Jacob Blake Shooting Sparks Protests in Wisconsin

The father, shot multiple times by police, is in serious condition

Jada Gomez
Momentum
Published in
1 min readAug 24, 2020

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A global call for anti-Black racism has not stopped a summer wave of police violence against unarmed Black men.

Jacob Blake was shot seven times by police as he attempted to enter his SUV after breaking up a fight early Sunday evening. The incident happened in broad daylight, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake’s three sons were among the witnesses of the shooting, according to attorney Benjamin Crump and the American…

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Jada Gomez
Momentum

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