Jacob Blake Wept & Asked His Father Why They Shot Him So Many Times

Jacob Blake Asked His Father, “Why Did They Shoot Me So Many Times?”

It’s saddening that the Black people of the United States have to go through this traumatic experience. Barely months after people trooped out in masses to protest the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, another Black man’s life has been lost to police brutality.

Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old living in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was shot multiple times in his back this weekend by a police officer who has since been identified as Rusten Sheskey.

Fortunately, Jacob Blake survived after he was shot seven times in his back but he should not have been shot in the first place. But he’s paralyzed from his waist down yet, he has been handcuffed to the bed.

Blake’s father also named Jacob, has been speaking out about how enraged he is over the incident and, in a new update, he’s claiming that in a moment of consciousness, his son asked him why they shot him so many times.

According to his father, Jacob Blake clutched his hand and wept before asking the question on everybody’s mind: “Why did they shoot me so many times?” He responded that they shouldn’t have shot him at all, recounting the moment on CNN.

Jacob went on to detail an experience he had with one of Blake’s sons who witnessed the shooting. “Papa, why did they shoot my daddy in the back? Where’s daddy?” asked one of his grandchildren.