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But the family also pinned responsibility for Blake’s grievous injuries on what they called a racist law enforcement system that brutalizes Black people, and they expressed dismay that his shooter had not yet been fired or charged.
They spoke as Blake — who was shot at least seven times, the bullets piercing his spinal column, shattering vertebrae and shredding vital organs — underwent emergency surgery. The shooting left the father of five young children, three of whom witnessed the incident, paralyzed from the waist down.
“It is going to take a miracle for Jacob Blake Jr. to ever walk again,” said the family’s lawyer, Benjamin Crump. . . .
That grim late-afternoon prognosis came as this modest Midwestern city of 100,000 prepared for a possible third night of violence and as cities nationwide braced for their own unrest.
An American summer ushered in with a mix of peaceful mass demonstrations and destructive riots in response to the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd appeared poised in the waning days of August to close with a similarly potent blend. . . .
The outrage over Blake’s shooting has been injected into the home stretch of a presidential campaign in which President Trump has sought to use fears of urban violence, portraying it as an existential threat to placid suburban living.
More than 48 hours after Blake was shot, Trump had yet to address the incident directly. But speakers at the Republican National Convention this week have repeatedly invoked burning cities, blaming Democratic leaders for allegedly letting mobs run rampant.
“It’s almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work and school versus rioting, looting and vandalism,” the president’s eldest child, Donald Trump Jr., said in his prime-time speech Monday night.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden, by contrast, called for a thorough, independent investigation of Blake’s shooting while sympathizing with the “grief and outrage that yet another Black American is a victim of excessive force.”
But Democrats have also sought to strike a delicate balance, associating themselves with the anger coursing through American cities and towns while distancing themselves from some of the most destructive outcomes.
In Kenosha, those have included burned buildings, ransacked stores and nights of apparent lawlessness as rioters have inflicted damage with few signs of a police presence.
Some who gathered in the city threw firecrackers, toppled streetlights, smashed storefronts and set fires, while police launched tear gas and fired beanbag-like projectiles.
The violence prompted Gov. Tony Evers (D) on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency in Wisconsin, a day after he called in the National Guard to protect high-profile sites in Kenosha.
“We cannot allow the cycle of systemic racism and injustice to continue. We also cannot continue going down this path of damage and destruction,” Evers said in a statement Tuesday. “There remains a line between peaceful assembly and what we saw last night that put individuals, families, and businesses in danger.”
He pledged an increased National Guard presence in Kenosha on Tuesday night, while local leaders again imposed a curfew.
Other cities also saw protests overnight Monday and, in some places, damaging unrest. Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles, while in New York, demonstrators convened in Times Square and marched downtown, some extending across the Brooklyn Bridge. . . .
Authorities also reported dozens of arrests in three places — Minneapolis, Seattle and Portland, Ore. — that have been flash points throughout the summer.
There were still scant details about exactly what happened Sunday in the minutes before Blake was shot.
Police have said only that they were responding to a domestic incident. Neighbors said that there had been an altercation between two women at a birthday party for one of Blake’s sons and that Blake had been trying to break it up when officers arrived. Crump said Blake was “simply trying to do the right thing by intervening in a domestic incident.”
Blake was shot at close range by a still-unidentified officer as he opened the door to his silver SUV. The incident was caught on video by a bystander, and the footage quickly went viral.
The shooting is being investigated by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, which has declined to say how many officers are under investigation or whether Blake was armed. The eventual decision about whether any officers will face charges following that inquiry will rest with the local district attorney, who declined an interview request Tuesday.
Crump linked the shooting to a litany of other cases that have fueled outrage over police actions, including Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Two days before Blake’s shooting, police in Lafayette, La., fatally shot Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man, after responding to a call about a man armed with a knife, sparking several days of unrest
Lafayette Mayor Josh Guillory apologized on Monday and vowed a vigorous investigation into Pellerin’s death after he and other city leaders initially appeared to justify the officer’s actions.
But Crump also stressed the effect on the Blake family. He pointed to Blake’s three sons who Crump said were in the SUV at the time, including an 8-year-old who was celebrating his birthday.
Jackson, Blake’s mother, said the family needs prayers, with her son “fighting for his life.”
She urged people to protest peacefully, saying she had observed the damage left behind in Kenosha from the nights of unrest. “It doesn’t reflect my son or my family,” she said, adding that Blake would be unhappy if he knew about “the violence and the destruction.”
National civil rights leaders have also called for restraint. The Rev. Al Sharpton, who is leading a march against brutality in Washington on Friday, said in an interview that violence plays into the hands of Trump and other defenders of excessive police behavior.
“Exploding with violence will only make them say, ‘See, that’s why the police need to be violent,’ ” he said. . . .
(Excerpt from The Washington Post. Article by Mark Guarino. Photo Credit: Getty Images.)
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before christians pray, wait for other facts and details of the news – conventional news is controlled.
Billy Graham said it was controlled, long ago.
August 31, 2020 at 4:49 PM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-baseball-player-aubrey-huff-17-year-old-kyle-rittenhouse-a-national-treasure?ocid=uxbndlbing
kyle was acting in self defense – the conventional news has ommitted facts and details. the video of him,
in self defense. one other person, the news leaves out, had a handgun. and jacob blake. the mayor
refuses assistance for police and residences, and a 17 year old is left to protect the town. the mayor,
in circumstances, like this, has to step down or step aside for a lt. official who can restore order, peace and the law because he is ineffienct to do so.
prayer requests for Kyle, he is 17 years old, and should not be tried as an adult. an 18 year old is legally an adult in united states, it is unlegal for him to be tried as an adult.
Kyle is a good young man, pray for a just trial for Kyle, and his family.
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Then that man physically assaults police officers, goes for a knife—and is somehow subsequently worshipped as a victim of injustice.
coventional news and social media omits these details.
Open rape case pending against Jacob Blake, past criminal …
https://kenoshareporter.com/stories/549300043-open…
Jacob Blake Kenosha County Court records show Jacob Blake is facing rape charges. A warrant was issued for Blake’s arrest on July 7 on felony 3rd degree sexual assault, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, all related to domestic abuse.
God and Father of us all give us your grace of your Holy Spirit to have the courage to be humble enough to admit we and our leaders need your wisdom and strength to know the how what where and who of your way of our standing up to get involved and our nation’s troubles according to your good acceptable and perfect will for us! So to not wait until the Trouble Comes To Us!