Investigators of a shooting by a white police officer that left a Black man, Jacob Blake Jr., paralyzed and the town of Kenosha, Wisconsin, torn by civil strife found a knife belonging to Blake at the scene of the confrontation, the state attorney general said on Wednesday. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul speaks during a news conference following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Maturen During the incident, Kaul said, police tried to arrest Blake, using a Taser stun gun in a failed attempt to subdue him. Bullets shattered some of his vertebrae, leaving Blake paralyzed from the waist down, possibly permanently, his lawyers said. Blake’s family and protesters have demanded the officers involved in the shooting be immediately fired and prosecuted.

Source: Standard Digital August 27, 2020 05:26 UTC