Mom of Jacob Blake pleads for peace in Kenosha after police shooting
'It is going to take a miracle for Jacob Blake to ever walk again,"' said family attorney Ben Crump
The mother of a Black man who was shot multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wis., setting off two nights of violence that have mirrored nationwide unrest seen this summer, pleaded for calm Tuesday.
Flanked by the family of Jacob Blake, Julia Jackson told reporters outside the Kenosha County Courthouse that her son would not be pleased by the violence unfolding in the city.
"As I was riding through here, this city, I noticed a lot of damage and it doesn't reflect my son," Jackson said. "So I'm really asking, and encouraging everyone in Wisconsin and abroad to take a moment and examine your heart. As I pray for my son's healing ... I also have been praying even before this for the healing of our country."
The attorney for the family said the 29-year-old Blake had been paralyzed from the waist down from the officer's bullets and was in surgery.
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