CHICAGO Jacob Blake is speaking out about being shot seven times by a Kenosha police officer last summer and the DA s decision not to file any charges in the case.
The Evanston native spoke out for the first time since the decision in an exclusive interview on Good Morning America. I went limp, and all I remember at that point was kind of leaning back and looking at my boys and I said, Daddy loves you, no matter what and I thought it was going to be the last thing I say to them, Blake said. Thank God it wasn t.
Jacob Blake spoke on Good Morning America on Thursday for the first time since learning the officer who shot him seven times would not face any charges.
KENOSHA, Wis. (WLS) Kenosha, Wisconsin was prepared for unrest, but none materialized after prosecutors said no charges would be filed in the shooting of Jacob Blake by police officers over the summer.
Blake was shot several times in the back on August 23. The shooting left him paralyzed from the waist down and led to violent protests, riots and looting.
WARNING: Disturbing video Kenosha police shooting caught on video
Video posted on social media Sunday show one officer grabbing the man s shirt from behind and then firing into the vehicle.
The officer involved in the shooting, identified by authorities as Officer Rusten Sheskey, nor any other officers, nor Blake himself will face any charges, District Attorney Michael Gravely said Tuesday afternoon.
KENOSHA, Wis. (WLS) Kenosha was prepared for unrest, but none materialized after prosecutors said Tuesday no charges would be filed in the shooting of Jacob Blake by police officers over the summer.
Blake was shot several times in the back on Aug. 23. The shooting left him paralyzed from the waist down and led to violent protests, riots and looting.
WARNING: Disturbing video Kenosha police shooting caught on video
Video posted on social media Sunday show one officer grabbing the man s shirt from behind and then firing into the vehicle.
The officer involved in the shooting, identified by authorities as Officer Rusten Sheskey, nor any other officers, nor Blake himself will face any charges, District Attorney Michael Gravely said Tuesday afternoon.