Jacob Blake case

8-25-20 Raysean White, one of Blake's neighbors, told CNN that he watched the situation unfold on Sunday before pulling out his phone to video police. White described the part before he recorded, saying: "One of them had him in a headlock and was punching him in his ribs, the other had him in a headlock on the other side of him and was pulling his arm." "After they punched him in his rib, the female officer tased him and Jacob kind of leaned on the car and they proceeded to wrestle him toward the back of the car and he went to the other side of the car." https://www.insider.com/police-used-taser-grappled-jacob-blake-before-shooting-witnesses-2020-8 ………………………………………………….................................................…… Blake’s partner,

Laquisha Booker, told NBC’s Milwaukee affiliate, 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. Neighbors and relatives described Blake as a father of six who worked as a security guard. They said he’s lived in the neighborhood for about a year. One witness, who did not want his name used but said he had an unobstructed view of the events leading to the shooting, said Blake pushed past police and that’s when they struck him with Tasers. “He didn’t even flinch,” the witness said. “He just kept walking.” Blake tried to climb into his car. That’s when a police officer grabbed him, the witness said….The witness said he never saw a knife….“I thought he was dead. Then he sat in an ambulance for 20 minutes right here,” the man said. “It was just like they were expecting him to die.”  Wisconsin Gov. Evers, a Democrat, said that he has seen no information to suggest Blake had a knife or other weapon, but that the case is still being investigated. Joe Biden called for “an immediate, full and transparent investigation” and said the officers “must be held accountable.” “This morning the nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another Black American is a victim of excessive force,” he said. Kevin Brown of Evanston said he wasn’t surprised that witnesses say Jacob Blake was trying to be a “peacemaker” and resolve a dispute between two women in Kenosha prior to being shot by police. His heart for Black people and desire for peace runs in the Blake family, Brown said. Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said Monday the department is monitoring the situation in Kenosha. “It’s god-awful to watch,” Brown said of the cellphone video. “We don’t want to make any kind of assumptions based on a preliminary investigation that’s just started, but again, the video looks god-awful.” Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted Monday she was “deeply disturbed” by the video. “We pray that Mr. Blake survives. And we pray for his children and for peace and justice in Kenosha,” the mayor tweeted.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2020/8/24/21399620/kenosha-shooting-jacob-blake-neighbors-witnesses-protests -Parents of Jacob Blake; Jacob Blake with his sons …………………………………………..................................................... 8-26-20 Laquisha Booker and Blake have three children together. Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney who is representing the family of George Floyd, shared the video of Blake's shooting on Twitter and confirmed that his three children, all sons, were in the car. https://www.the-sun.com/news/1360763/who-is-jacob-blakes-fiancee-laquisha-booker/ ………………………….…................................................ 8-24-20 “You shot him numerous times, for no reason. It didn’t take all that," Laquisha Booker said in an interview Sunday evening. "Disregard that my kids were in the car at all. And you knew they were in there, because I kept screaming that.” https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/jacob-blake-fiance-says-kenosha-police-officer-shot-man-in-front-of-children ……………………………………………............................................. 9-8-20 The police, it turned out, were responding to a call from Blake’s girlfriend Laquisha Booker, who dialed 911 to report that Blake was on her property in violation of a restraining order and that he had stolen her car keys. The restraining order had been issued following an incident on May 3rd, during which Blake had broken into Booker’s home at 6am (ostensibly to collect his belongings) and allegedly sexually assaulted her by penetrating her with his fingers. Before the officers arrived at the scene the dispatcher had notified them of Blake’s outstanding warrants for felony sexual assault, trespassing and disorderly conduct. https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/ ……………………………………............................................... 9-1-20 After the initial attempt to arrest Blake, Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey deployed a Taser to attempt to stop Blake. When that attempt failed, DOJ officials said Kenosha Police Officer Vincent Arenas also deployed his Taser, however, that Taser was also not successful in stopping Blake. Wisconsin DOJ Conducted 88 witness interviews Collected 102 evidence items Downloaded 28 videos for review Issued 4 search warrants According to DOJ during the investigation following the initial incident Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession. DCI agents recovered a knife from the driver’s side floorboard. Blake was armed with a knife, but officers did not initially see it, Brendan Matthews, attorney for the Kenosha Professional Police Association, said. “The officers first saw him holding the knife while they were on the passenger side of the vehicle,” he said. State investigators have said only that officers saw a knife on the floor of the car. They have not said whether Blake threatened anyone with it. https://www.fox6now.com/news/doj-102-evidence-items-collected-88-witness-interviews-so-far-in-jacob-blake-investigation