{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://open.acast.com","height":110,"width":640,"title":"What You Need to Know About Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse, and the Kenosha Violence","show_title":"The Daily Signal Podcast","description":"<p>Jacob Blake, 29, was shot seven times in the back by a police officer Aug. 23 after police responded to a report of a domestic dispute in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, is accused in the fatal shootings of two men who <a href=\"https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/31/attorneys-for-teen-kenosha-shooter-say-he-acted-in-self-defense/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">his lawyers say </a>attacked the teen Aug. 26 as he was trying to protect property from rioters in the wake of the Blake shooting.</p><p><br></p><p>What is the media alleging about Rittenhouse, and what are the known facts?&nbsp;Amy Swearer, a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, joins \"The Daily Signal Podcast\"to discuss.</p><p><br></p><p>We also cover these stories:</p><ul><li>President Trump visits Kenosha, despite the wishes of state and local politicians who asked him not to come.&nbsp;</li><li>Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tells Portland Mayor <a href=\"https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cuccinelli-mayor-ted-wheeler-hates-president-trump-more-than-he-loves-the-people-in-portland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Wheeler</a> in a letter that the federal government will get involved if local leaders don’t quell the ongoing violence since the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.</li><li>The Department of Justice is looking into possible criminal activity by the Black Lives Matter organization.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.acast.com/5d6086695cbc0d0a41f6a9c4/episodes/5f4ec33b6813f91246a925fe\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"110\"></iframe>"}