Jacob Blake's father, an African-American seriously injured by a white policeman in Kenosha, in the northern United States, claimed on CNN Friday (August 28) that his son was handcuffed to his hospital bed.
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When he regained consciousness in a hospital in the suburbs of Milwaukee (Wisconsin), where he has been treated since a police officer fired seven times in his back at close range, the young man of 29, says his father , turned to him sobbing. " 'Why have they shot me so many times?' He asked him according to him. " And I said, 'Big boy, they weren't supposed to shoot you at all .'
Jacob Blake father - both men have the same first name - does not understand why his son, probably paralyzed for life, is tied to his hospital bed. " Why this cold steel on my son's ankle?" ", He asked on CNN. " He can't get up, even if he wanted to ."
Wisconsin Democratic Governor Tony Evers regretted at a press conference that Jacob Blake could be handcuffed. “ I wish we could find a better way to help him recover, ” he said. " It seems counterproductive to me ."
Three months after the death of George Floyd, an African-American suffocated by a white policeman on May 25 in Minneapolis, the Jacob Blake affair has revived a large protest movement in the United States against racism and police violence.