Jacob Blake, who remains hospitalized after sustaining multiple injuries, is now handcuffed to his bed, his family said.
Kenosha Police Chief Dan Miskinis speaks at an August 26 news conference. Two people were fatally shot during protests the night before, and Miskinis said the shooting may not have happened if demonstrators and the accused gunman had obeyed the city’s newly imposed 8 p.m. curfew.
Sunday’s incident began when a woman called police saying “her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises,” the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation said.
In a police call, a dispatcher names Blake and says he “isn’t supposed to be there” and that he took the complainant’s keys and refused to leave. The dispatcher later explains she doesn’t have more details because the caller was “uncooperative.”
Jacob Blake’s mom says he’d be upset over the unrest in city where he came for a fresh start
Police said that about five minutes after the initial report, a dispatcher received reports of shots fired.
Officers had attempted to arrest Blake and used a Taser in a failed attempt to stop him, the DCI said. Blake walked around his vehicle, “opened the driver’s side door, and leaned forward,” the agency said.
Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey, who has been with the department for seven years, then fired seven times into Blake’s back, the agency said. No other officer fired their weapon.
The agency said Blake admitted he had a knife in his possession, and law enforcement agents said they recovered a knife from the driver’s side floorboard of Blake’s vehicle.
State investigators did not indicate why police moved to arrest Blake, whether he brandished or threatened to use the knife, or why Sheskey shot so many times into Blake’s back, and it does not mention his children in the vehicle or other family members standing just feet away.
Authorities said Sheskey and another officer have been placed on administrative leave. The other officers involved in the shooting will be identified soon, according to the state’s attorney general.
Police rendered aid to Blake and he was flown to a Milwaukee hospital, police said.
Videos of the incident show a struggle between Blake and police, and Blake then walks around the front of an SUV and tries to enter the driver’s side door. An officer is seen pulling Blake’s tank top and seven shots are heard.
Blake’s three children were in the vehicle at the time, attorney Ben Crump has said.
Earlier Wednesday, a family attorney told CNN that Blake did not have a weapon in the car.
“I can’t speak directly to what he owned but what I can say is that his three children were in the car,” Patrick Salvi Jr. told CNN. “That was on the forefront of his mind. That is the most important thing to him in his life — his family and his children.”
Blake’s family said the shooting would likely leave him paralyzed from the waist down. They are focusing on Blake’s recovery, which they expect to be slow, while demanding justice for him.
Blake’s uncle said they are hopeful he may have “a great recovery.”
“(His recovery) is going to be slow, it’s going to be progressive, but he’s a young man and he’s resilient,” Justin Blake said on Wednesday. “He has every chance, as anybody else, to turn things around.”
Fact check: Jacob Blake does not have an arrest warrant for having sex with a minor
Users on social media are sharing Jacob Blake’s court records, alleging he is a “pedophile” because of a warrant for third-degree sexual assault, which the posts claim involves sexual relations with a minor. While Blake, a Black man who was partially paralyzed after being shot by the police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, does have an arrest warrant for third-degree sexual assault, the claim that these charges involved sex with a minor is false.
An example of this claim is visible here . Other posts featuring the screenshot of Blake’s record with Rhode Island’s law definition can be seen here , here , here , here .
Posts with this claim misleadingly feature Rhode Island’s law definition of the offense, which is not applicable for Wisconsin, where the charges were filed.
The social media posts reference an authentic record of the Wisconsin Circuit Court archive visible here: here .
According to the record, Blake has an arrest warrant filed against him on July 7, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin for an incident involving domestic abuse that happened on May 3. The offenses listed are criminal trespass to dwelling, third-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct.
Under Wisconsin State Legislature visible here , sex with a minor is not within the definition of a third-degree sexual assault as it is in Rhode Island.
In Wisconsin, a person is guilty of this felony if he or she “has sexual intercourse with a person without the consent of that person”. It also includes other sexual contact (see definitions (5)(b) 2 and 3 here ).
Posts with the claim erroneously reference the legal definition of third-degree sexual assault from Rhode Island, visible here , which states a person is guilty of third degree sexual assault if “he or she is over the age of eighteen (18) years and engaged in sexual penetration with another person over the age of fourteen (14) years and under the age of consent, sixteen (16) years of age.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-jacob-blake-sex-minor/fact-check-jacob-blake-does-not-have-an-arrest-warrant-for-having-sex-with-a-minor-idUSKBN25N2ZO
some websites are given different reports on Blake history with Law enforcement
https://www.newsweek.com/jacob-black-criminal-record-details-kenosha-shooting-1527708
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/549300062-jacob-blake-man-shot-in-kenosha-had-long-history-with-lake-county-law-enforcement
Jacob Blake had a long history of entanglement with law enforcement when he lived in Lake County.
Blake’s shooting by police in Kenosha on Sunday sparked destructive riots in the Wisconsin city not far from the state border.
Records reveal Blake was arrested in 2013 in Round Lake Beach and criminal trespass to a vehicle and arrested in 2012 in Zion, Ill. for domestic battery, endangering the life and health of a child and driving under the influence.
Blake is currently facing a rape charge in Kenosha.
A warrant was issued for Blake’s arrest on July 7 on felony 3rd degree sexual assault, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, all related to domestic abuse.
Blake has reportedly been paralyzed from the waist down after being shot eight times on Sunday by police who were answering a domestic abuse call.
The rape charge started circulating on Twitter this afternoon and was confirmed by a search of court records.
In addition to the rape charge Blake has been a party to several child support disputes.
Blake appears to still be wanted under the warrant for the rape charge.
An arrest report showing the details of the alleged crime was not readily available.
After video was released of Blake’s shooting riots broke out across Kenosha. Riots continued Monday night despite the Wisconsin National Guard being activated in Kenosha by Gov. Tony Evers.