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Gn é “ays, story 3, 2:00, Muir, 7.66M}, Alex Perez renorted the Kenosha | tests after” Graveley's decision. The August 23 shooting took place “after police re snonded ti toa call about a domestic dispute,” and cell p incident “shows 29-year-old Blake struggling with Officer Rusten Sheskey and F another + officer, « who “both deployed their tasers, but....were unsuccessful.” Perez reported that Blake then “appears to {ean into the driver’s side of the car,” and Sheskey “opens fire” with “Blake’s three young boys in the backseat.” Graveley said, ‘We say with confi idence, based on Blake’s admission, based on all the officers saying it, and this video eyigenee, riy is armed with a krife.” The CRS : '§ (4/5, story &, 1:50, O'Donnell, 4.65 } repor ted, “Fonight Kenosha, Wisconsin is on edge efter prosecutors anno ounced the police officer whe shot Jacob Blake WHE mor face crim: nal charges, nor wil any other officers.” The Augus st shooting “sparked unrest in ‘Kenosha, and the National Guard is on patrel tonight.” Graveley said, “This case is really aH about self-defense and can it be proven that it does not exist. It is really ev fidenc fe about the perspective of Officer Sheskey.” Blake's father, Jacob Blake, Sr., said, “We'll find federal ways that ju ind for ray son. We're not dane yet.” » SP (3/5, Richmond} reports that Graveley “announced Tuesday that he will not He criminal charges against” Sheskey, the white police officer who shot Biake “In the hack in Kenosha ast summer, feaving him parelyzed and setting off sometimes violent protests in the city.” The ‘August 23 shooting, “captured on bystander video, turned the nation’s spotlight on Wisco: dur ing a a sumer marked by protests over oclice brutality and racism.” Over 250 arrests were made “in the days that followed, including 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.” had resisted arrest, withstanding multiple Taser shots.” The decsion, which also clears two other officers, “could incite more demonstrations, which have frequently broken out in the United States in recent years after police have been cleared of wrongdoing in shootings of African Armericans,” Ben Crump, an attorney For sal Ke, tweeted, “Wie are immensely disappainted and feei this iv but the cormmunity that protested and demended stice whey rat : t ation Post (2/5, Guaring, Berman, Seliware, 10.52M) reports that witness accounts differ from Graveley’s depiction, describing Blake “trying to break up an argu ment between twa women” and unarmed when he was shot while waiking “back toward h § vehicie.” Fhe 3 Sires i (4/5, Ailworth, Subscription Publication, 841s) reports tS that Grave! fey _aiso said that no charges will be brought against Blake following a review of the incident. Civil ‘Rights Division Assistant Attorney General £ mic Dreiband said that a separate investigation bec cary ed out by the Federal Bureau of In westigati ion in cooperation with the Wisconsin Division of Cri minal Investigation is ongoing. Se: re ¢i/5, Joyce, 3.57M) reports that Wisconsin Gov. ‘Tony Evers (D} “activated about 500 National 1 Guat ‘d soldiers and airmen in an effort to ensure ‘public sefety” on Monday, as of the @ @AnNaun cement, Pan further envi idence that our work is not done — we must work each day in earnest toward @ more 2 just, more fair, and more equitabie State and country, and ta combat the racism experienced by Black Wisconsinites.” The Kenosha City Council had “unanimously passed an emergency declaration Monday that would allow the mayor to implernent 2 curfew" affer the announcement, while the Kenosha County sheriff “declared a state of The S$ PCL 15, Barton, Simicuzmza, Linnane, 844K} reports thet Graveley “said he relied both on an investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice and on an outside assessment of that investigation, conducted by former Madison Police Chief Noble Wray," who “served as a federal police reform specialist during the Obama administr ation after his ee rement in 2033." The tsr (1/5, Bima, 375K) reports that Graveley said he made the ¢ i¢3} independent of palitical forces or outside winds that swirl about.” Srs e (B/S, Pollak, 26M} has more on the decision. dy FBI(21cv558)-43