Jacob Blake had outstanding arrest warrant for sexual assault facing up to 8-1/2 years in prison

Jacob Blake had an outstanding arrest warrant for sexual assault, trespassing and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse. Police were responding to a domestic incident at a home in the area when Blake was shot, though nature of the dispute is unclear. Although viral video showed a cop shooting Blake while reaching for something in the car, another video from a different angle showed him brawling with the cops on the pavement.

In 2015, Jacob Blake was charged with resisting arrest causing a soft tissue injury to a police officer while pulling a gun at the bar for which he was facing upto 8-1/2 years in prison.

(Article republished from GreatGameIndia.com)

New footage show Jacob Blake wrestling with Cops

Jacob Blake, 29, was shot seven times by a cop in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Police were responding to a domestic incident at a home in the area, though nature of the dispute is unclear.

The viral video shows Blake walking toward an SUV as at least three cops follow with guns drawn. Blake appears to ignore police orders to stop and tries to get into the driver’s side of the SUV. That’s when at least seven gunshots were heard; Blake’s kids were inside car as the events unfolded.

.@KenoshaPolice shoot unarmed #JacobBlake in the back multiple times in front of his children even though witnesses told them he was trying to break up a fight.

How long this madness? pic.twitter.com/WNUjnHyYAl

— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) August 24, 2020

Although, the viral video didn’t show what happened before Blake started walking away from the cops.

Video filmed from another angle shows Blake and at least two cops wrestling on the sidewalk near the car. In the clip, Blake is seen extricating himself from the brawl and walking toward driver’s side of the SUV.

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