NAACP Issues Statement on Police-Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake
August 25, 2020
August 25, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 25 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement on Aug. 24 by Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson:
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Yesterday evening, 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot in the back at least seven times at point blank range by one or more officers from the Kenosha Police Department (KPD) as he was entering a vehicle, reportedly to check on his children. From inside the vehicle, Mr. Blake's three sons witnessed their . . .
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Yesterday evening, 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot in the back at least seven times at point blank range by one or more officers from the Kenosha Police Department (KPD) as he was entering a vehicle, reportedly to check on his children. From inside the vehicle, Mr. Blake's three sons witnessed their . . .