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Big Surprise, No Charges For Shesky Who Shot Blake 7 Times In The Back…

Kenosha, Wis. police Officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot Jacob Blake in the back sev­en times last year, will not face fed­er­al civ­il rights charges in court. NBC News reports that the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday that pros­e­cu­tors decid­ed against charg­ing Sheskey because they didn’t find enough evi­dence to prove “beyond a rea­son­able doubt that the offi­cer will­ful­ly vio­lat­ed the fed­er­al crim­i­nal, civ­il rights statutes.”This comes months after state pros­e­cu­tors declined to charge Sheskey and two oth­er offi­cers at the scene. Blake was shot in August 2020. Officers approached Blake that day after the moth­er of his three chil­dren called police and said he was try­ing to leave with her vehi­cle, which had the chil­dren in the back seat. Blake was left par­a­lyzed from the waist down as a result of the shooting.
From the Associated Press.

Blake’s uncle, Justin Blake, called the deci­sion “uncon­scionable” and said it “def­i­nite­ly steps on every civ­il right we can imag­ine this coun­try owes every African American descendant.”

“If we had a heart to be bro­ken, it would be,” he said. “But because we’ve been through all we’ve been, we’re not.”

Sheskey’s shoot­ing of Blake prompt­ed var­i­ous protests and unrest in Wisconsin and else­where–one of which turned dead­ly after Illinois teen Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed two pro­test­ers and injured a third in Kenosha. His tri­al is due to begin in November. Sheskey has argued that his actions were jus­ti­fied because he believed that Blake was going to leave with his chil­dren and use them as hostages. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said in January that because Blake had a knife on his per­son when offi­cers approached him, he couldn’t dis­prove Sheskey’s claim that he was afraid that Blake would stab him. Sheskey returned to duty in April. Meanwhile, Blake said he is still recov­er­ing phys­i­cal­ly and men­tal­ly from being shot in the back sev­en times.
From the Root​.com

It is impor­tant to under­stand how low the bar is for police to mur­der you with­out any recourse in the United States.
The bar for police account­abil­i­ty is low­er than a snake’s bel­ly (no pun intended).