Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency, saying he would deploy more state National Guard troops, as the city of Kenosha braced for a third night of unrest following the shooting of a Black man by police.
\nEvers said he would authorize an increase in the Wisconsin National Guard\u2019s presence – more than 100 members were deployed on Monday – to 250. The move came as other officials called for a more forceful response after a night of looting and arson overshadowed peaceful protesters on the streets.<\/p>\n

\u201cEssentially, our city was burned to the ground, building by building,\u201d Kenosha County Board of Supervisors member Zach Rodriguez told Reuters. \u201cEnough is enough.\u201d Rodriguez said the board would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday on seeking federal help because of concerns the governor was not doing enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency, saying he would deploy more state National Guard troops, as the city of Kenosha braced for a third night of unrest following the shooting of a Black man by police. Evers said he would authorize an increase in the Wisconsin National Guard\u2019s presence – more than …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3776,3771],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n