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u.s. news Diaranson 6 Januari 2021

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter won’t attend Biden’s inauguration

(AP) — Former Presi- ber. Carter survived a mela-
dent Jimmy Carter and noma diagnosis that spread
former first lady Rosal- to his brain in 2015. He has
ynn Carter will not at- since had several falls and
tend President-elect Joe hip replacement surgery. He
Biden’s inauguration. It no longer teaches Sunday
marks the first time the School at Maranatha Baptist
couple, 96 and 93, will Church in Plains, as he had
have missed the ceremo- for decades, but still partici-
nies since Carter was pates in church activities via
sworn in as the 39th presi- video amid the COVID-19
dent in 1977. pandemic.
Carter was the first former
A spokeswoman at The Cart- president to confirm his
er Center in Atlanta said the plans to attend President
Carters have sent Biden and Donald Trump’s inaugu-
Vice President-elect Kamala ration in 2017. The Cart-
Harris their “best wishes” ers were seated on the aisle,
and “look forward to a suc- next to former President Bill
cessful administration.” Clinton and Hillary Clinton,
Biden was a young Delaware and former President George
senator and Carter ally dur- W. Bush and Laura Bush.
ing the Georgian’s term in The elder Bush was the lone
the White House. former president at the time
The Carters have spent the who did not attend Trump’s
coronavirus pandemic mostly and where they returned af- Carter, a Democrat, became surpassing former President inauguration. The Carters
at their home in Plains, Geor- ter leaving the White House the longest-lived American George H.W. Bush, who did travel to Washington for
gia, where both were raised in 1981. president in March 2019, died the previous Novem- the elder Bush’s funeral.

Illinois teen pleads not guilty in Kenosha protest slayings

Wisconsin and other swing mon Council on Monday shot him seven times in his
states. night unanimously approved back unjustifiably.”
In Kenosha, as the protests an emergency resolution that The family said it’s taken too
that followed damaged busi- goes into effect with the an- long for a charging decision,
nesses in the city of 100,000 nouncement and allows the and the precautions sug-
near the Wisconsin-Illinois mayor to set curfews. gest that Sheskey won’t be
border — authorities ulti- Meanwhile, Gov. Tony Evers charged.
mately estimated some $50 activated 500 National Guard “What is the National Guard
million in damage — some troops to help Kenosha au- for?” Jacob Blake Sr. said.
people answered a call on so- thorities when the decision is “They going to deliver mail?
cial media to travel to Keno- announced. Deliver ice cream? What do
sha. “Our members of the Na- you think they’re here for?”
Conservatives have rallied tional Guard will be on hand Tanya McLean, executive di-
to Rittenhouse’s legal de- to support local first respond- rector of the community or-
(AP) — An Illinois teen- Anthony Huber and wound- fense, arguing that he was a ers, ensure Kenoshans are ganization Leaders of Keno-
ager who fatally shot two ing Gaige Grosskreutz. Rit- patriot who took up arms to able to assemble safely, and to sha and a friend of the Blake
people and wounded a tenhouse has argued he fired protect people and property. protect critical infrastructure family, said as Monday eve-
third amidst sometimes in self-defense. Conserva- Rittenhouse, who is white, as necessary,” Evers said in a ning’s march was kicking off
violent summer protests tives have rallied around Rit- was 17 at the time of the statement. that violence isn’t acceptable.
on the streets of Keno- tenhouse, describing him as a shootings, and charges in- Blake’s father led a march “No matter what the decision
sha, Wisconsin, pleaded patriot who took up arms to clude illegal possession of a through the city Monday is, we are seeking nonvio-
not guilty on Tuesday to protect people and property, dangerous weapon by some- evening, calling on people to lence,” she said. “We want ev-
charges including inten- and raised enough money to one under age 18. “make noise” and be “heard erybody to come out, make as
tional homicide. make his $2 million cash bail. A pretrial conference for Rit- around the world.” much noise as you want, but
Others see him as a domestic tenhouse was set for March “(Sheskey) tried to kill my we don’t want any destruc-
Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, entered terrorist whose presence with 10, with a March 29 trial date, son and could have killed my tion of property or business-
his plea in a brief hearing a rifle incited protesters. though his attorney Mark grandchildren,” Jacob Blake es. We are for nonviolence.
conducted by teleconference The Blake shooting hap- Richards indicated he would Sr. said during a news confer- Anything else is not accept-
that came just as Kenosha pened three months after seek to delay that to allow ence before the march. “He able for this community.”
was bracing for a charging George Floyd died while more time to prepare.
decision in the event that being restrained by police Kenosha County District
brought Rittenhouse to the officers in Minneapolis, Attorney Michael Graveley
city in August — the police which also was captured on hasn’t publicly announced
shooting of Jacob Blake. bystander video and which the timing of a decision on
Prosecutors say Rittenhouse, sparked outrage and protests whether to charge Kenosha
who is white, left his home in that spread across the United Police Officer Rusten Shes-
Antioch, Illinois, and traveled States and beyond. The gal- key. But the city began mov-
to Kenosha after learning of a vanized Black Lives Matter ing in recent days to prepare
call to protect businesses af- movement put a spotlight for the event, with some busi-
ter Blake, a Black man, was on inequitable policing and nesses boarding their win-
shot seven times in the back became a fault line in poli- dows and concrete barricades
Aug. 23 and left paralyzed. tics, with President Donald and oversized metal fencing
Rittenhouse opened fire with Trump criticizing protesters surrounding the Kenosha
an assault-style rifle during and aggressively pressing a County Courthouse. Fear-
protests two nights later, kill- law-and-order message that ing a repeat of the August
ing Joseph Rosenbaum and he sought to capitalize on in protests, the Kenosha Com-