Published 06:27 IST, September 1st 2020

Trump won't meet with Blake's family on Wis. trip

President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake which left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed.

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President Donald Trump will travel to Kesha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, amid fury over police shooting of Jacob Blake which left 29-year-old Black man paralyzed.

But Trump said he will t be meeting with Blake's family.

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He said he spoke with family's pastor, who he did t name, but said that family wanted ir attorney to be on call.

Trump said he declined because it would be "inappropriate."

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White House spokesman Judd Deere said Trump will be meeting with law enforcement officers and "surveying" some of dam from recent protests.

visit is certain to exacerbate tensions in city, where a crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators gared outside a courthouse Saturday to deunce police violence.

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(Im Credit: AP)

06:27 IST, September 1st 2020