No charges filed against officer who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin District Attorney Michael Graveley announced Tuesday that no charges would be filed against Officer Rustin Shesky, who was caught on camera shooting 29-year-old father of six Jacob Blake seven times in the back, in front of three of his children, paralyzing him from the waist down. The decision sends a clear message that police are free to maim and summarily execute people with impunity.
Graveley stated in a press conference on Tuesday that “it is my decision now, that I announce today before you, that no Kenosha law enforcement officer in this case will be charged with any criminal offense based on the facts and the laws, as I will describe them to you now. So it is our decision that no charge will be filed.” The DA also cynically stated that “no charges” would be filed against Blake.
AP-WI–Virus Outbreak-Wisconsin, 1st Ld-Writethru
Jan 05, 2021 3:42PM (GMT 21:42) – 490 words
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin’s top health official defended the state’s rollout of coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, urging patience and vigilance amid criticism that the process is not as organized or fast as it could be.
As of Monday, 266,675 doses of vaccine had been shipped to Wisconsin and 85,609 had been administered. Wisconsin ranks 10th lowest out of 12 states in the Midwest in getting a first dose of the vaccine to residents on a per capita basis, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.