Police union releases statement on Blake shooting

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An attorney representing the Kenosha police union issued a statement saying Jacob Blake “forcefully fought” before he was shot.

Blake, 29, was shot Sunday by Officer Rusten Sheskey. The shooting, captured on video, ignited protests and counter-protests, rioting, the presence of armed militias in the city and a shooting by a 17-year-old Antioch teen acting as a member of a militia. That shooting left two men dead and another seriously injured.

The video recorded by a bystander and widely circulating on social media shows Blake walking around a parked vehicle followed by Sheskey who has his gun drawn, a second officer following behind Sheskey. As Blake opens the vehicle’s door and leans in, Sheskey, who is holding Blake by his shirt, fires his weapon seven times.

In a statement representing the Kenosha Professional Police Association, attorney Brendan Matthews said there are “wholly inaccurate” statements about the shooting circulating.

“Mr. Blake was not unarmed. He was armed with a knife. The officers did not see the knife initially,” Matthews said in his statement. “The officers issued repeated commands for Mr. Blake to drop the knife. He did not comply.”

Full: https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/police-union-releases-statement-on-blake-shooting/article_140a3c34-d0b4-5a78-b838-e2ace80cf8dc.html

[aeromanKC]

1. It took them four days to come up with that??

[flamin lib]

2. It took them that long to convince the other cop on the scene to accept

the lie . . .

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. "Forcefully fought" my ass!

Walking away and trying to get in his car is NOT acting in such a manner a described.

These are LIES to protect the Police Officer who pumped 7 shots into the back of an unarmed Black man. Nothing more.

[GeorgeGist]

4. Blue Lies Matter

[lunatica]

11. .

[SamKnause]

5. I don't believe a fucking word that cops say.

They are known liars.

They have unions that lie for them.

They have district attorney's that lie for them.

They have snitches that are bribed to lie for them.

They are protected by the courts, judges, and laws.

They plant weapons and drugs on innocent people.

When they are found to be wrong the tax payers are on the hook, not them or their unions.


I don't believe a fucking word they say.

I fucking hate them.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Why wasn't the knife and the police demands to drop it caught on any videos?

[In It to Win It]

7. Can they ever admit they fucked up? Just one time

Admit that you fucked up. People fuck up. Own it!

[Wounded Bear]

8. So they told him drop a knife they "couldn't see"?

Yeah, right.

[radius777]

9. Bust the unions - this is their typical bullshit.

Remember after Floyd killing they tried to concoct a fake report. If not for the video their evil deeds would've been buried.

This is what the cops do, there's even a word for it called 'testilying' where they lie routinely to help put people in jail or get themselves off. They are nothing more than a state sponsored gang.

[Nevilledog]

10. Bunch of bullshit gobbledygook.

He's not holding any weapon as he approaches his car and when he gets to the car he is shot immediately. No way possible any officer could have seen a weapon, if one was actually on the floorboard. They are just throwing this shit out to justify it after the fact.