Scott Morefield
Reporter
August 25, 2020 9:42 PM ET
Fox News host Tucker Carlson criticized Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul for declining to clarify whether Jacob Blake was armed or attempting to retrieve a weapon when he was shot by police.
Blake was shot in the back seven times during a confrontation with police responding to a domestic disturbance call Sunday after fighting with officers and attempting to enter the driver’s side door of a vehicle. Authorities have so far refused to respond to key questions, particularly about whether or not Blake was armed.
The shooting led to a night of violent riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin that the Fox News host argued could have been mitigated or even prevented if everyone knew the facts.
“In the very first hours when decisions are made about how to respond, Democrats assured us that Blake was a completely innocent victim, just as they told us that George Floyd was a completely innocent victim,†Carlson said. “But now we know it was more complicated than that. It usually is.â€
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