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Jacob Blake said he was hurting all day
Jacob Blake, the black man who was shot seven times by a white police officer in the US state of Wisconsin last month, said he is in constant pain in a video posted online.
Mr. Blake, who according to his family may now be paralyzed from the waist down, also gave a note of hope, saying there was “much more life to live.”
The 29-year-old was shot in the back while being arrested.
The incident reignited protests of racism and police brutality in the United States.
Some of the protests in Kenosha, the city where Blake was shot, turned violent, with two people killed.
The investigation into the Mr. Blake shooting continues.
Meanwhile, Blake appeared in court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges brought before the shooting.
What did Mr. Blake say?
In a video posted on Twitter by his family’s attorney, Blake, still in his hospital bed, spoke of the pain he was suffering.
“Every 24 hours is pain, nothing but pain. It hurts to breathe, it hurts to sleep, it hurts to move from one place to another, it hurts to eat,” he said.
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“Your life, and not just your life, your legs, something you need to move and move forward in life, can be taken away in this way,” he said, snapping his fingers.
“Stick together, make some money, make everything easier for our people, man, because there is a lot of time that has been wasted,” he added.
How did the shooting happen?
A police officer shot Mr. Blake while trying to arrest him as he tried to get into a car where his three children were sitting.
Mr. Blake was not armed when he was shot, but investigators found a knife in his car.
- What we know about the Jacob Blake shooting
Videos of the shooting, which were uploaded online, sparked a series of protests in Kenosha, which turned violent at some points. Two protesters died amid widespread looting and vandalism. A 17-year-old has been charged in the deaths.
Since then, both President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have visited the city.
Biden spoke to Blake on the phone and met with his family. He has asked that the officer who shot him in the back be arrested.
The president did not meet with Blake’s family, saying it was because they wanted lawyers present.
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