Asked what he would say to the family of Jacob Blake, U.S. President Donald Trump said he “feels terribly for anyone that goes through that,” but said the shooting was under investigation.

Trump said he had not met with Blake’s mother while in Kenosha, Wis. on Tuesday, but said he has spoken to the family’s pastor. Blake was left paralyzed, according to his attorneys, after being shot seven times in the back by a police officer.

During a roundtable in Kenosha, Wisc., on Tuesday, Trump said that claims the U.S., or law enforcement departments across the country are oppressive or racist are “destructive.” He said law enforcement officials need more support and called them “great people.”

The president said his government would give US$1 million to the police department in Kenosha, Wis., in the wake of mass demonstrations over the shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot multiple times in the back. He said US$4 million would also be used to help small businesses destroyed in the protests.

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