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No charges will be filed against the Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake

A Wisconsin prosecutor announced Tuesday that he will not file criminal charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back in Kenosha last summer.

Justin Blake, uncle of Jacob Blake, led a march Monday in Kenosha, Wis. Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey opened fire on Jacob Blake in August after responding to a domestic dispute, leaving him paralyzed.
Justin Blake, uncle of Jacob Blake, led a march Monday in Kenosha, Wis. Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey opened fire on Jacob Blake in August after responding to a domestic dispute, leaving him paralyzed.Read moreMorry Gash / AP
    by Todd Richmond and Michael Tarm, Associated Press
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