Cell phone video shows Kenosha Wisconsin police officers in an military vehicle telling armed White militia members they "appreciate them being there" and giving them bottled water; while in the background cops can be heard ordering protestors to disperse.
Here, a militia member says cops told them they would "push" the protestors towards them because they knew they could handle them.
Three people were shot, one fatally, by White men with assault weapons in Kenosha tonight. Sheriff David Beth said in the aftermath, "This is why you don’t deputize citizens with guns to protect Kenosha.”
But in fact that is EXACTLY what his officers did.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/…
But in fact that is EXACTLY what his officers did.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/…
Update: Two people are now confirmed dead, after being shot by the militia. washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08…
