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'Open to suggestions': Kenosha County Sheriff looks for help solving systemic issues

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'Open to suggestions': Kenosha County Sheriff looks for help solving systemic issues
'Open to suggestions': Kenosha County Sheriff looks for help solving systemic issues

Nearly three weeks after the unrest in Kenosha after Jacob Blake was shot by police, things are starting to get back to normal.

ALSO SPEAKING OUT TODAY... THEMAN WHO OVERSAW THE LAWENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THEPROTESTS AND VIOLENCE INKENOSHA.

OUR SHAUN GALLAGHERSAT DOWN FOR A ONE-ON-LINEINTERVIEW WITH KENOSHA COUNTYSHERIFF DAVID BETH:shaun introthe fences aroundgovernment buildings came downyesterday, but there are stillremnants of the unrest thatgripped kenosha about threeweeks ago.

Kenosha countysheriff david beth says now,they're trying to get used toa new reality.

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SHERIFF DAVIDBETH SAYS IT'S GOING TO TAKETIME FOR THINGS TO GET BETTERPHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY INKENOSHA..135638i look forwardto kenosha healing from whatwe see here.

And it's gettingthere.

And to make it better..BUT HEALING POLICE-COMMUNITYRELATIONS MAY TAKE EVENLONGER.

FOR HIS ROLE INBETTERING SYSTEMIC ISSUESFACING LAW ENFORCEMENT,SHERIFF BETH IS OPEN TOSUGGESTIONS.

.134809startingto get phone calls of peoplewanting to come talk to me andmeet iwth me.

We'll startthose next week.

I lookforward to their ideas andthoughts they have.

I hear thecomplaint.

And if everybodythinks i have the answers onhow to make it better, idon't.

.WE ARE STILL WAITINGFOR MORE INFORMATION ON THEJACOB BLAKE SHOOTINGINVESTIGATION FROM THEDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AFTERNEARLY THREE WEEKS.

KYLERITTENHOUSE, THE ILLINOIS TEENACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANDKILLING TWO PROTESTERS WASCHARGED WITHIN TWO DAYS.

SOMEARE WONDERING WHY THEDIFFERENCE.

.don't have thatanswer, two different agencieshandling it.

134004kylerittenhouse is in illinoisbeing held because he'saccused of first degreemurder.

An officer involved ina shooting being questioned,is allowed to be free.

Do youbelieve that's right?

Thatofficers invovledi'm not evencommenting on that one.

Whynot?

We can look at each otherfor a long time but i'm notcommenting on it.

Why not?

I'mnot commenting on that.

.EARLIER THIS WEEK, THENATIONAL GUARD ANNOUNCED ITHAD FINISHED ITS TIME INKENOSHA.

THOUGH SHERIFF BETHSAYS THEY ARE ALREADYPREPARING FOR WHATEVERDECISION COMES DOWN ABOUT THEJACOB BLAKE SHOOTING.

.134529we're going to do our best tobe prepared for whateverhappens.

I believe no matterhow the decision comes out,some will like it some won'tlike it.

We'll be calling inresources to make sure kenoshastays as calm as it is rightnow.

.shaun tagofficials arestill trying to figure outexactly how much all of thedamage will cost.

The onlyballpark number officials havetold me is somewhere between30 and 50 million dollars.

Inkenosha, sg, tmj-4.

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