A 29-year-old black father was shot 7 times in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin yesterday. Sadly, three of his sons were present and watched in horror. Details inside…
Protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin has erupted after a white police officer shoots a black man several times in the back as the man’s kids watched in horror.
29-year-old Jacob Blake was reportedly shot in the back 7 times by a white police officer in front of his three sons after police were called to a domestic dispute.
A video of the shooting has gone viral. In the clip, you see Jacob – unarmed - walking away from officers, walking towards a vehicle to get inside. As he’s entering the vehicle one of the officers grab his shirt and then began to fire his gun at the man inside of the car. Another officer is seen right behind the officer who shot Jacob. It’s unclear if he fired any shots. People standing outside are heard screaming as Jacob is being shot.
WARNING!! THIS VIDEO IS VERY GRAPHIC!
Wow. This Black man was shot several times in the back by @KenoshaPolice today. He was getting into his car after apparently breaking up a fight between two women. He’s in critical condition now. We demand JUSTICE! #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/I1reDEp4nw
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) August 24, 2020
Local reports indicate Jacob’s three sons were inside the vehicle at the time of the shooting. TRAGIC. Those young children will be traumatized FOR LIFE.
Witnesses on the scene told police Jacob wasn’t even involved in the domestic violence situation. They claim he was trying to break up a verbal altercation between two women yesterday evening.
Kenosha Police said in a statement that Jacob was provided immediate aid and he was transported via Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.
Jacob is out of surgery and In ICU. We will continue to pray as he fights. We will not excuse the actions of the Kenosha Police department, but his mother asks everyone to please remain peaceful.
— Pauly (@PaulyG103) August 24, 2020
As of this morning, he’s alive, but he’s in “serious condition” at the ICU in Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee.
Below is the Kenosha Police Department’s statement regarding the shooting, where the use of excessive force was condemned:
— Kenosha Police Dept. (@KenoshaPolice) August 24, 2020
The officers involved have been placed on administrative leave. The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into the officer-involved shooting.
Jacob’s family has hired famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump (Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor) to represent them.
The family of Jacob Blake has retained @BenCrumpLaw. We will seek #JusticeForJacobBlake and his family. We demand answers from @KenoshaPolice. pic.twitter.com/hpOr2tmdif
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) August 24, 2020
Confirmed: Jacob Blake’s 3 SONS were IN THE CAR he was getting into when @KenoshaPolice shot him tonight. They saw a cop shoot their father. They will be traumatized forever. We cannot let officers violate their duty to PROTECT us. Our kids deserve better!! #JusticeForJacobBlake
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) August 24, 2020
After the shooting, people started gathering in the streets and began protesting. “No justice, no peace,” was heard as more and more folks came together. As the night went on, riots started taking over. It’s reported people vandalized police cars by smashing windows, while other set dump trucks on fire.
Check it:
Trucks set on fire in Kenosha riots. pic.twitter.com/TFhB0AkIRA
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 24, 2020
Police - dressed in riot gear - deployed tear gas as protesters gathered in the streets of Kenosha:
#BREAKING: Tear gas just deployed by law enforcement at @KenoshaPolice station. This is all in response to a man who police say was seriously injured in an officer-involved shooting this afternoon. @tmj4 #Kenosha pic.twitter.com/zoC8C79ILK
— Lauren Linder (@lauren_linder) August 24, 2020
The pigs in #Kenosha attacked protesters with rubber bullets, tear gas and batons last night after shooting a Black man in the back seven times in front of his kids. Documented by photographer for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. #BurnItDown #BlackLivesMatter #JusticeForJacobBlake pic.twitter.com/m1OpCvUwyU
— Greg Butterfield (@redguard1971) August 24, 2020
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson said he wants to see a thorough investigation into Sunday's police shooting in Kenosha and is urging protests to remain peaceful while the investigation unfolds.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers spoke out against “excessive use of force and immediate escalation when engaging with Black Wisconsinites.” Peep his tweets below:
Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot in the back multiple times, in broad daylight, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kathy and I join his family, friends, and neighbors in hoping earnestly that he will not succumb to his injuries.
— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) August 24, 2020
And we stand against excessive use of force and immediate escalation when engaging with Black Wisconsinites.
— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) August 24, 2020
I have said all along that although we must offer our empathy, equally important is our action. In the coming days, we will demand just that of elected officials in our state who have failed to recognize the racism in our state and our country for far too long.
— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) August 24, 2020
Also a statement from a union representing the Kenosha Police officers was released about the officer-involved shooting:
NEW: Statement from the union representing Kenosha Police officers on the shooting of Jacob Blake yesterday. pic.twitter.com/hl2epfXw3N
— Suzanne Spencer (@suzspencertv) August 24, 2020
Bernice King - daughter of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. & Coretta Scott King - tweeted her frustrations about the shooting:
We shouldn’t have to see one more video of a Black human being brutalized and/or gunned down by police in a clear case of excessive or unwarranted force.
Anybody who doesn’t believe we are beyond a state of emergency is choosing to lack empathy and awareness.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) August 24, 2020
What happened to police tackling and actually just stopping people from resisting arrest? We’re certainly not saying Jacob is a criminal, but to put this in perspective since "the other side" will say "innocent people don't resist arrest," implying those who do deserve to be shot or killed. Even if he was in the wrong in any way, THIS is how police handle unarmed people they believe are possible criminals in some way who resist arrest? He did not have to be shot 7 times to be taken into custody. PERIOD.
We pray he pulls through and sues the police department, the city and whomever else for everything they’re worth!
Photo: Ben Crump's IG
source: theybf
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