Athletes Take Stand After Kenosha Police Shooting
JARRETT: Athletes across the U.S. are taking a stand after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back. According to reports, the L.A. Lakers in the L.A. Clippers voted to boycott the rest of the NBA season while other teams have voted to keep playing. It all began with the Milwaukee Bucks players deciding to boycott their playoff game Wednesday.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When we take the court and we represent Milwaukee and Wisconsin, we are expected to play at a high level, give maximum effort and hold each other accountable. We hold ourselves to that standard and in this moment, we are demanding the same from lawmakers and law enforcement. We are calling for justice for Jacob Blake and demand the officers be held accountable.</s>ROMANS: The Bucks move cascaded three NBA playoff series put on hold within hours. WNBA, Major League Soccer and Major League Baseball games were called off, including the Reds/Brewers game in Milwaukee. Long time NBA player and broadcaster Kenny Smith, he took a stand of his own.</s>KENNY SMITH NBA ANALYST: And for me, I think the biggest thing now is to kind of as a black man, as a former player, I think it's best for me to support the players and just not be here tonight. And figure out what happens after that. I just hope you all don't question that.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And I respect that.</s>JARRETT: What a moment. The Bucks ownership backed the move to boycott. The team, senior vice president tweeting. Some things are bigger than basketball. And former President Barack Obama praised the Bucks players for quote, standing up for what they believe in.</s>ROMANS: Investigators have finally released a rough timeline of what they say happened Sunday when Kenosha police shot Jacob Blake. Wisconsin's Attorney General says police were called by a woman who said her boyfriend was at her place who was not supposed to be. Officers arrived and attempted to arrest Jacob Blake although officials never explained if Blake was in fact the boyfriend who the woman had called about.</s>JOSH KAUL, WISCONSIN ATTORNEY GENERAL: During the investigation following the initial incident, Mr. Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession and DCI agents -- that's the Division of Criminal Investigation -- recovered a knife from the driver's side floor board of Mr. Blake's vehicle.</s>JARRETT: Now a Blake family lawyer says Jacob Blake did not have a weapon in the car. The officer who pulled the trigger has been identified as seven-year veteran Rusten Sheskey. He is now on administrative leave. Meantime, a suspect has been arrested in the shooting that killed two people early yesterday. This's 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse. He's been charged with first degree intentional homicide. He is accused of shooting two people with a long rifle. It's part of a vigilante show of force as protests grew in Kenosha.</s>ROMANS: All right, in Minneapolis, the National Guard is being deployed and a curfew has been imposed after rioting and theft at retail stores in the downtown area Wednesday night. The unrest was sparked by false rumors that police had shot a homicide suspect who actually took his own life. Police almost immediately shared surveillance video of the suicide. Though it did little to calm crowds. All right, 52 minutes past the hour. This monster storm made landfall just about three hours ago. We're going to get a live report from the National Hurricane Center soon here in about seven minutes, about what's happening with hurricane Laura.