KENOSHA, Wis. — The man whose shooting by a Wisconsin police officer set off the street protests in Kenosha was rarely mentioned at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial, but Jacob Blake turned up in Monday’s closing arguments. Rittenhouse defense attorney Mark Richards referred to Blake as he argued to jurors that Rittenhouse had the right to self-defense when he shot Joseph Rosenbaum …
LOADING ERROR LOADING The white police officer who paralyzed Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, from the waist down by shooting him seven times last year, has returned to work without facing any disciplinary action. Officer Rusten Sheskey came back from administrative leave on March 31 after an investigation into the August shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to a statement …
LOADING ERROR LOADING Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul identified the police officer who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha on Sunday as Rusten Sheskey. As Blake returned to his car, Sheskey was the only officer to fire his weapon, according to Kaul, who said all of the officers involved are on administrative leave. Kaul said law enforcement will be identifying the …
