Jacob Blake is paralyzed from waist down and has 'eight holes in his body' after being shot in the back by cops in front of his son on his eighth birthday - as new video emerges of him fighting with officers moments before

  • The father of Jacob Blake says the 29-year-old is paralyzed from the waist down
  • He said Blake now has 'eight holes' in his body after being shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday evening
  • Doctors do not yet know if the paralysis will be permanent, his father says 
  • Blake is now in a stable condition in hospital after undergoing surgery
  • Video of police shooting Blake - apparently in the back as he leaned into his SUV while his three children sat in the vehicle - circulated widely on social media 
  • A second cellphone video that emerged later appeared to show Blake wrestling with two officers beside the SUV prior to the shooting
  • Anger over the shooting spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday with police firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters defying a curfew 
Jacob Blake, the black man shot in the back by Wisonsin police as his three young sons watched on, is now paralyzed from the waist down after his body was riddled with bullets, his father says. 
Blake's father, who is also named Jacob Blake, told the Chicago Sun-Times that his 29-year-old son now has 'eight holes' in his body after being gunned down by police in Kenosha on Sunday evening. 
The elder Blake said his son is paralyzed from the waist down but doctors do not yet know if the paralysis will be permanent. 
Blake is now in a stable condition in hospital after undergoing surgery. 
It comes after the emergence of a second video, which was taken from a different angle to the initial cellphone footage, that appears to show Blake wrestling with officers in the lead up to the shooting. 
Both videos capture Blake walking to the driver's side of his SUV and opening the door when the officer started shooting.   
Jacob Blake, the black man shot in the back by Wisonsin police on Sunday as his three young sons watched on, is now paralyzed from the waist down after his body was riddled with bullets, his father says. Blake is pictured above being treated just moments after the shooting
Jacob Blake, the black man shot in the back by Wisonsin police on Sunday as his three young sons watched on, is now paralyzed from the waist down after his body was riddled with bullets, his father says. Blake is pictured above being treated just moments after the shooting
The police shooting of Blake in front of his three young sons has led to two nights of violent unrest in the city that is located between Milwaukee and Chicago
The police shooting of Blake in front of his three young sons has led to two nights of violent unrest in the city that is located between Milwaukee and Chicago
Blake's father said he learned Sunday night that officers had shot his son and that he saw the now-viral cellphone video of the incident online just a few minutes later. Blake's father is driving from Charlotte, North Carolina to Wisconsin to be by his son's side in hospital. 
'What justified all those shots?' his father said. 'What justified doing that in front of my grandsons? What are we doing?
'I want to put my hand on my son's cheek and kiss him on his forehead, and then I'll be OK. I'll kiss him with my mask. The first thing I want to do is touch my son.' 
Anger over the shooting spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night on Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew, threw bottles and shot fireworks at law enforcement guarding the courthouse. 
The city has become the nation's latest flash point in a summer of racial unrest after cellphone footage of police shooting Blake - apparently in the back as he leaned into his SUV while his three children sat in the vehicle - circulated widely on social media.
The shooting drew condemnation from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who also called out 125 members of the National Guard on Monday after protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and clashed with officers in riot gear the previous night. 
The man who said he made the cellphone video, 22-year-old Raysean White, said he saw Blake scuffling with three officers and heard them yell: 'Drop the knife! Drop the knife!' before the gunfire erupted. He said he didn't see a knife in Blake's hands.
The governor said he has seen no information to suggest Blake had a knife or other weapon, but that the case is still being investigated by the state Justice Department. 
A second cellphone video that emerged later appeared to show Blake wrestling with two officers beside the SUV prior to the shooting
A second cellphone video that emerged later appeared to show Blake wrestling with two officers beside the SUV prior to the shooting 
The images above show the moments leading up to the shooting. Blake (seen in the white shirt) walks away from a police officer who has his gun drawn and is ordering him to stop
The images above show the moments leading up to the shooting. Blake (seen in the white shirt) walks away from a police officer who has his gun drawn and is ordering him to stop
The images above show the moments leading up to the shooting. Blake (seen in the white shirt) walks away from a police officer who has his gun drawn and is ordering him to stop
A second cellphone video that emerged later appeared to show Blake wrestling with two officers beside the SUV prior to the shooting. 
Blake managed to break free and was shown in the video walking to the driver's side of his SUV. 
Both videos show the moment Blake walked from the sidewalk around the front of his SUV to his driver-side door while officers followed him with their guns pointed as they shouted at him.
As Blake opened the door and leaned into the SUV, an officer grabbed his shirt from behind and opened fire while Blake had his back turned. 
At least seven shots could be heard. 
The officers were placed on administrative leave, which is standard practice in a shooting by police. Authorities released no details about the officers.
Kenosha police do not have body cameras but do have body microphones.   
White, who said he made the video, said that before the gunfire, he looked out his window and saw six or seven women shouting at each other on the sidewalk. 
Anger over the shooting spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night on Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew
Anger over the shooting spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night on Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew 
Protestores took turns posing in front of a burning garbage truck during a second night of unrest in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police officers
Protestores took turns posing in front of a burning garbage truck during a second night of unrest in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police officers
A few moments later, Blake drove up in his SUV and told his son, who was standing nearby, to get in the vehicle, according to White. White said Blake did not say anything to the women.
White said he left the window for a few minutes, and when he came back, saw three officers wrestling with Blake. One punched Blake in the ribs, and another used a stun gun on him, White said. He said Blake got free and started walking away as officers yelled about a knife.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing Blake´s family, said Blake was 'simply trying to do the right thing by intervening in a domestic incident.'
Police did not immediately confirm either man's account.
Blake's partner, Laquisha Booker, told WTMJ-TV that the couple's three children were in the back seat of the SUV when police shot him.
'That man just literally grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him. With the kids in the back screaming. Screaming,' Booker said.  

9 comments:

  1. ...too bad...he shouldn't have fought with the cops, he shouldn't have such a criminal record and he should have complied with their lawful orders. I guess he'll have a lot of time sitting in that wheelchair, pissing and crapping in a bag as he drools...looking out the window of his care home for the rest of his miserable life.

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  2. Has the planned Race War started? I'd hate to miss it.

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  3. When they don't' die. Then you have a problem.

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  4. Homo erectus had no problem fighting with cops in front of his chillins

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  5. When hops tell you to stop.... STOP... cops a bad shot
    ... after 7 hes still alive? Should be dead. But he will have a lot of time to ponder h ou a sheer stupidity, and disrespect. Now his kids will get to wipe his ass.... no sympathy for disrespectful cowards

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  6. I think your article said something that he was fighting with the Police. If you be innocent, puts your hands up and don't fight, some slimy lawyer will get youse out.

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  7. America has to ask itself - why doesn't that happen in other countries?

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  8. Who cares that this resisting arrest felon was shot in front of his kid? That is his fault.

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  9. The Sheep Force is Strong in here:
    We do not need a 2nd Amendment.
    We need only do as we are told; and all will be fair and righteous.

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