Trump visits protest-torn Kenosha, not to urge racial healing but to back police
2020-09-02 09:06:27 source：The Straits Times
September 2, 2020
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN (REUTERS) - President Donald Trump defied requests to stay away and visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday (Sept 1), not to urge racial healing after a white officer shot a black man in the back but to express support for law enforcement in a city rocked by civil unrest.
With the United States polarised over issues of racial injustice and police use of force, Trump is appealing to his base of white supporters with a "law and order" message as opinion polls show him cutting into the lead of his Democratic rival, former vice-president Joe Biden.
Meanwhile, Trump has largely overlooked the racial wounds caused by police use of force and played down the more than 180,000 US deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.
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