About 1,000 people joined a mile-long march in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Saturday afternoon, chanting "Black Lives Matter" and "No Justice, No Peace" as National Guard units stood by to prevent a resurgence of violence that rocked the lakeside city earlier in the week.

Jacob Blake Sr., the father of the 29-year-old Black man whose shooting by a white police officer last Sunday sparked the unrest, called on protesters to refrain from the looting and vandalism that he said detracted from the push for progress.

"Good people of this city understand. If we tear it up we have nothing," he told a gathering at a park that was the hub of protests in support of his son, Jacob Blake Jr. "Stop it. Show them for one night we don't have to tear up nothing."

The shooting of Blake, in front of three of his children, turned the mostly white city of 100,000 people south of Milwaukee into the latest flashpoint in a summer of nationwide demonstrations against police brutality and racism.

Blake, 29, survived but was left badly wounded and paralyzed from the waist down. Blake will likely participate via video from his hospital room in a court hearing next week about criminal charges that predated the shooting, his lawyer told Reuters on Saturday, adding he would plead not guilty.

Anger at Blake's shooting, captured on video that went viral, led to street skirmishes, with protesters hurling firecrackers and bricks at police in riot gear who fired volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets. On Tuesday night three demonstrators were shot – two fatally – by a white teenager armed with a semi-automatic rifle.

In Kenosha on Saturday, people painted messages of unity on boards protecting storefronts after many businesses were burned to the ground in arson attacks and vandalism. And residents hoped the calm would hold for a fourth night.

Yet outrage over Blake's shooting has not diminished. Protesters, some wearing "Justice for Jacob" masks, spoke about the need for a reckoning with racial injustice.

"We are tired," said Darius Johnson, 27, of Milwaukee. "There is no excuse for this kind of racism. It could have been any one of us, my brother, my sister. It needs to stop."

White House spokesman Judd Deere announced Saturday evening that President Donald Trump will on Tuesday visit Kenosha, but said he wasn't sure whether a meeting between Trump and the Blake family will be scheduled. Earlier this week, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running Kamala Harris talked with Blake Sr., who described the conversation as akin to "speaking to my uncle and one of my sisters." He also told media that Trump did not try to reach out.

By Friday, more than 1,000 National Guard soldiers were on the ground in Kenosha, many from out of state. The National Guard members that were sent here by other states came at the request of Governor Tony Evers. Trump previously said that the National Guard had made Kenosha safe.

(With input from Reuters)