The Trump Department of "Justice" says the guy in Kenosha shot by a cop in the back...

[Archae]

"...Had a knife."

I have a knife with me almost all the time too.

One of these small Swiss Army types, has a knife, nail file, and scissors.

Does that mean I should be shot in the back?

Oops, forgot, I'm white. "Oh that's different!"

[RDANGELO]

1. It wasn't even on him. It was in the car.

[Sanity Claws]

2. The knife was in the car, not on him

He had a wrench and screwdrivers in his car too most likely. That would have been the excuse had they not found a knife.

[Ohioboy]

7. So their story is he was going to get a knife to bring to a gun fight?

[brush]

10. I don't buy the knife story. Too convenient. Rogue cops have been known...

to plant weapons near or on victims to justify their shootings/killings.

[sop]

17. If the "suspect" didn't have a gun, knife or some other possible weapon, a cell phone in his hand

would have been enough to make the cop fear for his life. And, in the absence of any potential offensive weapons of handheld electronic devices, merely failing to comply would justify any shooting-by-cop.

[Ohioboy]

3. The Trump department of "injustice" is more accurate

My question is will the cops pay any price for allowing, and apparently encouraging, a 17 year old to carry a gun around after curfew?

[brush]

4. Are we supposed to believe a cop backshooter that he found a knife...

in the guy's car who he just tried to murder? Rogue cops plant guns and knives on victims all the times.

And how could he possibly know the guy allegedly had a knife under his car mat while he pumped seven bullets into his back?

I'm not buying it.

[magicarpet]

5. I bet his finger nails were kinda long too...

... another deadly weapon on him doncha know...

[Nevilledog]

6. Knife was discovered AFTER the shooting. Although they'll start lying about that too.

[Ohioboy]

8. In other words the cops weren't fearing for their lives

[demosincebirth]

14. Cops lie? Who would have known?

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. He had a Molotov cocktail, too

However the gas was inaccessible in the gas tank and a wiping rag was in his tool kit.

What horseshit...

[RockRaven]

20. Was going to comment similarly. Nt

[ProfessorGAC]

22. And He Forgot The Bottle At Home!

But, he was thinking about using a Molotov!

[uponit7771]

25. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾

[Jersey Devil]

11. Knife was under a floormat inside the car

It was not on his person and he never reached for it.

[Grammy23]

18. They'll just say they could read his mind and they somehow knew

he was going after the knife. So they hadda shoot him. Get it? They had no choice.

[Hoyt]

12. It'll be tough to explain 7 shots, but defense will say police were

afraid for kids and he could have had a gun in his car.

[uponit7771]

27. I thought they fired on him before he reached the car but that doesn't explain why they just didn't

... retain him physically.

That makes no sense seeing he was walking away from them, they had an oppertunity to tackle him and arrest him if he was a threat big enough to point a gun at him.

Such a bad senseless shooting

[Hoyt]

29. What I saw, the shots were fired as he opened door and leaned into the car. Honestly, up to that

point, it looked like the police were acting somewhat responsibly. Then, it all went to crud.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. Jacob Blake presented NO threat to the cop who tried to MURDER him.

This was attempted murder.

This also becomes a Civil Rights case because I doubt seriously Jacob Blake was NOT read his Miranda Rights when grabbed then shot 7 times in the back. He was NOT handcuffed. He was shot nearly dead. Should he survive, Jacob Blake will present a totally different story that will cause Police Force to be reformed, not defunded. Reform is so badly needed.

I stand by my opinion when I stated this in a previous post..... "The problem is not funding, but HOW police are being trained and HOW they serve."

[EarlG]

15. He probably had loads of knives at his house too

Good job they were able to shoot him in the back seven times before he was able to drive home and get them.

[Jarqui]

19. So Blake is double jointed ?

Able to stab someone behind him with his back turned?
When the person he would be assaulting is backed up by other officers with guns - some drawn?

The mention of a knife strikes me as an attempt to mute the outrage of what was done here.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. I Carry 2

An assisted opening jack knife & a Swiss Army knife.
And, they're not in my car! They're in my pocket!
This guy's knife was in the car.
They'll end up claiming it was in his hand, but he drooped it when shot.
That may or may not be true.
But, these excuse makers aren't going to have an easy time explaining why a knife was such a threat when Tue guy was facing away from the shooter!
How much of a threat could a guy be when he's facing the other way?
Is he the reincarnation of Bruce Lee?

[PatSeg]

23. I'm a woman

I've carried a pocket knife in my purse or pocket for years. It comes in very handy. I usually have a Leatherman in my purse as well.

[C_U_L8R]

24. So AK is OK ...but knives are a summary death sentence?

The 'right' is so wound up in its own hateful bullshit they can't even see the nonsense they're spouting.

[Maeve]

26. Hubby always carries a knife

Has since his youth; it is a tool, not a weapon.

[lostnfound]

28. I sometimes have the little plastic knives and forks from fast food places in the car

Wonder if that’s what they meant.

[Whiskeytide]

30. A very anti-BLM guy (is that polite enough?) told me ...

... “that Blake guy told the cops he was going to get his gun out of the car and ‘kill all you Mutherfuckers’. That was why they shot him”.

I can’t find any reputable reporting of that, and I suspect we’d be hearing it from many sources if it were true. Sooner or later we’ll see body cam footage, and I’m looking forward to getting back to him then.

[uponit7771]

31. Then at that time he should've been tackled and apprehended if he was posing that much of a threat

... the police in this case were straight assholes.

[Bettie]

32. Kenosha cops don't have body cams

https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-kenosha-police-body-cams-20200825-6c2w2tochnfwvfwqkmahbu3tsa-story.html

IOWA CITY, IOWA — City and law enforcement leaders in Kenosha, Wisconsin, unanimously endorsed the use of body cameras in 2017 as a way to increase police accountability and collect evidence at scenes of domestic violence, among other benefits.

But since then, they have balked at the price tag, raised policy concerns and put off implementation. The delays meant that officers who were on the scene of Sunday’s shooting of Jacob Blake while responding to a domestic call were not equipped with technology that could give their perspective on an incident that has roiled the nation.

Instead, the public has only seen video captured by a neighbor that shows one or more officers shooting Blake, 29, in the back several times as the Black man walked away from them, opened his SUV’s driver-side door and leaned into the vehicle. It doesn’t show what happened before or after the shooting like body camera footage would.

More at link, however, a huge problem with body cameras is that cops often "forget" to turn them on or they turn them off.