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Jacob Blake released from hospital after being shot in the back 7 times by cop
Jacob Blake, who was critically wounded after being shot multiple times by a cop, has been released from a Milwaukee hospital. Blake was released from the hospital on Oct. 7, according to CNN. After being released, Blake was transferred to a spinal rehabilitation center in Chicago where he will continue his recovery. On Aug. 23,…
Read MoreJacob Blake delivers inspiring message from his hospital bed (video)
Jacob Blake, who was paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot in the back seven times by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer on Aug. 13, 2020, delivered an inspiring speech from his hospital bed. The father of six children was speaking with his family attorney, Benjamin Crump, who posted the video from Froedtert…
Read MoreNBA player Donovan Mitchell pledges $45K toward education of Jacob Blake’s sons
NBA star Donovan Mitchell is committing to give tens of thousands of dollars to improve the lives of Jacob Blake’s children. The Utah Jazz player has pledged $45,000 toward the education of Blake’s three sons, who saw their father, an unarmed Black man, shot in the back seven times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The…
Read MoreJacob Blake’s father gives powerful speech at March on Washington anniversary
Jacob Blake Sr. gave a resounding speech at the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington. On Aug. 28, thousands celebrated in Washington, D.C. to remember the 1963 march where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech. This year’s march was called “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks” to…
Read MorePolice handcuffed Jacob Blake to hospital bed, father says
Jacob Blake reportedly has been shackled to his hospital bed as he continues to fight for life after being shot seven times in the back. On Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, Blake’s father, Jacob Blake Sr., spoke to reporters after he saw his son at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “I…
Read MoreBarack Obama commends Milwaukee Bucks for boycotting playoff game
Former President Barack Obama congratulated NBA players with the Milwaukee Bucks for boycotting their game on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2020, to protest the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake, who is Black, was shot multiple times during an encounter with several White officers on Sunday, Aug. 23. The shooting has sparked…
Read MoreThey’re back: NBA players have decided to resume playoffs
NBA players and league executives have agreed to resume the 2020 playoffs, though the details of when the games will start again are still being worked out. The Los Angeles Times reported that the three games canceled on Wednesday, Aug. 26, will all be made up at a later date. The three games originally scheduled…
Read MoreTennis star Naomi Osaka joins athletes boycotting play to protest racial injustice
Tennis star Naomi Osaka is the latest athlete refuse to play in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, who was shot multiple times by a White police officer on Aug. 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in front of his children. Blake’s shooting, which left him paralyzed from the waist down,…
Read MoreNBA teams boycott playoffs following the Jacob Blake shooting
(Photo by Rashad Milligan for Steed Media Services) Boston Celtics guard/forward Jaylen Brown warms up at shootaround in Philips Arena on Nov. 18. All NBA playoff games have been cancelled tonight in protest. The players of the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors were reportedly the first to consider boycotting the NBA playoffs. On Aug. 25,…
Read MoreDoc Rivers: ‘We keep loving this country, and this country does not love us back’ (video)
NBA head coach Glenn “Doc” Rivers poured out his heart in a poignant speech about the deplorable state of racial affairs in the United States. Rivers, the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, the team favored to win the NBA title during this year’s truncated season, delivered a power-packed address regarding the police shooting…
Read MoreDetroit Lions canceled practice to protest police shooting of Jacob Blake
Detroit Lions canceled practice on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, to stand in solidarity against police brutality after the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The cancellation followed two postponements as the players, mostly African Americans, come to grips with the fact that another unarmed Black male was shot. The father of…
Read MoreJacob Blake’s father says son is paralyzed after police shooting
The father of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot in the back several times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, told the media that his son is paralyzed. Kenosha, which is about 45 miles south of Milwaukee, was the scene of the disturbing shooting captured by a witness on a cellphone video that has…
Read MoreBlack man shot multiple times by cops in front of his children (graphic video)
An unarmed Black man was shot several times in the back at point-blank range after a confrontation with Wisconsin police during a traffic stop as his children watched in horror. According to KMOV in Wisconsin, the man, identified as Jacob Blake, a father of three sons, was shot from behind by police in Kenosha, a…
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