Jacob Blake spoke publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wisconsin police officer shot him seven times in the back, paralyzing him from the waist down.
In the video, he appears in the hospital bed and assures that he has constant pain from the shooting.
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"Twenty-four hours, every 24 hours is pain, nothing but pain. It
hurts to breathe, it hurts to sleep, it hurts to move from one place to another, it hurts to eat," he
said in the video posted Saturday night on Twitter by his lawyer. family, Benjamin Crump.
Dressed in his hospital gown, Blake, 29, a father of six, said he has staples on his back and stomach.
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In this September 2019 photo taken in Evasnton, Illinois, Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her cousin Jacob Blake.
Blake recovers from being shot multiple times by Kenosha, Wisconsin police on Aug. 23, 2020. (Courtesy Adria-Joi Watkins via AP) AP
But do not lose hope.
He said he has "much more life ahead of him" despite his life-altering injuries.
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Blake was shot 7 times in the back by a white police officer on August 23
after walking away from the officer and two others who were trying to arrest him.
Everything was recorded on video.
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Blake, who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest when he was shot, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges accusing him of sexually assaulting a woman in May and waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
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He appeared via video conference from his bed at the Milwaukee hospital, wearing a dress shirt and tie.
She only spoke to answer questions from the judge, Kenosha County Commissioner Loren J. Keating.
Keating found there was enough evidence to send the matter to trial, which was set for November 9.
The Blake shooting was recorded and sparked protests in Kenosha and elsewhere.
During one of the demonstrations, Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, Illinois, was charged with fatally shooting two people and wounding a third.
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With information from AP and NBC News.