Blake family continues fight for change after DA s decision
Blake family continues fight for change after DA’s decision
The family of Jacob Blake said they will continue to fight for change, calling for peace, after it was announced that no charges will be filed in the police shooting that left Blake partially paralyzed.
KENOSHA, Wis. - The family of Jacob Blake said they will continue to take to the streets to fight for change, holding a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 5 calling for peace.
Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley on Tuesday announced that no charges will be filed in the police shooting of Blake.
Rusten Sheskey, the white police officer who shot Jacob Blake in an incident that left the Black man paralyzed, will not face criminal charges in the shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Bernice King, MLK s Daughter, Condemns Decision Not To Charge Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake
On 1/6/21 at 8:07 AM EST
Bernice King, the daughter of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., has condemned a Wisconsin prosecutor s decision not to charge the officer who shot Jacob Blake.
Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced on Tuesday that Rusten Sheskey, a white officer, won t face charges for shooting Blake, a 29-year Black man, seven times in the back during an encounter in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August last year.
Cellphone footage of the shooting, which left Blake paralyzed, sparked days of unrest and rioting in Kenosha during a summer of protests across the U.S., ignited by the police killings of Black people, including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin prosecutor declined Tuesday to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in Kenosha, concluding he couldn’t disprove the officer’s contention that he acted in self-defense because he feared the man would stab him.
The decision, met with swift criticism from civil rights advocates and some public officials, threatened to reignite protests that rocked the city after the Aug. 23 shooting that left Jacob Blake paralyzed. Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, called the decision “further evidence that our work is not done” and called for people to work together for equity. Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who is Black, was more pointed on Twitter: “I wish I could say that I’m shocked. It’s another instance in a string of misapplications of justice.”