evidence: The streets of Kenosha, Wisc., had been roiling for days after police officers shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, in the back on Sunday. Then, late Tuesday night, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly waded into the chaos with a military-style rifle and shot and killed two people. Hours later, Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes was at home in Madison when he got a phone call from Alex Lasry, senior vice president for the Milwaukee Bucks and son of one of the franchise owners. Lasry wanted to put Barnes, who is the first Black lieutenant governor in the state, in touch with Bucks players, who minutes earlier had decided to walk off the court before their playoff game on Wednesday. From their locker room, the players spoke with Barnes and the state’s attorney general Josh Kaul about their decision not to play and asked for advice on what to do next. Then on Thursday, Barnes and Gov. Tony Evers visited Kenosha for the first time since the unrest started. [...] You’re a Black man, you grew up in Wisconsin, you grew up in Milwaukee. Obviously the Jacob Blake shooting has resonated with people for all sorts of reasons. How have you dealt with it personally? That’s got to take some sort of a psychological toll, to have to be in the role and the responsibility you have within the state. I imagine it keeps you from spending a lot of time dwelling on it. But have you thought about it? How has it affected you? How has it impacted you?