chris ott of the aclu in wisconsin.rst evening of speeches and events is just getting under way for the republican party's national convention, designed to drum up support for president trump's bid to win a second term in office this november. instead of crowds cramming conference halls for the four—day event, the pandemic means this year's is a far more scaled back affair, though unlike the democratic party's virtual convention last week, key figures are appearing in person, including president trump, who after being officially nominated by his party earlier gave an hour—long unscripted speech in charlotte, north carolina. here's some of his comments. we have to win. this is the most important election in the history of our country. this is the biggest. this is it. our country can go in a horrible, horrible direction, or in an even greater direction, and before the plague came in from china, that's where we were going. we were going in a direction like we had never seen. the most successful economy in the history of ou

chris ott of the aclu in wisconsin, thank you very much. thank you.p has been formally been renominated as his party's candidate for president — kicking off this week's republican national convention. he accepted the nomination with an hour—long unscripted speech. mr trump is planning to speak every night of the convention — ahead of an election that everyone agrees is largely about him. here's a little of what he had to say. we have two win. this is the most important election in the history of our country. this is the biggest. our country can go ona the biggest. our country can go on a horrible, horrible direction, or an even greater direction, or an even greater direction, and before the play came in from china, that is where we were going —— plague, we we re where we were going —— plague, we were going in a direction like we had never seen. the most accessible economy in the history of our country. well, one of the battleground states is pennsylvania and my colleague, jane o'brien, reports from bethlehem. troubling polls haven't dampened enthusias

amy: chris ott, that you for being with us, executive director of aclu wisconsin. we're going to find out now why the police department is not investigating i itself. jacob blake is not the first victim of a c controversial pole shooooting in kenosha. go b back seven years, on novemr 9, 2004, before police body cameras were in use in the united states, kenosha police killed a white 21-year-old michael bell in front of his mother and sister. in their driveway. the incident began when kenosha police stopped micichael bell in his car in front of his parent's home. bell dashed up the driveway and was grabbed d from behind by two kenosha officers who pinned him against a parked car. while a third officer kept his mother and sister several yards away, a fourth kenosha police officer ran up, pulled his weapon, placed it against bell's head and pulled the trigger, killing him. the kenosha police department conducted its own review of the incident, and within two days completely exonerated the officers. bell's father, michael bell, sr., commimissioned an independt inquiry t