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Lawyers for Jacob Blake said Friday that the 29-year-old black man who was shot seven times by an American police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last weekend, was no longer chained to his hospital bed.
Mr. Blake’s father had previously disclosed that Mr. Blake had spent the week chained to his hospital bed even though he was unable to walk and was heavily medicated.
“There was cold steel on his ankle. He’s chained to the bed, but he can’t get up, he can’t get up, he’s paralyzed, ”Jacob Blake snr, father of Jacob Blake jnr, told CNN, describing a visit to the hospital with his son two days ago.
“He grabbed my hands and started crying and told me that he had hallucinations. He said ‘Daddy, Daddy, I love you. Why did they shoot me so many times? I said, ‘Honey, you weren’t supposed to be shot,’ “said Blake snr.
He wept intermittently during the live interview on Friday morning.
“I lay down on the bed close to him. We talked about him being paralyzed from the waist down. He wanted a dog and I said, ‘We’ll get you a dog, honey.’
Attorneys representing the Blake family have said that Jacob Blake has damage to his spinal cord, spinal column, stomach, kidneys and liver, has lost most of the colon, and has no bowel or genital function.
Blake said he did not know why his son was chained and said: “I assume he is detained, I do not know.”
The family’s attorney, Ben Crump, said: “There is no explanation for this.”
Blake snr’s comments came after the fifth night of protests in Kenosha, which were peaceful Thursday night for the second night after a fatal shooting when rioters attacked protesters Tuesday night.
Later on Friday it emerged that Mr. Blake was apparently chained to his hospital bed due to an outstanding warrant for three charges related to domestic abuse, including one for trespassing and one for third degree sexual assault.
The handcuffs were removed Friday after his attorney agreed to a court hearing on the matter and the order was overturned, said one of his attorneys, Pat Cafferty.
Police officers who had been guarding the hospital room also left, Cafferty said.
Late on Tuesday, when rioters had confronted protesters, a 17-year-old gunman shot dead two protesters and wounded another, police said. Before the killings, some who did not appear to be linked to the main peaceful protest groups were looting.
The Kenosha News reported that there were no incidents of arson or vandalism as of 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
In Civic Center Park, some protesters sang to religious music. Black Lives Activists of Kenosha, a major protest group, flagged down to the sprawling local police complex. Several spoke calmly with two police officers to discuss the release of at least one detained protester, the newspaper said.
On Friday, more details emerged about the police involved in the Blake shooting. The Wisconsin Department of Justice, which previously named Rusten Sheskey as the officer who shot Blake in the back, identified two officers more present during the encounter: Vincent Arenas and Brittany Meronek.
Officers allege that Mr. Sheskey and Mr. Arenas used their Taser stun guns against Mr. Blake when their attempt to “stop” him during his arrest failed. Investigators said Sheskey was the only officer to fire a gun and that Blake had told police he had a knife.
National Guard
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, who first announced the deployment of members of the state national guard on Monday, has repeatedly authorized more troops. On Thursday, Evers said members of the Alabama, Arizona and Michigan National Guards would be dispatched to Kenosha, USA Today reported.
As the ranks of National Guard members swell, the law enforcement response to the protests, which has included some use of tear gas and explosions, has come under scrutiny.
Activists have said that some protesters who were arrested in Kenosha this week were “seized” by federal law enforcement officers in unidentified vehicles, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. On Wednesday night, three activists from the area were arrested as they walked to their vehicle and were then taken away in a sport utility vehicle without identification, organizers said.
Video on social media appears to show law enforcement officers smashing the windows of a minivan with Oregon plates and forcing people inside. These people were later taken away in a van.
Kenosha police claimed that this group had been detained after federal marshals saw them filling gasoline cans at a gas station, according to reports.
Authorities claim they used force because the driver did not stop when ordered to do so. These arrests were part of the Riot Kitchen group, a Seattle-based nonprofit that provides food to the homeless and protesters, the newspaper said.
Kyle rittenhouse
A high-profile attorney representing the 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters and wounding another during street protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, said Friday that his client had acted in self-defense. Atlanta-based attorney Lin Wood said the video footage of the altercation would vindicate Kyle Rittenhouse despite what he described as media misinformation. “Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense. The murder charges are indeed unbearable. An egregious judicial error is taking place regarding this 17-year-old, ”Wood said on Twitter. Rittenhouse, who prosecutors say traveled 30 miles (50 kilometers) to Kenosha from his home in Antioch, Illinois, before the shooting around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, is charged with six criminal charges, including first-degree murder and attempted murder. . Prosecutors accuse Rittenhouse of firing an assault rifle at three protesters who tried to subdue him, killing Joseph Rosenbaum and 36-year-old Anthony Huber (26). The criminal complaint cites as evidence several videos recorded by witnesses, including one in which Mr. Rittenhouse is seen calling a local friend and telling them: “I just killed someone.” An Illinois judge postponed his extradition to Wisconsin on Friday while the teenage defendant organized a private legal team. Rittenhouse, a former YMCA lifeguard who is being held without bail, did not appear at the live-streamed hearing. – Guardian and Reuters
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