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It was announced today that the white police officer that shot an unarmed Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin will not be charged with any crime as will none of the other police officers involved.

Kenosha County District Attorney Michael D. Graveley announced today that Officer Rusten Sheskey would not be facing any charges for shooting the 29-year-old unarmed father during an attempted arrest. The D.A. explained that he could not find a law that was broken under those circumstances.

The twist; Blake will not be charged with a crime either.

Sheskey opened fire on Blake when he attempted to re-enter his vehicle after he was told he was under arrest. When Blake opened the driver’s side door to his SUV, Sheskey pumped seven shots into Blake’s back, but he survived.

With this incident on the heels of George Floyd’s death, Blake’s shooting sparked protests around the country as well, which is expected to reconvene. This forces Wisconsin Governor Toney Evers to order in 500 National Guard troops to help Kenosha law enforcement maintain order during the impending protests.

Critics call for Sheskey’s termination, but he remains on administrative leave following the D.A.’s decision.

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According to reports from his family, police shooting victim Jacob Blake was released from the hospital with little fanfare last week and transferred to a spinal rehab center in Illinois. His release was kept under wraps because Blake’s father has received death threats, which has the family concerned for Jacob’s safety as well.

Kenosha, Wisconsin Police shot the 29-year-old father seven times in the back in front of his children in August, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. Blake first spoke publicly last month, revealing how he was injured.

“I got staples in my back, staples in my damn stomach,” Jacob said. “It hurts to breathe, it hurts to sleep, it hurts to move from side to side, it hurts to eat. There’s a lot more life to live. Your life and not only just your life, your legs – something that you need to move around and move forward in life – could be taken from you like this. Please, I’m telling you: Change y’all lives out there. We can stick together, make some money, make everything easier for our people out here, man. Because so much time has been wasted.”

The officers involved in the shooting were only placed on administrative leave, prompting a wave of protests in Kenosha that became contagious across the country.

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