Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons players knelt after Wednesday night’s opening game denounced amid chaos at the United States Capitol and news that Wisconsin police would not be charged with the shooting. Jacob Blake during the summer.
The Bucks kneeled in possession and the Pistons did the same after the turn. The Bucks said they held the ball for 7 seconds to reflect the number of times Blake was shot.
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Current NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo explained the decision after the game.
“At the end of the day, when I stop playing basketball and while I’m playing, my son will grow up here in America. My son is black. And I can’t imagine my son going through what I see and what I see on TV”, the Bucks star told reporters.
“If, while I’m living and breathing, I can do something about it to even change it for the better … I’ll do it. I’ll talk about it. But at the end of the day, I have to educate myself and I have to inform me even more. “
Chaos in the US Capitol has resulted in four deaths and more than a dozen arrests.
The Wisconsin authorities’ decision on the Blake shooting came on Tuesday.
The police officer who shot Blake, Rusten Sheskey, 31, and the other officers will not be charged, said Kenosha district attorney Michael Graveley. He said the decision was based on evidence that was not captured in widely shared cell phone images from the August 23 shooting.
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Graveley said Blake, 29, was armed with a knife that was not visible in the video and admitted to having one during the incident. Statements that he was unarmed contradict what Blake, who had an arrest warrant for him at the time of the crime, told authorities, he said.
Sheskey, who is white, shot Blake, who is black, while responding to a domestic disturbance. A woman called 911 saying that Blake refused to return the keys to a rental car. Video footage of the incident captured Blake moving away from the police officer and around a vehicle with his children inside, so he was shot seven times.
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Graveley also refused to accuse the two policemen at the scene, Brittany Meronek and Vincent Arenas. The shooting left Blake paralyzed and sparked protests that turned into riots over several nights. The unrest included two fatal shootings, arson and destruction of property.