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Update (1600ET):<\/strong>\u00a0Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, after the second wave of violent protests that rocked the city of Kenosha and the capital of Madison, after a video of police officers shooting an African American man named Jacob Black went viral on social media.<\/p>\n The order proclaims a state of emergency in Wisconsin, directs state agencies to continue assisting the state response, and calls to state active duty additional elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to support first responders and protect critical infrastructure and cultural institutions.<\/p>\n Evers first called in the national guard to respond to the looting and violence on Monday, and he delivered a statement on the situation earlier today.<\/p>\n In order to try to signal to the public that he’s ‘doing something’, Evers earlier called for a special session for the state legislature to consider police-reform bills that will hobble law enforcement in the face of riots and unrest, and as small business owners are forced to watch in disbelief as their livelihoods are destroyed, with no authorities there to stop it.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a petition demanding Evers “charge the cops who killed Black” has garnered half a million signatures.<\/p>\n