This is the shooting video of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI. pic.twitter.com/yerWbsSxQU
— Austin Frisch (@Austin_Zone) August 24, 2020
The Wisconsin DOJ confirmed yesterday that the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake is Rusten Sheskey and that Sheskey says Blake “admitted that he had a knife in his possession.”
“During the investigation following the initial incident, Mr. Blake admitted he had a knife in his possession. DCI agents recovered a knife from the driver’s side floorboard of Mr. Blake’s vehicle. A search of the vehicle located no additional weapons.”
Blake was shot in the back after refusing officers’ demands and walking around the side of his car and opening the door.
The incident has touched off widespread civil unrest and violence in Kenosha over the last several days.
“A search of the vehicle located no additional weapons,” @WisDOJ said.
— Mary Spicuzza (@MSpicuzzaMJS) August 26, 2020