Shooting of Jacob Blake

On August 23, 2020, Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin.[2] Sheskey shot at Blake's back seven times[3][4] when Blake opened the driver's door to an SUV and leaned in.[5] Three of Blake's sons were in the backseat at the time.[6][7][8] Earlier during the encounter, Blake had been tasered and had scuffled with officers.[9]

Shooting of Jacob Blake
An image of Blake leaning into his vehicle before being shot
DateAugust 23, 2020 (2020-08-23)
Timec. 5:15 pm[1] (CDT)
LocationKenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coordinates42°36′02.3″N 87°50′35.8″W
TypePolice shooting
ParticipantsOfficer Rusten Sheskey of the Kenosha Police Department
Non-fatal injuriesGunshot wounds; paralyzed from the waist down; damage to his stomach, kidney, and liver; most of small intestines and colon removed.

The police shooting was followed by unrest, which included rallies, marches, property damage, arson, and clashes with police. Two protesters were also fatally shot in a confrontation with an armed civilian. Blake's name was invoked in protests in other cities as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has seen a resurgence in the wake of several high-profile killings by police officers in 2020.[7]

On January 5, 2021, Kenosha County prosecutors announced that the officers involved in the shooting will not be charged, though they remain on administrative leave. It was also announced by Kenosha County prosecutors that Jacob Blake also would not face any charges.[10][11]

Shooting
The site where police shot Blake.

On August 23, Kenosha police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a "domestic incident" at approximately 5:11 PM. According to multiple official sources, the female caller referred to Blake as her "boyfriend", said he was not permitted to be on the premises, and that he'd taken her car keys and was refusing to give them back.[12][13] Officers were also informed by the dispatcher that there was a "wanted" alert for someone at the address, indicated by police code 10–99.[14] Blake had a warrant for his arrest from July, based on charges of third-degree sexual assault,[note 1] trespassing, and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse.[1][14] The woman who called 9-1-1 on August 23 to report that Blake had stolen her keys was the same woman who had previously filed the criminal complaint alleging that Blake had sexually assaulted her.[15] Both Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis and the Kenosha Professional Police Association stated that the officers dispatched on August 23 were aware of the pending warrant for Blake before they arrived on scene.[15][16][17]

According to a witness, Blake pulled his car up near "six or seven women shouting at each other on the sidewalk" and "Blake did not say anything to the women".[18] According to other witnesses, Blake was trying to intervene between two women who were arguing when police arrived.[7] According to the police union, the officers were dispatched because of a complaint that Blake was attempting to steal the caller's keys and vehicle.[19]

Officers attempted to subdue Blake, and two officers used tasers on him.[20][7][21] A bystander who recorded a video of the incident told reporters that he heard police yelling "drop the knife". The bystander also stated, "I didn't see any weapons in his hands; he wasn't being violent".[22] The police union says that Blake was armed with a knife in his left hand, but officers did not initially see it, and he "forcefully fought with the officers, including putting one of [them] in a headlock", while ignoring orders to drop the knife.[23] "Based on the inability to gain compliance and control after using verbal, physical and less-lethal means, the officers drew their firearms," the police union added.[19][24] One of Blake's attorneys disputed this version of events, calling it "overblown", and saying that the police officers were the aggressors and immediately became physical with Blake upon arriving at the scene.[25]

After an initial scuffle, Blake walked to the driver's side of his vehicle, followed by officer Rusten Sheskey and another officer with handguns drawn. Sheskey attempted to grab Blake, and when Blake opened the driver's side door and leaned in, Sheskey grabbed him and fired seven shots towards Blake's back.[7][26] According to Blake's attorney, only four of the shots hit Blake.[27][28][29][30] According to Sheskey's attorney, Sheskey saw Blake put a child in the vehicle as he arrived, and heard a woman say, "He's got my kid. He's got my keys"; Sheskey shot Blake believing he was attempting to kidnap the child in the backseat of the vehicle he was entering, and because Blake had a knife in his hand and twisted his body toward Sheskey.[31][32] In a press conference on August 26, 2020, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said that a knife was recovered from the driver-side front floorboard of the car Blake was leaning into when he was shot in the back. Kaul also said that Blake told investigators that he had a knife, though Kaul declined to describe the knife or say whether it was related to the shooting; Blake's lawyer disputed that the knife was in his possession.[33] The prosecutor who oversaw the investigation said that Blake admitted to holding a knife and that officers and witnesses stated that Blake turned towards officer Sheskey with the knife immediately before the shooting.[34] Blake later admitted that he "wasn't thinking clearly" and picked up a knife during the altercation, although he denied having the intent to use it.[35]

Blake was flown to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.[21] His father announced on August 25 that Blake was paralyzed from the waist down and that doctors do not yet know if it would be permanent.[36] He also suffered a gunshot wound to one arm and damage to his stomach, kidney, and liver; he had to have most of his small intestines and colon removed.[37] Blake was initially handcuffed to his hospital bed and guarded by two officers due to an outstanding warrant. The handcuffs were removed and the officers stopped guarding Blake after he posted bond.[38][39]

Kenosha police referred the investigation of the shooting to the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation. The investigation's findings went to district attorney Michael D. Graveley, the local official responsible for deciding whether to bring charges against the officers. Graveley stated on August 25, 2020 that the investigation was in "its earliest stages".[40] On the same day, the United States Department of Justice also announced an investigation into the shooting. The investigation would look into whether Blake's civil rights were violated.[41]

