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SectionsExtrasWatch Now&nbsp;KENOSHA, Wis. — Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced Tuesday that the officer who in August will not face criminal charges.Graveley said no other Kenosha police officers will be charged with a criminal offense, and no charges will be filed against Blake. Graveley’s entire report on the shooting is .According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Kenosha police officers, including Rusten Sheskey, responded to the scene for a When they were at the scene, officers tried to arrest Blake and used a Taser on him in a failed attempt to stop him. DOJ officials said Blake walked around his vehicle, . That’s when Sheskey held on to Blake’s shirt and shot him four times in the back and three times in the side, according to findings announced by Graveley on Tuesday.Graveley said two officers reported seeing a knife while struggling with police in a part of the incident occurring before a viral cell phone video captured the shooting. Blake told investigators he had a gun during the incident, and Sheskey reported seeing a knife later, just before shooting. Graveley said the officer reported shooting until he saw Blake had dropped the knife, consistent with use of force policies to use force until a threat is stopped.The police shooting of Blake on Aug. 23 throughout the state near the end of a summer defined by nationwide protests against police brutality.Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian and Police Chief Daniel Miskinis announced Sunday that they were ahead of the charging decision. Monday, the city that would last eight days from the point a charging decision was declared, and Gov. Tony Evers has to assist the city if needed.Led by the DOJ’s Division of Criminal Investigation and assisted by the FBI, the investigation involved 88 witness interviews, 28 videos, four search warrants, 102 pieces of evidence and more than 600 man hours as of the end of August.The SUV involved in the police shooting of Jacob Blake sits at the scene of the shooting.Photo via the Wisconsin Department of JusticeWisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul that the investigative files would be turned over to an outside consultant, former Madison police chief Noble Wray, to provide an analysis to Graveley. DCI investigations do not provide charging recommendations to district attorneys, according to the DOJ. At Tuesday’s press conference, Graveley said he believed the act of hiring an independent reviewer was unprecedented in the state for this type of incident.A knife found on the floor of the SUV Jacob Blake tried entering when police shot himPhoto via the Wisconsin Department of JusticeDCI’s investigative file and other records are .The backseat of the SUV involved in the police shooting of Jacob BlakePhoto via the Wisconsin Department of JusticeIn a press conference after the August shooting, Antaramian said .“I cannot think of anything that is harder than what just occurred to them,” Antamarian said. “The commitment that I make to everyone — I make to their family, to the officer and everyone else — is justice will be served.”Throughout his seven-year career with the Kenosha Police Department, .COPYRIGHT 2022 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.//active weather alert| | |

SectionsExtrasWatch Now&nbsp;KENOSHA, Wis. — Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced Tuesday that the officer who in August will not face criminal charges.Graveley said no other Kenosha police officers will be charged with a criminal offense, and no charges will be filed against Blake. Graveley’s entire report on the shooting is .According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Kenosha police officers, including Rusten Sheskey, responded to the scene for a When they were at the scene, officers tried to arrest Blake and used a Taser on him in a failed attempt to stop...

Kenosha Co. DA says no criminal wrongdoing in police shooting of Jacob Blake

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