Shooting of Jacob Blake
Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The police shooting was followed by unrest, which included rallies, marches, property damage, arson, and clashes with police. On January 5, 2021, prosecutors announced that the officers involved in the shooting will not be charged, though they remain on administrative leave. It was also announced that Jacob Blake also would not face any charges for the shooting, though he is still listed in critical condition in a Milwaukee hospital.
About Shooting of Jacob Blake in brief
On August 23, 2020, Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The police shooting was followed by unrest, which included rallies, marches, property damage, arson, and clashes with police. Blake’s name was invoked in protests in other cities as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has seen a resurgence in the wake of several high-profile killings by police officers in 2020. On January 5, 2021, prosecutors announced that the officers involved in the shooting will not be charged, though they remain on administrative leave. It was also announced that Jacob Blake also would not face any charges for the shooting, though he is still listed in critical condition in a Milwaukee hospital with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Blake had a warrant for his arrest from July, based on charges of third-degree sexual assault, trespassing, and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse. The woman who called 9-1-1 on August 23 to report that Blake had stolen her keys was the same woman who had previously filed the criminal complaint alleging that BlakeHad sexually assaulted her. According to a witness, Blake pulled his car up near \”six or seven women shouting at each other on the sidewalk\” and did not say anything to the women.
According. to the police union, the officers were dispatched because of a complaint that Blake was attempting to steal the caller’s keys and vehicle. Officers attempted to subdue Blake, and two officers used tasers on him. A bystander who recorded a video of the incident told reporters that he heard police yelling \”drop the knife\”. The bystander also stated, \”I didn’t see any weapons in his hands; he wasn’t being violent\”. According to other witnesses, Blake was trying to intervene between two women who were arguing when police arrived. Blake was armed with a knife in his left hand, but officers did not initially see it, and he put one of the officers in a headlock while ignoring orders to drop the knife. Blake told investigators that he had a knife, though investigators said that Blake also said that he was leaning into the front-side-side of the car when he was shot in the back in August 25, 2020. In a press conference on August 26, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said that a knife was recovered from the car Blake was flown to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, for treatment.
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