--- title: Activists in Kenosha Concerned Over President Trump's Visit description: Activists and leaders in the city fear that President Donald Trump's visit could serve as a basis for renewed division and unrest. canonical: https://time.com/5885406/kenosha-residents-trump-visit-concerns/ author: Josiah Bates article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-09-02T18:30:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:55:46.453Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Kenosha Residents, Community Activists Concerned Over Impact of President Trump's Visit og:description: Many fear Trump's visit could serve as a basis for renewed division and unrest og:url: https://time.com/5885406/kenosha-residents-trump-visit-concerns/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96f080e43be23bb8/698a11dbe76ad2377b6380f7/Kenosha_Jacob_Blake_Protest_08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kenosha_Jacob_Blake_Protest_08 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kenosha Residents, Community Activists Concerned Over Impact of President Trump's Visit twitter:description: Many fear Trump's visit could serve as a basis for renewed division and unrest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96f080e43be23bb8/698a11dbe76ad2377b6380f7/Kenosha_Jacob_Blake_Protest_08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kenosha Residents, Community Activists Concerned Over Impact of President Trump's Visit > Sponsored content. 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He currently works for The Trace. Sep 2, 2020 6:30 PM UTC  A peaceful gathering early Tuesday near the site where Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 1, 2020. A peaceful gathering early Tuesday near the site where Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 1, 2020.Patience Zalanga for TIME by [Josiah Bates](https://time.com/author/josiah-bates/) ## Josiah Bates Josiah Bates is a criminal justice reporter and a former TIME staff writer. He currently works for The Trace. Sep 2, 2020 6:30 PM UTC As the city of Kenosha, Wis. continues to process the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake—and the ensuing shooting of two protesters by a teen gunman—activists and community leaders in the city fear that President Donald Trump’s visit will serve as a basis for renewed [division](https://time.com/5885442/kenosha-jacob-blake-donald-trump/) and unrest. On Wednesday, Joe Biden’s campaign announced that he will also visit Kenosha on Thursday, leading to further concerns that the city will remain a cultural flashpoint. **Read more:** [_The Chaos in Kenosha Isn’t Changing Anybody’s Mind_](https://time.com/5885442/kenosha-jacob-blake-donald-trump/) On Tuesday, President Trump visited Kenosha, touring businesses destroyed during nights of protest and violence last week and attending a community discussion on public safety. Trump supporters took to the streets during his visit, sparring with Black Lives Matter protesters in contentious scenes. Not long after Trump left the city, a fight [broke out](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/09/01/trump-kenosha-live-updates-presidents-visit-schedule-speech-protests-jacob-blake-kyle-rittenhouse/3453993001/) between a Trump supporter and a group of counter demonstrators. “To be used as a tool during his campaign is not fair to the people of Kenosha,” Anthony Davis, President of the Kenosha NAACP, tells TIME. Davis is one of a number of community leaders in the city who believe the President visited the city to sow dissension among its citizens, politicize the shootings and condemn those who were involved with looting and property damage. “The president has shown himself to be an agitator,” Davis says. “You have outside forces that come into our community—and they don’t love our community as we do.” Tom Gram, a Kenosha business owner whose store was burned down last week, told local news station WTMJ-TV that he declined an offer to partake in the president’s tour. Trump later appeared at Gram’s store with its former owner (who still owns the property), who was presented as if he were the current owner. “I think everything he does turns into a circus and I just didn’t want to be involved in it,” Gram [said](https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/kenosha-business-owner-declines-president-trump-photo-op-former-owner-replaces-him).  President Donald Trump talks to business owners as he tours an area damaged during demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis. on Sept. 1, 2020. Evan Vucci—AP Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers had also pleaded with the President to stay away. “I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. I am concerned your presence will only delay our work to overcome division and more forward together,” Gov. Evers said in a [statement](https://twitter.com/News3Adam/status/1300189657062420480) on Aug 30. Trump’s visit to Kenosha came just over a week after Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey, one of several officers responding to a “domestic incident” at which Blake was present. Speaking on behalf of the Blake family’s legal team, attorney Benjamin Crump confirmed that the president reached out to Blake’s mother’s pastor to begin a conversation with her, but then declined to speak with her once it became apparent that the family’s lawyers would monitor the call. “If the call had occurred, Ms. Jackson was prepared to ask President Trump to watch the video of Mr. Blake’s shooting and to do what she has asked all of America to do—examine your heart,” the legal team for the Blake family [said](https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1300589771132227585/photo/1) in a statement. Trump did not meet with any members of Blake’s family during his visit. **Read more:** [_‘Imagine if Martin Luther King Jr. Had Facebook.’ Watch TIME’s Documentary on the Role of Social Media in Racial Justice Protests_](https://time.com/5875479/viral-videos-racism-impact-protests/) Tanya McLean, a local activist and friend of the Blake family organized a “Jacob Blake Community Celebration” on Tuesday for people to attend in lieu of any protests. Instead of rallying against Trump or his supporters, McLean and others served food to the community, led child-friendly activities and offered COVID-19 testing. Hundreds of people were in attendance, including members of Blake’s family. Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke at the event. “We don’t want anyone in our community protesting right now. It’s just not safe.” McLean tells TIME of the risks associated with the spotlight currently on the city and residents’ grievances.  Protestors clash outside a courthouse after the President departs Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 1, 2020. Patience Zalanga for TIME In this vein, activists want more attention on—and more investment in—changes they say need to happen within the police department. “The people are afraid of the police,” Davis tells TIME, “and the police are afraid of the people.” The police department needs to provide its officers with more training on de-escalation, Davis says, and invest in body-cameras, something many Wisconsin departments [don’t](https://www.tmj4.com/news/i-team/in-wake-of-kenosha-police-shooting-many-wisconsin-departments-dont-require-body-cameras) have. Officers were not wearing body-cameras when Blake was shot and only dispatch audio has been [released](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/08/25/kenosha-police-shot-jacob-blake-3-minutes-after-arrival-audio-reveals/5628076002/). “We need safe housing, affordable housing. We need equitable education. 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