Jacob Blake's family was in Kenosha Tuesday pushing for peace and justice following a week of protests and unrest.
?MEANWHILE OVER AT 40TH AND28TH...THE BLAKE FAMILY ANDCOMMUNITY LEADERS ARE PUSHINGA MESSAGE OF HEALING.MARY JOOLA JOINS US LIVE FROM THATTHE CROWD IS THINNING OUT HEREAS THINGS WRAP UP....BUT THEBLAKE FAMILY SAYS TODAY ISABOUT GIVING BACK TO THISCOMMUNITY...AND SHIFTING FROMTRAGEDY.THIS IS THE AREA WHERE APOLICE OFFICER SHOT JACOBBLAKE IN THE BACK...IN FRONTOF HIS KIDS.IN LIGHT OF THEPRESIDENT'S CONTROVERSIALVISIT TO KENOSHA...THE BLAKEFAMILY...WORKED WITH THE URBANLEAGUE OF RACINE ANDKENOSHA...AND SEVERALCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS...TOBRING SOME POSITIVITYHERE...AS THEY CONTINUE TOPUSH FORPEACE AND JUSTICE.THAT'S WHY THE TEAM BROUGHTOUT A DJ...FOOD...FREE HAIRCUTS AND BOUNCE HOUSES FOR THEKIDS.
THATS WHY THEY OFFEREDVOTER REGISTRATION...AND COVIDTESTING.ALONGSIDE CIVIL RIGHTSACTIVIST REVEREND JESSEJACKSON...JACOB'S UNCLE SAYSTHE TIME TO END SYSTEMICRACISM IS NOW."We're no longer going totolerate this.
As a communitywe are going to work togetherwe're going to put aside ourdifferences we're going toagree to disagree and we'regoing to rebuild ourcommunity."understand youranger and upset and we can seewhy you would wanna burnsomething down but we'reasking you not to.
That fistthat you put up an anchorwe're asking to raise up highin unity and come on boardwith the blacks we're going tomake someJUSTIN BLAKE SAID JACOBREMAINS PARALYZED IN THEHOSPITAL.HE ALSO SAIDPRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOEBIDEN AND SENATOR KAMALAHARRIS HAD A 30 MINUTECONVERSATION WITH HISBROTHER...BUT HE COULD NOTPROVIDE TOO MANY DETAILS ONWHAT IT ENTAILED.MJO TMJ4NEWS.
Rev. Jesse Jackson and the family of Jacob Blake marched in Kenosha on Thursday, calling for justice for Breonna Taylor, Blake and..
