Shooting of Jacob Blake
Police shooting of a man in Kenosha, Wisconsin
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On August 23, 2020, Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sheskey shot Blake in the back, firing seven times inflicting multiple wounds when Blake opened the driver's door to his girlfriend's rented SUV and leaned into it. Sheskey said that he believed he was about to be stabbed. Earlier during the encounter, Blake had been tasered and had scuffled with officers.
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