No charges in police shooting of Jacob Blake
Updated / Wednesday, 6 Jan 2021
08:54
Jacob Blake Sr, the father of Jacob Blake Jr, attends a vigil near the Kenosha County Courthouse yesterday
No police will be charged in the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man who was left paralysed in an incident which sparked unrest in the US city of Kenosha in August, the prosecutor announced.
Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said that white police officer Rusten Sheskey had a reasonable claim of fear of being stabbed when he shot Mr Blake several times in the back as Mr Blake tried to get in his car.
US: No charges in police shooting of African American Jacob Blake in Wisconsin Updated Jan 06, 2021 | 06:53 IST
Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said white police officer Rusten Sheskey had a reasonable fear of being stabbed when he shot Blake several times in the back as Blake tried to get in his car. Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake, holds a candle at a rally Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. | Photo Credit: AP
Wisconsin: No police will be charged in the shooting of African American Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed in an incident which sparked unrest in the US city of Kenosha in August, the prosecutor announced Tuesday.
Wisconsin police officer cleared of charges in shooting of Jacob Blake
By Reuters
Brendan O Brien
Kenosha - Wisconsin prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a white police officer of criminal charges in the shooting a Black man from behind in the presence of his young children, leaving him paralyzed and triggering deadly protests that inflamed US racial tensions.
Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley found officer Rusten Sheskey acted in self-defence while responding to a domestic dispute last August 23 and shooting Jacob Blake seven times at close range, saying Blake was armed with a knife and had resisted arrest, withstanding multiple Taser shots.
The
district attorney found that officer Rusten Sheskey acted in self-defence while
responding to a domestic dispute.
Blake
was shot in the presence of his three young sons and his lawyers said they are
considering a civil lawsuit against Sheskey.
KENOSHA
– Wisconsin prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a white police officer of criminal
charges in the shooting a black man from behind in the presence of his young
children, leaving him paralysed and triggering deadly protests that inflamed US
racial tensions.
Kenosha
County District Attorney Michael Graveley found officer Rusten Sheskey acted in
self-defence while responding to a domestic dispute last year on 23 August, and