our law enforcement. It’s all about giving them additional support. These are great people. … These are brave people. They’re fighting to save people that they never met before, in many cases. And they’re incredible. We must really be thankful that we have them, and we have to help them do their jobs,” Trump said.
On Aug. 23, the presidentwent to Kenosha to see the damage left by the riots that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Following the tour of the damages, Trump held a roundtable conference joined by Attorney General William Barr, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wold, Senator Ron Johnson, Congressman Bryan Steil, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth, Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis, and others.
During the conference, Trump asked a pastor to pray for the current situation in Kenosha.
“Father, we ask you to forgive us all when we’ve strayed from your ways and where we’ve not acknowledged your word. We ask that you would continue to cause this nation to be one nation, under God,” Pastor James Ward of Insight Church prayed.
Trump described the root of the violence as a message driven by “reckless far-left politicians.”
“To stop the political violence we must also confront the radical ideology that includes this violence. Reckless far-left politicians continue to push the destructive message that our nation and our law enforcement are oppressive or racist — they’ll throw out any word that comes to them,” he said at the roundtable.
“We have to condemn the dangerous, anti-police rhetoric.”
Trump also expressed some sympathy toward police, saying they could have a long “spotless” record but make one “wrong decision” in “a quarter of a second.”
“They’re under tremendous pressure. And they may be there for 15 years and have a spotless record. And all of a sudden, they’re faced with a decision. They have a quarter of a second — quarter of a second — to make a decision. And if they make a wrong decision, one way or the other, they’re either dead or they’re in big trouble. And people have to understand that. They choke sometimes. And it’s a very tough situation, right? Then people call them ‘bad’ and ‘horrible,'” he said.
President Trump announces federal aid to Kenosha:
– $1 million to Kenosha law enforcement
– $4 million to support the small businesses that have suffered
– $42 million to support public safety statewidepic.twitter.com/NRsy7BK5pc— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 1, 2020
