Episode 1213
Shooting of Jacob Blake
Fri, 2020-Aug-28 02:12 UTC
Length - 1:59
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With 442,781 views on Thursday, 27 August 2020 our article of the day is Shooting of Jacob Blake.
Jacob S. Blake is a 29-year-old African-American man who was shot by police in August 2020. He was hit by four of seven shots fired at his back during an arrest by police officer Rusten Sheskey. The incident occurred in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2020, as officers were attempting to arrest Blake. There was an arrest warrant against Blake for criminal trespass, domestic abuse, and sexual assault. During the encounter, Blake was tasered and scuffled with officers. He was shot as he opened the driver's door to his SUV and leaned in. Three of Blake's sons were in the backseat. The shooting was followed by protests, property damage, arson, and shooting deaths in downtown Kenosha, and further clashes with police. Blake's name was invoked in protests in other cities as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, which had seen a resurgence in the wake of high-profile police killings in 2020.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:12 UTC on Friday, 28 August 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Shooting of Jacob Blake on Wikipedia.
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