Blake had previously been beaten by police as a teenager and resisted the police beating on August 30th, as he later explained, because he did not want to die, especially after the recent death of George Floyd.

Jacob Blake's Previous Police Interactions

Jacob Blake had an outstanding warrant. When police arrived the officers attempted to arrest Blake without an explanation or reading of his Miranda rights. Officers grabbed Blake and tasered him twice as a crowd of nearly 20 people formed and started telling the officers they had the wrong person.

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On August 23, 2020 when Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man was celebrating his son's birthday in Kenosha, Wisconsin a fight occurred between the mother of Blake's children and a neighbor. Blake worked to break up the fight and remove his two children from the situation. The children's mother called the police to prevent Blake from leaving in her vehicle. 

Events Before Jacob Blake's Police Interaction on August 30, 2020

Schalk, Sami. Black Disability Politics, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478027003

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