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Garbage and dump trucks were set ablaze on Sunday, Aug. 24,
2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin amid rioting.
KENOSHA — The Wisconsin National Guard, which serves under the orders of the Wisconsin governor, says that it fulfilled “all requests for assistance we received via official channels” for assistance to put down riots after Jacob Blake was shot by a Kenosha police officer on Aug. 23.
Antaramian
Both the National Guard and Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian are saying that the guard, since it isn’t a standing army, couldn’t have mobilized much faster than it did to Kenosha last summer. “It takes time for them to get down here,” Antaramian said in an interview Friday morning. “The Guard responded. The governor responded. Everyone responded well.”