Kenosha County District Attorney Graveley announced that Kenosha Police Officer Rusten T. Sheskey and two other officers involved in the August 2020 shooting incident of Jacob Blake won't face criminal charges.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
January 5, 2021
Kenosha, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael D. Graveley announced that Kenosha Police Officer Rusten T. Sheskey, 31, and two other officers involved in the August 23, 2020 shooting incident of Jacob Blake, 29, won't face criminal charges. Blake who is Black survived the shooting incident by Kenosha Police Officer Sheskey who is White. Sheskey is seen in a recorded cellphone video shooting Blake in the back while seating in a vehicle. Blake was unarmed and was shot shot at least 7-8 times in the back.
According to witnesses, Blake was breaking up an altercation between two women and then he was shot multiple times by Officer Sheskey as his children watched.
At the time of the shooting incident, police had no information about Blake, according to the attorney representing the Blake family.
Officer Sheskey was sworned in as a Kenosha police officer on April 1, 2013. Two other Kenosha Police Officers with Sheskey at the time of the Blake shooting were Officers Vincent Arenas and Brittney Meronek who have been placed on administrative duty along with Sheskey pending the outcome of the case.
The Wisconsin National Guard was dispatched to the City of Kenosha to quelm any alledged unrest by those seeking justice for Blake.
During the unrest in August 2020, Kyle H. Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, Illinois was criminally charged with multiple felony counts that included two counts of first-degree intentional homicide with use of a dangerous weapon; first-degree reckless homicide with use of dangerous weapon; two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety with use of a dangerous weapon; attempted first-degree intentional homicide with use of a dangerous weapon and possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 in connection with the murder of three Kenosha peaceful protesters. If convicted on all charges, Rittenhouse is facing multiple life terms in prison without the possibility of parole.
According to the criminal complaint, Rittenhouse intentionally murdered several victims identified as Anthony Huber, 26, of Silver Lake, Wisconsin (WI) who was fatally shot in the chest; Joseph "Jojo" Rosenbaum, 36, of Kenosha, WI who was fatally shot in the head and Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, of West Allis, WI was shot in his right arm while attempting to disarm Rittenhouse, a White vigilante and domestic terrorist who had fled the homicide crime scene after killing Rosenbaum in cold blood.
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