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Police shooting victim Jacob Blake has dropped his federal civil rights lawsuit against the Wisconsin police officer, Rusten Sheskey, who shot him
A Wisconsin man has dropped a federal lawsuit against a police officer who shot him during a domestic disturbance in Kenosha nearly two years ago
Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake in August 2020, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, sparking massive protests.
A Wisconsin man has dropped a federal lawsuit against a police officer who shot him during a domestic disturbance in Kenosha nearly two years ago. Neither attorneys for Blake nor Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey indicated in their Friday court filings why the lawsuit was being dropped, including whether a settlement had been reached. Sheskey, who is white, shot Blake, who is Black, after Blake resisted arrest during the disturbance and appeared to turn toward Sheskey with a knife. Prosecutors later cleared Sheskey of criminal wrongdoing and dropped sexual assault charges against Blake that prece...
Attorneys for Blake and for Officer Rusten Sheskey didn’t say in court filings why the suit was dropped.