BLACK MAN WHO WAS SHOT BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER NO LONGER SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED
Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is no longer in police custody or shackled to his hospital bed, his lawyer said Friday.
The lawyer, Patrick Salvi Jr., said that "through the legal process" and after communicating with the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, Blake's legal team was able to have the warrant vacated.
Earlier Friday, Salvi said that Blake was being held on an outstanding warrant stemming from an incident in July. One of Blake's feet was shackled to the bed per the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department policy since at least Wednesday, Salvi said. Blake is paralyzed from the waist down, according to his lawyer and his father, also named Jacob Blake.
Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis said in a news conference Friday that the warrant was related to an alleged sexual assault.
The sheriff's department did not respond to a request for further comment on Blake's shackling and removal.
Salvi told NBC News that Blake "did not commit the offenses that he was accused of." The lawyer also said that doctors have told Blake's family that the pain he is experiencing, like his paralysis, will be long-term.
Blake may have been shot eight times, not seven as police have said, according to Salvi. The Wisconsin Department of Justice, which is investigating the shooting, did not respond to a request for comment.
Blake was shot Sunday by Officer Rusten Sheskey, a seven-year veteran of the Kenosha Police Department, during an attempted arrest, authorities said.
On Friday, the Wisconsin DOJ identified the other two officers involved in the confrontation as Vincent Arenas and Brittany Meronek, who joined the department in February 2019 and January 2020, respectively.
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