State Of Emergency After Police Shooting Of James Blake; Father Says Son Paralyzed From Waist Down


Wisconsin’s governor declared a state of emergency Tuesday, Aug. 25 after some protesters vandalized businesses and set dozens of buildings on fire in a city where police shot a Black man multiple times, apparently in the back in view of his children.

The shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday in Kenosha was captured on cellphone video and ignited new protests over racial injustice in several cities, just three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police touched off a wider reckoning on race.

Blake’s father, also named Jacob Blake, told the Chicago Sun-Times that his son is paralyzed from the waist down and has β€œeight holes” in his body. The elder Blake said he didn’t know if his son’s paralysis was permanent. [https://bit.ly/3hI5lZH]

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