Jacob Blake Shooting

• Police officer who shot Jacob Blake won’t be charged: U.S. federal prosecutors

  State prosecutors decided not to file charges against Sheskey earlier this year after video showed that Blake, who was wanted on a felony warrant, was armed with a knife.

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  Oct 10, 2021
  
• Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake back on duty, won’t face discipline

  The Kenosha County district attorney concluded in January that the officer acted in self-defense when he shot Blake seven times at close range from behind.

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  Apr 13, 2021
  
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• Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake will not face criminal charges

  Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said Tuesday that he had informed Blake of the news before holding a news conference to announce his decision.

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  Jan 5, 2021
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• Ex-Wisconsin police chief to review shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha

  Wisconsin’s attorney general announced Monday that he has selected a former Madison police chief to serve as an independent consultant for prosecutors weighing whether to file charges against the officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down.

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  Sep 21, 2020
• Kamala Harris meets with Jacob Blake’s family as she visits critical swing state

  Harris gathered with Jacob Blake’s father, two sisters and members of his legal team at a private airport in Milwaukee.

  Politics

  Sep 7, 2020
• Jacob Blake speaks from hospital bed for 1st time since police shooting in Kenosha

  In a video posted Saturday night on Twitter by his family’s lawyer, Ben Crump, Blake said from his hospital bed that, “Twenty-four hours, every 24 hours it’s pain, nothing but pain. It hurts to breathe, it hurts to sleep, it hurts to move from side-to-side, it hurts to eat.”

  World

  Sep 6, 2020
• Jacob Blake optimistic despite paralysis after police shooting, father says

  Jacob Blake Sr. said the past two weeks have been ``surreal'' and ``like a dream'' and he's mentally worn out, adding he's been receiving death threats.

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  Sep 4, 2020
• Hundreds attend anti-racism protest in solidarity with Jacob Blake in Vancouver

  The shooting of Jacob Blake set off demonstrations across the U.S and prompted the NBA and NHL to postpone games in protest of racial injustice.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2020
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• Kenosha business owner accuses Trump of deception, using unrest for political gain

  Donald Trump toured Kenosha on Tuesday, visiting businesses burned amid protests.

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  Sep 2, 2020
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• Kenosha protesters sue city claiming arrests, curfew violate free speech rights

  The plaintiffs argue that more than 150 people protesting the shooting have been taken into custody while pro-police demonstrators have been allowed to freely take to the streets.

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  Sep 1, 2020