Who Is Jacob Blake? Wisconsin Man in Serious Condition After Police Shot Him in the Back 7 Times

Jacob Blake is during a serious condition in hospital after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot him within the back seven times moments after he reportedly tried to interrupt up a fight between two women. A video of the incident has been circulating online.

Blake may be a 29-year-old father whose three sons were within the car when he was shot, consistent with civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

"Confirmed: Jacob Blake's 3 SONS were within the CAR he was stepping into when@KenoshaPolice shot him tonight," Crump wrote on Twitter.

His shooting prompted crowds of protesters to march within the streets and led to Kenosha County enacting an emergency curfew until 7 a.m. on Monday.

 In the video circulating on social media, which appears to possess been filmed from a residence across the road , three officers are seen shouting and pointing their weapons at Blake as he walks round the front of a vehicle parked on the road.

As he opens the driver's side entrance and leans in, one officer is seen grabbing his shirt from behind and opening fire as several people within the street are heard screaming.

Seven gunshots are often heard on the video, but it is not clear what percentage officers fired their weapons.

The Kenosha News reported that several witnesses said Blake had tried to interrupt up a fight between two women outside a home on 40th Street.

The witnesses said police had attempted to use a stun baton on Blake, who was unarmed, before shooting him within the back.

In a news release, the Kenosha local department said an individual was hospitalized during a serious condition after officers skilled a "domestic incident" within the 2800 block of 40th Street at around 5.10 p.m.

Police said officers "provided immediate aid to the person," who was then transported to Life to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.

Kenosha Police didn't release details about what led up to the shooting or the officers involved.

They directed all inquiries to the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation, which can investigate the officer-involved shooting. The Wisconsin Department of Justice has been contacted for comment.

 Later on Sunday, protesters gathered outside the Kenosha County Public Safety Building, where the local department is found . The scene echoed the months of protests against police brutality and racial injustice that have taken place across the U.S. in recent months over the killings by police of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people.

Protesters faced off against police in riot gear outside the station. Police deployed tear gas at one point, consistent with TMJ4 reporter Laurn Linder.

The shooting also drew a pointy rebuke from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers.

"Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot within the back multiple times, in broad daylight, in Kenosha, Wisconsin," Evers said on Twitter Sunday night. "Kathy and that i join his family, friends, and neighbors in hoping earnestly that he won't succumb to his injuries.

"While we don't have all of the small print yet, what we all know surely is that he's not the primary Black man or person to possess been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of people in enforcement in our state or our country.

"We stand with all those that have and still demand justice, equity, and accountability for Black lives in our country—lives like those of George Floyd, of Breonna Taylor, Tony Robinson, Dontre Hamilton, Ernest Lacy, and Sylville Smith."

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