Blake's family retained civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who also represented the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, to represent Blake in their civil suit.[42] Crump called for the officer who shot Blake to be arrested, and others involved to be fired.[43]

On August 26, Wisconsin attorney general Josh Kaul announced that officer Sheskey was the only officer who fired his weapon. All were placed on administrative leave.[44]

On August 28, the police union said that most narratives about the shooting were wholly inaccurate and purely fictional, including information from Blake's attorneys.[24] It also criticized a statement released by the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation, which is leading the investigation into the police shooting, as "riddled with incomplete information."[24]

On September 21, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul appointed a former sheriff of Madison, Wisconsin, to review the work of Wisconsin Department of Justice investigators and provide a written report to the Kenosha County District Attorney.[45]

On January 5, 2021, the top prosecutor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, declined to bring charges against Police Officer Rusten Sheskey. The decision not to file charges against the officer was announced by Michael Graveley, the Kenosha County district attorney. He said that investigators had reviewed 40 hours of video and hundreds of pages of police reports before making the decision.[46]

Trial of Jacob Blake

On September 4, 2020, Blake pleaded not guilty to the July sexual assault charge, appearing via Zoom from his hospital bed.[47]

In November, Blake reached a deal with the prosecution where the charges of sexual assault were dropped in return for him pleading guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct. He was sentenced to two years of probation.[48]

Reactions

Public
Main articles: Kenosha unrest, Kenosha unrest shooting, and Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks
Ruins of a Mattress Shop and Danish Brotherhood Lodge that burned during riots[49]
1,000 National Guard troops were sent to Kenosha to restore order during protests.[50]

Protests followed, leading Kenosha County to declare a state of emergency overnight on August 24 after police vehicles were damaged, a dump truck set on fire, and the local courthouse vandalized. An officer was knocked down with a brick, and tear gas was deployed.[21][51][52] Police urged 24-hour businesses to consider closing because of numerous calls about armed robberies and shots being fired,[53] and the Wisconsin National Guard was deployed to maintain public safety. Up to 200 members were to be deployed.[54] On August 24, the protesters set fires and looted businesses for a second night.[55][56] On August 25, the protests and fires continued throughout Kenosha, and civilians armed with guns patrolled parts of the city.[57]

On August 25, two protesters were killed and a third seriously wounded;[58] A 17-year-old male was arrested the next day and charged with first-degree intentional homicide.[59] His defense lawyers argue the shootings were in self-defense.[60]

Public protests regarding Blake's shooting occurred in multiple other cities including New York, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.[61]

Sports
Main article: 2020 American athlete boycotts

Multiple professional sports teams went on strike in protest, refusing to play their scheduled games.[62] In the NBA Bubble, the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their August 26 first-round playoff game against the Orlando Magic in protest of the shooting. The team decided not to come out of their locker room minutes before the scheduled start to the game.[63] Later that day, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association announced that in light of the Bucks' decision to refuse to play, all NBA games for the day were postponed.[64] This led to other boycotts from other American sports leagues, including the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Soccer (MLS).[62]

Government
President Trump's motorcade is led by motorcycles through Kenosha as he tours the damage from the protests
Poster advertising a demonstration in support of Jacob Blake in Boston, Massachusetts.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issued a statement denouncing the excessive use of force by police and invoking the names of African Americans killed by law enforcement.[65] Evers said, "While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country."[53] Evers called Wisconsin state lawmakers to a special session in order to pass legislation addressing police brutality.[66]

Former Vice President and 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said "these shots pierce the soul of our nation" and called for an "immediate, full, and transparent investigation".[67] Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris spoke to Blake's father for an hour.[68] On September 3, Biden and his wife Jill met with multiple members of Blake's family at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport for 90 minutes; Blake joined the meeting by phone from his hospital bed. Biden then went to Kenosha to speak with members of the community at a local church. This was his first campaign trip to Wisconsin.[69] Harris spoke to Blake by telephone on September 7.[70]

President Donald Trump called the family, but Blake's mother Julia Black later apologized for missing the call,[71] while Blake's father said Trump had not tried to reach out.[68] Trump later said the shooting "was not a good sight. I didn’t like the sight of it, certainly, and I think most people would agree with that."[72] Trump scheduled a trip to Kenosha on September 1 to see the damage caused by the protests and to meet with law enforcement,[73] but Governor Evers and Mayor John Antaramian asked him to reconsider his visit over concerns that his presence would hinder efforts to "overcome division".[74][75] Trump made the trip, accompanied by U.S. Attorney General William Barr, but he did not meet with Blake's family[75][72] because, he said, they wanted legal counsel present at the meeting.[76] They held discussions with the county sheriff, the chief of police, and others, and Trump promised financial help to city and state law enforcement, and to businesses which had been burned down.[77] On September 9, Barr contrasted the killing of George Floyd with the Blake shooting, saying, "Floyd was already subdued, incapacitated in handcuffs and was not armed. In the Jacob case, he was in the midst of committing a felony and he was armed."[78]

Notes
  1. There are four degrees of sexual assault in Wisconsin, based upon the harm done to the victim and the amount of force used by the perpetrator. First-, second- and third-degree sexual assaults are felonies, while fourth-degree sexual assault is a misdemeanor. See "Definitions and Wisconsin Laws". University of Wisconsin. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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