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Jacob Blake: Father says man shot in Wisconsin is ‘paralysed’

Jacob Blake: Father says man shot in Wisconsin is ‘paralysed’
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Media captionWisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes says the shooting was “familiar violence to too many of us”

The black man shot many times in the back by Wisconsin police officers is paralysed from the waist down, his father has said.

Jacob Blake, 29, was shot several times as he went to a car and opened its door in the city of Kenosha on Sunday.

The shooting sparked two nights of protests in the city, with buildings and cars set alight.

His father has now told a US newspaper that his son is paralysed – although doctors do not know if it is permanent.

Jacob Blake Snr told the Chicago Sun Times his son had “eight holes” in his body.

“What justified all those shots?” his father asked. “What justified doing that in front of my grandsons? What are we doing?”

Video footage of Mr Blake’s shooting, taken from across the street and shared on social media, shows the father-of-three leaning into the car and an officer grabbing his shirt, with seven shots heard.

Police said they were responding to a domestic incident, but it is so far unclear who called police and what happened before the video recording began.

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The shooting comes as the US grapples with the treatment of African-Americans at the hands US law enforcement, as well as wider questions about racism in society, following the killing of another black man, George Floyd, in May.

Mr Floyd’s death sparked protests around the country.

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Media captionThe US police shooting of Jacob Blake sparks protests in Wisconsin

People took to the streets in Kenosha within hours of Sunday’s shooting, with hundreds marching on police headquarters. Cars were later set alight, and police urged 24-hour businesses to consider closing because of “numerous” calls about armed robberies and shots being fired.


On Monday, Governor Tony Evers has called up the National Guard to aid local police, with a curfew imposed from 20:00 local time (01:00 GMT) until 07:00 on Tuesday.

But some ignored the curfew, and police used tear gas to try to force protesters – some of whom were throwing water bottles – to disperse.

What do we know about the shooting?

Kenosha Police Department said the “officer involved shooting” happened shortly after 17:00 on Sunday. It added that officers had provided “immediate aid” to Mr Blake, who was taken to a hospital in Milwaukee in serious condition.

The person who shot the video, Raysean White, said that before he began taking it, he saw police wrestle with Mr Blake. He said police punched and Tasered Mr Blake.

“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,” Mr White told CNN.

It was then he started recording. Mr Blake is shown walking around the front of the SUV. The two officers closest to Mr Blake at this point on the video are white males.

As he opens the door and leans into the car, one officer can be seen grabbing his shirt and opening fire. Seven shots can be heard in the video, as witnesses shout and scream.

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Image caption Wisconsin’s Department of Justice is investigating the incident

The police said officers had been responding to a “domestic incident” but gave no details about what led to the shooting. They have not said how many officers were involved and no names have been given.

Police in Kenosha do not have body cameras, although they do have microphones.

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