Jacob Blake is no longer handcuffed to the bed at the hospital where he is recovering after he received seven bullet wounds in the back in an altercation with police, and officers were removed from his room on Friday afternoon.
"Obviously, it will be easier for him, his medical staff and his family now that the matter has been addressed," explained attorney Patrick Cafferty. "We can focus on the criminal case." The attorney also announced that a $ 500 bond was posted for an arrest warrant against Blake issued in July . At this time, there are no charges against Blake regarding the altercation with police on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he stressed.
Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was charged with a felony third-degree sexual assault on July 6, as well as disorderly conduct and breaking and entering, both misdemeanors, Wisconsin court records show. The arrest warrant against him was issued the next day.
This Friday, the Kenosha Police Department reported on the judicial investigation to clarify why Blake was shot by the white agent.
Meanwhile, the young man's family has denounced that he is recovering from his injuries (which have left him paralyzed from the waist down). He was handcuffed to the bed, according to the police, because of the arrest warrants against him.
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Aug. 24, 202001: 51How did Blake end up shot by the police?
The police account of what happened, revealed today, is as follows: three agents went to a house on Sunday afternoon after a woman called to report that her boyfriend was there when he shouldn't. They then tried to arrest Blake and after an unsuccessful first attempt, one of the policemen, Vincent Arenas, tried to use his taser gun but it didn't work.
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So, Blake kept walking towards his vehicle, opened the door and leaned forward. Another policeman, Rusten Sheskey, grabbed his shirt and shot him seven times in the back. The officers were not wearing body recording cameras, according to the police statement.
During the police investigation, Blake admitted to having a knife, according to police, which he says was found inside the vehicle. No other weapons were found. The agents are on administrative leave during the investigation of what happened, in which the FBI and the Wisconsin State Police participate.
Speaking to CNN, an uncle of Blake said he was handcuffed to the stretcher on which he is recovering from his injuries at the Wauwatosa hospital. "It is an insult added to the wound," said Justin Blake, "he is paralyzed and cannot walk and they have him handcuffed to the bed, why?"
As reported by CBS, police spokesman David Wright explained that Blake had arrest warrants for previous crimes: burglary, domestic and sexual abuse, and disorderly conduct.
The family's attorney, Patrick Cafferty, explained this afternoon that a $ 500 bond was posted for the warrant against him since July, and Blake is no longer handcuffed (in addition, there were two officers in his room at all times , according to account). "Obviously, it will be easier for him and for the doctors and his family," said the lawyer, "we can focus on the merits of the criminal case."
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang claimed to have spoken with Blake's father, who, he said, is glad his son is already conscious but very angry that he was "in chains," in the words he allegedly used. His first words upon waking up after being shot were to ask why he had been shot so many times, his father told Yang.
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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said he couldn't even imagine why Blake was in handcuffs: "I can't understand why it would be necessary." "I would hope that we could find a better way to help him recover," he added, "it seems like a bad remedy."
Riots and an attack that left two dead
The shooting against Blake provoked acts of revulsion in Wisconsin and other parts of the country. On Tuesday night, a 17-year-old man killed two people in Kenosha during those protests and was then able to escape without being detained until hours later.
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Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested in Illinois. A judge on Friday postponed his extradition hearing to Wisconsin until Sept. 25 to face murder charges. He will be tried as an adult in that state and could be sentenced to life in prison.
Rittenhouse used a semiautomatic rifle to shoot Joeseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, who died. In addition, Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, was also injured. Videos on social networks indicate that the alleged murderer praised the use of firearms, the police and the president, Donald Trump, in his publications on the internet.
Two people die in protests against racism in Wisconsin
Aug. 26, 202002: 52The Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has demanded the resignation of the Kenosha police chief after he appears to hold the victims responsible for violating the curfew imposed to stop protests.
He has also requested the departure of the Kenosha County Sheriff, David Beth, who, in another incident unrelated to the previous ones, opted to lock up for life three young black men accused of stealing clothes so that they could not have children and live of the rest of citizens could "be better", according to The Washington Post.