KENOSHA, KOMPAS.com – Jacob Blake An African-American man who was shot 7-8 times by white police in the US state of Wisconsin, confessed in a video that shot him in the hospital.
She said it “hurts to breathe” and was in constant pain in the video message from her hospital bed.
But despite the injuries that would likely paralyze him from the waist down, Blake told supporters “there is more life to live.”
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“Your life,” and not just your life, your feet – the things you need to move and advance in life – can be taken from you like this, man, “Blake said, snapping his fingers.
The video was uploaded on Sunday (6/9/2020) by his lawyer, Ben Crump.
Dressed in a hospital gown, Blake said he had staples on his back and stomach.
#JacobBlake released this powerful video message from his hospital bed today, reminding everyone just how precious life is. #JusticeForJacobBlake pic.twitter.com/87CYlgPDBj
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) September 6, 2020
“24 hours, every 24 hours it hurts, is nothing but pain,” he said.
“Breathing hurts, sleeping hurts, the pain moves from side to side, eating hurts,” he said in a video that has been viewed more than 540,000 times on Twitter.
“Please, let me tell you, change your life out there. We can stay together, make money, make things easier for our people out there, man, because there’s so much time wasted.”
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The 29-year-old was seriously injured when a policeman fired 7-8 shots into his back as Blake was about to get into his car on Aug. 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The three children were in the car when Blake was shot.
The incident was recorded by several people and two policemen trying to detain Blake have been suspended.
The Blake shooting occurred 3 months after George Floyd’s death, which again sparked demonstrations in several cities.
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Reported AFPThe Kenosha demonstrations began peacefully on the night Blake was shot, but ended in chaos in the following nights.
The climax was on August 25 when 2 people were shot dead. A white Trump supporter has been arrested on charges of the shooting.
Meanwhile, US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke with Blake by phone on Thursday (3/9/2020) and met his family.
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