Jacob Blake’s uncle said in an opinion article that the attack on the Capitol is another reminder that the US lives under two systems of justice

Jacob Blake’s uncle said in an opinion article that the attack on the Capitol is another reminder that the US lives under two systems of justice

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“One allows armed white rebels to violently attack the seat of our nation’s government. Another spends, beats and shoots rubber bullets at people who defend Black Lives,” he wrote in an opinion article for The Guardian.
Last week – and a day before the riots in the nation’s capital – Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced that the officer who shot Jacob Blake, Rusten Sheskey, would not face charges. Graveley said that Blake was “actively resisting” at the time and armed himself with a knife. CNN contacted the public prosecutor to comment on the opinion article.

“This justice system calls these people ‘protesters’ and they are protected by the first amendment,” wrote Justin Blake of the protesters. “Sheskey operates under this justice system, and that is unacceptable. He claimed self-defense after shooting Jacob in the back, in front of his children, also in broad daylight. No plausible explanation exists for this escalated response.”

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“The fact that the Capitol uprising and Jacob’s shooting took place in broad daylight shows how blatant state-sanctioned violence has become,” he added.

Sheskey’s lawyer previously told CNN that the officer used lethal force not only to defend his life, but because he feared that Blake, in trying to escape, was trying to kidnap a child in the back seat of the vehicle at the scene. CNN contacted the lawyer to comment on the article.

The district attorney’s decision last week, wrote Justin Blake, “makes it very clear to blacks in Kenosha and Wisconsin that we are not safe in our communities.”

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If the justice system valued black lives, wrote Justin Blake, Sheskey would be fired and Kenosha’s police chief and Kenosha county sheriff would step down. CNN contacted the Kenosha police and the sheriff’s department for comment.

Although he does not refer to it by name, the opinion article leads to an article about Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who faces murder charges for the deaths of two men, after, authorities claim, he fired on protesters during protests against Jacob Blake’s shot.

Armed groups, writes Justin Blake, “threatening our community would be treated like the violent terrorist groups they are, and the authorities would protect us from them. The Kenosha police department would adopt platform # 8cantwait, which includes scaling down and comprehensive reporting for avoid future police shootings. “

Body cameras would be implemented, he wrote, and documents related to his nephew’s shooting investigation would be released to the public.

“Jacob would get justice,” he wrote. “But we’re not there yet. That’s why we’re getting up. Jacob deserves better than that. Kenosha deserves better than that.”

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