DOJ won't seek charges against officer Rusten Sheskey who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha
Well now look at this folks we just found out that federal prosecutors announced Friday that they won’t file charges against officer Rusten Sheskey who shot Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last year. A shooting that sparked protests that led to the deaths of two men. Officer Sheskey shot Blake, who’s Black, during a domestic disturbance in Kenosha in August 2020. The shooting left Blake paralyzed from the waist down and sparked several nights of protests, some of which turned violent. An Illinois man shot three people, killing two of them, during one of the demonstrations. State prosecutors decided not to file charges against Sheskey earlier this year after video showed that Blake, who was wanted on a felony warrant, was armed with a knife. The U.S. Department of Justice launched its own investigation days after the shooting. The agency announced Friday that a team of prosecutors from its Civil Rights Division and the U.S. attorney’s office in Milwaukee reviewed police reports, witness statem
