{"id":10181,"date":"2021-01-19T09:46:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T09:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/19\/miscarriage-of-justice-no-charges-against-white-kenosha-officer-who-shot-paralyzed-jacob-blake-2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T09:46:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T09:46:31","slug":"miscarriage-of-justice-no-charges-against-white-kenosha-officer-who-shot-paralyzed-jacob-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/19\/miscarriage-of-justice-no-charges-against-white-kenosha-officer-who-shot-paralyzed-jacob-blake\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMiscarriage of Justice\u201d: No Charges Against White Kenosha Officer Who Shot & Paralyzed Jacob Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Kenosha, Wisconsin, District Attorney Michael Graveley has announced that no charges will be filed against the white police officer who fired seven shots at Jacob Blake, paralyzing the 29-year-old Black man in August. Officer Rusten Sheskey fired the shots at point-blank range into Blake\u2019s back as he leaned into his car, with his three children, aged 3, 5 and 8, inside the vehicle. Prosecutors maintain the shooting was in self-defense because Blake had a small knife in the car. Video of Blake\u2019s shooting sparked an uprising in Kenosha in August against systemic racism and police brutality. Blake\u2019s family denounced the ruling. \u201cIn this situation, again, we see a miscarriage of justice,\u201d says Wisconsin state Representative David Bowen. \u201cWe do not see a DA that is able to charge an officer who uses his discretion to put seven shots in the back of a Black man.\u201d<\/p>\n

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