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Officers WILL NOT Be Charged in the shooting of Jacob Blake - Milwaukee Community Journal

Last year, a Kenosha man was said to be breaking up a domestic violence event when officers on duty arrived and things went left. After speaking to the police, citizen Jacob Blake was walking away from the officers when they decided to follow behind him, shooting him multiple times in his back. After shooting Jacob […]

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