Jacob Blake has sued the Kenosha police officer who shot him in the back in August, which set off three days of violent and fatal protest in the city.
Blake, who is Black, was left paralyzed from the waist down. Rusten Sheskey, a white officer, was later cleared of any criminal conduct by Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley.
An investigation by the state Department of Justice found Blake was armed with a knife in the moments that led up to the shooting. Graveley said he could not disprove Sheskey’s claim that he feared for his life when he fired seven shots at Blake.
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