Joe Biden has talked of 'defeating hate' during a visit to Kenosha, where he met with the family of Jacob Blake.
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has begun a visit to the key state of Wisconsin by meeting with the family of Jacob Blake, the black man whose shooting by a white police officer sparked days of sometimes violent protests.
"What I came away with was the overwhelming sense of resilience and optimism that they had about the kind of response they're getting," Mr Biden said from Grace Lutheran Church. The trip, Mr Biden's first to Wisconsin of the general election campaign, is intended to draw sharp contrasts with US President Donald Trump.
Ahead of his visit to Wisconsin, Mr Biden called for the officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times to be charged. "These are not acts of peaceful protest but really domestic terror," Mr Trump said after touring damage in the city, describing multiple nights of angry demonstrations last week that left two people dead.
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