By now, you've probably heard of Jacob Blake, but you may not know all the details — and what exactly you can do to demand justice.
Blake, a Black 29-year-old man, was tasered and then shot at least seven times at close range in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday evening after he tried to get into an SUV. Blake is currently paralyzed with a severed spinal cord, shattered vertebrae, holes in his stomach, and nearly all of his colon and small intestine have been removed, his attorneys said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Blake was in surgery at the time.
"They shot my son seven times. Seven times. Like he didn't matter. But my son matters. He's a human being, and he matters," his father, Jacob Blake Sr. said at the press conference. His mother, Julia Jackson, said he was fighting for his life. Read more...
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