Chinanews.com, August 28. According to a report by the American Chinese website, three days after the black man Blake was shot by the police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, law enforcement authorities provided the first official version of the incident. Investigators said that there were knives in Black's car and a policeman fired seven shots at him.
On August 25, 2020 local time, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, a policeman stands on a street where protesters gather.
On the evening of the 26th local time, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Wisconsin Department of Justice stated that the incident stemmed from a family dispute.
Investigators said that the cause of the incident was that a woman called the police and said "her boyfriend is here, but he shouldn't be in the house."
The police rushed to the scene to try to arrest the 29-year-old Black and used a stun gun to try to stop him, but failed. Black walked around his car, "open the side door of the driver's seat and lean forward."
According to the police, Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey, who had worked at the police station for seven years, subsequently fired seven shots into Black's back. No other officers fired.
The authorities stated that the two police officers have been given administrative leave. According to the state’s attorney general, other police officers involved in the shooting will be identified soon. The department also said that Black admitted that he carried a knife with him, and law enforcement officials said they found a knife on the floor on the driving side of Black's vehicle.
This is the first official version provided by the police on the incident, but there is still a big gap in the timing of the incident. It did not explain why the police arrested Black, whether he brandished or threatened to use a knife, or why the police officer told Black There were so many shots in the back, and there was no mention of the children in his car or other family members standing not far away.
Black is still in the hospital. His lawyer said that he could not get his account of the incident given his serious injury.
Since Black was shot and paralyzed from the waist down, Kenosha has held protests every night, calling for greater transparency in police law enforcement and opposing police violence against African descent.
During the protest on the evening of the 25th local time, a shooting incident resulted in two deaths and one injury. Authorities said a 17-year-old teenager was arrested and charged with first-degree intentional homicide.