Jacob Blake drops lawsuit against Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey



Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back during a 2020 domestic incident, has dropped his civil rights lawsuit against the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who fired on him.

The shooting left Blake partially paralyzed and sparked citywide protests in the days and weeks following the incident.

You can read more about the background of the shooting here.

What are the details?

Blake and his legal team dismissed the action against Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey on Friday after filing the suit against the officer in 2021.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that a one-page stipulation signed by lawyers from both sides indicated that they've agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice. As such, U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller signed an order granting the dismissal. Blake will not be able to refile the claim against Sheskey.

It is unclear at the time of this reporting whether the sides reached a settlement.

During the 2020 incident, Blake — who was armed with a knife — refused to comply with officers' orders and resisted detainment, prompting Sheskey to fire on the suspect. At the time of the incident, Blake had an outstanding warrant for his arrest on charges of third-degree sexual assault, trespassing, and disorderly conduct. The charges were related to a previous incident that took place at the same address.

The shooting prompted Blake to file suit claiming "catastrophic, permanent injuries" that left him partially paralyzed.

Sheskey, who was not disciplined as a result of the shooting, was previously cleared of all criminal wrongdoing. After an investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice said that it would not pursue federal civil rights charges against the officer and determined that the shooting was justified.

Neither an attorney for Blake nor an attorney for Sheskey has spoken out about the filing at the time of this report.

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Facebook removing posts supporting Kyle Rittenhouse. Company says shooting was a 'mass murder'



Facebook has reportedly opted to remove social media posts supporting 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, declaring that the shooting he was involved with to be a "mass murder."

Rittenhouse faces murder charges after he allegedly killed two rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and wounded another on Aug. 25 during ongoing protests.

What are the details?

On Tuesday, conservative author and YouTuber Mark Dice said he received a notice from Facebook, threatening a suspension, after he shared video of Rittenhouse offering medical aid to wounded Kenosha protesters.

He shared a Twitter update on the threat of suspension, writing, "Facebook just removed a video I posted showing Kyle Rittenhouse offering help to a wounded protester in Kenosha and are threatening to delete my entire account."

Facebook just removed a video I posted showing Kyle Rittenhouse offering help to a wounded protester in Kenosha and… https://t.co/FXRfBL7YgO
— Mark Dice (@Mark Dice)1599010406.0

Dice's original post said, "Newly uncovered video of Kyle Rittenhouse shows him helping an injured protester after she was struck in the foot with a projectile. In another video he told the cameraman that he'd brought a medical kit, which is the bag he was carrying. Further proving he had no malicious intent by showing up. In fact, he was there to help anyone who needed it."

In a statement, a Facebook spokesperson told the Verge that the company is, indeed, removing posts appearing to support Rittenhouse because the company considers the shooting a "mass murder."

"We've designated this shooting as a mass murder and have removed the shooter's accounts from Facebook and Instagram," the spokesperson said.

In a later Twitter update, Dice wrote, "In no way did I 'glorify' or celebrate [Rittenhouse], nor 'praise' him. I simply posted a non-graphic video, and stated as a matter of fact what it showed. He helped a protester who was injured and didn't show up in Kenosha with any malicious intent to cause trouble."

In no way did I "glorify" or celebrate him, nor "praise" him. I simply posted a non-graphic video, and stated as… https://t.co/I5wV7JBxgd
— Mark Dice (@Mark Dice)1599012385.0

What else?

In a statement to Media Research Center, Dice said that it's more than concerning that Facebook would attempt to censor what could be considered evidence in the Rittenhouse case.

"It's horrifying that Facebook is now censoring evidence in a criminal case that helps exonerate Kyle Rittenhouse," Dice said. "The post was going viral and had been shared almost 10,000 times and debunked the mainstream media's false narrative that Kyle went to the protest to cause trouble. Quite the contrary."

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EXCLUSIVE: BlazeTV reporter interviews alleged Kenosha shooter shortly before deadly shooting



BlazeTV reporter Elijah Schaffer has been risking his life to tell the stories that mainstream media won't cover. Late Tuesday night, Elijah found himself in the middle of a shoot-out in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where two people were fatally shot and a third was wounded during the ongoing protests and rioting after the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday.

Elijah joined Glenn Beck on the radio program Wednesday to share video footage of the harrowing night and discuss his interview with the alleged shooter shortly before the deadly event took place.

Watch the video clip below:



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Shaun King demands Kenosha PD identify cop who shot Jacob Blake — or he'll just start naming cops 'who may or may not be him'



Left-wing activist Shaun King is at it again.

After two days of appearing to advocate for increased chaos and mayhem in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as he demanded the complete dismantling of the police in America and declared he would not call for peace, King issued a warning to the Kenosha Police Department.

If the KPD did not name the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, then King would start naming cops from the department "who may or may not be him" — which would clearly put the lives of those officers and their families in danger.

What happened, and what did he say?

Following the police shooting of Blake on Sunday evening, King took to Twitter to reject calls for peace.

