The latest on Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake

Attorney Patrick Salvi told CNN that Jacob Blake and his family discussed the need for de-escalation training in police work, as well as the need for increased use of body worn cameras for police officers during their meeting with Joe Biden today.

Fellow Blake family attorney, B'Ivory LaMarr, said while Jacob Blake was able to join the meeting on the phone from his hospital bed, he is “still in a great degree of pain, he did describe that.”

Jacob Blake's uncle Justin Blake told CNN Thursday that Blake’s family has spoken with former vice president Joe Biden about the desire for better policies regarding social justice in America.

Blake said they want police shootings involving African Americans to be dealt with at the federal level and “we want equities and inequities to be resolved within these African American communities nationwide.”

At a community event in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Biden advocated for an examination of how prosecutors handle criminal convictions and discussed education disparities in poor communities. The Democratic presidential nominee also promised that if elected, he would establish a national policing commission out of the White House.

Jacob Blake's family attorney Ben Crump released a statement on Thursday about former vice president Joe Biden and Jill Biden's visit with Jacob Blake's family. 

In the statement, Crump said the Bidens today "had a very engaging 90-minute in-person meeting with the Blake family, including Jacob's father, sisters and brother," 

"I joined the meeting by phone, as did Jacob's mother and Jacob himself from his hospital bed. The family was grateful for the meeting and was very impressed that the Bidens were so engaged and willing to really listen," read the statement. 

"Jacob Jr. shared about the pain he is enduring," and the former vice president "commiserated," according to the statement.  

Former vice president Joe Biden promised that if elected president, he would start a national commission on policing out of the White House that would bring civil rights activists and police chiefs together.

The Democratic presidential nominee said a significant portion of police officials are "decent people," but there are a lot of "bad folks" in every organization.

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At a gathering of community leaders in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Joe Biden spoke about the impression left on him after speaking with Jacob Blake and his family today in Milwaukee.

Biden said he specifically spoke with Blake who "talked about how nothing was going to defeat him, how whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up," he said. Biden said both men spoke on the phone for about 15 minutes.

The Democratic nominee also noted that he spoke about faith with Blake, specifically quoting, "He will raise you up on eagle's wings, Bear you on the breath of dawn, Make you to shine like the sun, And hold you in the palm of His Hand." 

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Joe Biden addressed a crowd of business and community leaders in Kenosha this afternoon where he discussed trouble in America's legal system and ongoing racial issues.

Biden advocated for an examination of how prosecutors handle criminal convictions.

The former vice president also discussed education disparities in poor communities.

"There's so much we can do," Biden said. "We can do it by just eliminating the tax cut for the top one tenth of 1%."

Biden said he is optimistic that there is an opportunity for change in this country "if we seize it."

"We've reached an inflection point in American history. I honest to God believe we have an enormous opportunity now that the screen, the curtain has been pulled back on just what’s going on in the country, to do a lot of really positive things," Biden said.

Watch: Joe Biden discusses prison reform in Kenosha

The Biden campaign provided a list of community members Joe Biden is speaking with at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, today.

The list includes members of the faith community, law enforcement officials, activists and small business owners, among others.

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Joe and Jill Biden have just arrived at Kenosha's Grace Lutheran Church and a group of Black Lives Matter protestors have gathered on the road in front of it shouting, “Shut it down!”  

The protesters are also alternating between shouting Jacob Blake’s name and “Black Lives Matter.” This is their second pass through the street. 

A pair of police cars from the Kenosha Police Department are following the protestors and using a megaphone to say things like, “This is an unlawful assembly. Please move out of the roadway. Exit the roadway.”

There have been 252 arrests in Kenosha since Aug. 23, the day Jacob Blake was shot by police, according to a Kenosha County Sheriff Department situational update.  

Of the 252 arrests, 132 have been individuals who did not live in Kenosha County, said the sheriff's department update.  

Still, there has been more than $2 million in damage to city and county property reported since Aug. 23 — including $385,000 worth of damage to Kenosha County property and $1.95 million worth of damage reported to city property, according to the update.  

More than 40 law enforcement agencies are assisting with the civil unrest in the area, said the update.   

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating at least 23 "fires of interest," according to the update.