Officer who shot Jacob Blake won't face civil rights charges, DOJ says

[BeckyDem]

Jacob Blake was partially paralyzed in the 2020 shooting.






By Meredith Deliso

October 8, 2021, 5:29 PM
• 5 min read

Civil rights charges will not be pursued against the Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake last year, partially paralyzing him, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey, who is white, fired seven times at Blake, who is Black, on Aug. 23, 2020, after responding to a report of a domestic dispute, authorities said.

Following an investigation, federal prosecutors said the evidence obtained was insufficient to prove Sheskey "willfully used excessive force," the DOJ said in a statement.

Investigators reviewed police reports, law enforcement accounts, witness statements, witness affidavits, photographs, videos and more of the incident, which was captured on a witness' cellphone and sparked days of large-scale protests in Kenosha.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/officer-shot-jacob-blake-face-civil-rights-charges/story?id=80485437

[budkin]

1. WTF is going on?

This is just crazy.

[BeckyDem]

2. I know.

sigh

[ruet]

7. What's Going On Is...

that when we had momentum to do something about this people decided we should take the same failed steps we've been taking for decades. All because they couldn't parse the true meaning of three words. Yet, all the while being able to suss out the reality of nearly any other topic. Now the powers that be are free to resume business as usual. The significance of any given outrage fading more and more until folks simply can't be bothered about it anymore.

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. smdh

This is fucked up.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. GRRRRRRR

[rgbecker]

5. You might remember: Seven shots to the back from point blank range.

I guess because there just wasn't another way to stop him from getting in his car.

[BeckyDem]

6. I cried when I heard the first report of the story. It was the sheer violence of all those shots at

close range to the back.