"Nah. I'm not going to call for peace," King said. "We've tried peace. For years. Y'all don't understand that language."

"We are calling for a complete dismantling of American policing," he continued. "It's NOT broken. It was built to work this way. And mayhem is the consequence. You earned it."

He later reiterated his call to tear down the police, saying that firing and arresting the cop who shot Blake was "not even close" to being what he and his movement wanted.

"[W]hat I am telling you, is that we've crossed a point where that's not even close to being all we're calling for," King wrote.

He followed that with a statement Monday that the entire police system "must be dismantled."

So it was not surprising to see King tweet a threat to the Kenosha Police Department on Tuesday that he and his ilk might just resort to essentially accusing various cops within the KPD of shooting Blake.

"To the Kenosha Police Department," King said, "If you do not name the officer who brutally shot Jacob Blake on Sunday, we will simply begin naming officers from your department who may or may not be him."

"F*** it," he continued. "Your protection of his identity is unethical. What's his name?"

Image source: Twitter screenshot, redacted, via @shaunking

He followed that tweet with another post noting the case of a Kenosha officer named Luke Courtier who is reportedly in police custody because people merely believed he was the cop who shot Blake.

King then noted, "POLICE COULD END THIS RIGHT NOW."

Which means that King was clearly aware in his original post that just naming officers "who may or may not" have shot Blake would put those officers, as well as their families and neighbors, in mortal danger.

Image source: Twitter screenshot via @shaunking

'This is not justice': Owner in disbelief after business looted in Kenosha rioting over police shooting of Jacob Blake



Residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin, are trying to make sense of the looting and rioting in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Business owner Pat Oertle sobbed about the damage done to her business in the rioting.

"It makes no sense! Why? Why?" Oertle asked in an interview with the Associated Press.

She has owned and operated the Computer Adventure sales shop along with her husband for 30 years.

"They took computers, they took," she said, overwhelmed. "If you want to take it, don't destroy everything else!"

Protests in Kenosha turned to rioting and looting for a second straight day on Monday, after police shot Jacob Blake eight times in the back Sunday evening as he appeared to reach for something in his car during their attempt to detain him. He was hospitalized with serious injuries, but the shooting inspired even more violence.

Blake's father told the media Tuesday that he was likely paralyzed from the waist down from the injuries.

On Monday, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers activated the National Guard to help local law enforcement quell the rioting.

Kenosha Fire Chief Charles Leipzig told the Kenosha News that 30 businesses were destroyed or damaged, and 34 fires were sparked during the rioting. Police employed pepper spray and tear gas in order to disperse the crowds of protesters who violated the 8 p.m. curfew.

Other business owners were just as devastated.

Joshua Ferguson, the owner of the Sugar Boxx Ice Cream Shop, said that the rioters and looters were likely not from the area because the business district they targeted was "one of the most multicultural communities of business owners."

Community members and local leaders were out on the streets on Tuesday trying to help business owners clean up the mess left by the rioters and looters.

"Oh my God, nobody deserves this," Oertle said. "This accomplishes nothing!"

Here's the Associated Press video with Pat Oertle:

Ransacked Kenosha shop owner: This is not justicewww.youtube.com

Wisconsin gov deploys National Guard after rioting over police shooting of Jacob Blake



Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers called on the National Guard to aid local law enforcement in quelling the riots that arose in the wake of the police shooting of an unarmed black man.

Video showed several Kenosha police officers attempting to detain Jacob Blake, 29, on Sunday after they were called over a "domestic incident." When Blake attempted to walk away from the police and jump into his vehicle, one officer grabbed his shirt and then shot at him at least seven times.

Blake was hospitalized with serious injuries and is expected to survive. Meanwhile, the city erupted in protests and rioting.

"I know folks across our state will be making their voices heard in Kenosha and in communities across Wisconsin. Every person should be able to express their anger and frustration by exercising their First Amendment rights and report on these calls to action without any fear of being unsafe," Evers said in a statement released on Monday.

Evers was one of the first to release a statement condemning the shooting incident on Sunday. He compared it other controversial police shootings of blacks that had led to the protests and rioting.

"This is a limited mobilization of the National Guard focused on supporting the needs of local first responders to protect critical infrastructure, such as utilities and fire stations, and to ensure Kenoshians are able to assemble safely," the governor continued in the statement.

On Monday, a second night of protests and possibly rioting, was being documented on social media. Kenosha police set a curfew from 8 p.m. Monday night until 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Right now in Kenosha https://t.co/sAdpDNkMaS
— Matt Smith (@Matt Smith)1598317915.0

Other videos showed protesters throwing water bottles at the police lined up to protect a courthouse that was the focus of violent attacks on Monday.

25 minutes past curfew, more water being thrown https://t.co/CEZydHK9cs
— Matt Smith (@Matt Smith)1598318793.0

Blake's mother asked through a statement by his cousin that the public remain peaceful despite the heightened tensions surrounding the incident.

Here's a local news video about the order:

Kenosha police officers shot an individual after responding to domestic incidentwww.youtube.com

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