Shooting of Jacob Blake
On , Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sheskey shot Blake in the back, firing seven times while inflicting multiple wounds when Blake opened the driver's door to an SUV and leaned into it. Sheskey later recounted that he believed he was about to be stabbed. Three of Blake's sons were in the backseat at the time. Earlier during the encounter, Blake had been tasered and had scuffled with officers. 