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Line 27: | litigation = }} '''Jacob S. Blake''' is a 29-year-old [[African American]] man who had an open arrest warrant for third degree sexual assualt was shot by police in August 2020<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-08-27|title=Fact check: Jacob Blake does not have an arrest warrant for having sex with a minor|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-jacob-blake-sex-minor-idUSKBN25N2ZO|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref>. He was hit by four of seven shots<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-wisconsin-shots/wisconsin-investigators-say-knife-found-at-scene-of-police-shooting-of-jacob-blake-idUSKBN25M0KY |title=Wisconsin investigators say knife found at scene of police shooting of Jacob Blake |date=August 27, 2020 |work=Reuters |first1=Brendan |last1=McDermid |first2=Stephen |last2=Maturen |accessdate=August 28, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 26, 2020 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/unrest-flares-kenosha-mother-jacob-blake-calls-calm-200826042545135.html|title=Two killed by gunfire as Kenosha protests erupt in violence|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref> fired at his back during an arrest by police officer Rusten Sheskey.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-26 |last1=St. Hilaire |first1=Amanda |last2=Delong |first2=Katie |title=DOJ identifies officer who shot Jacob Blake as Rusten Sheskey; says Blake had knife|url=https://www.fox6now.com/news/doj-identifies-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake-as-rusten-sheskey-says-blake-had-knife|access-date=2020-08-27|website=FOX 6 Now Milwaukee|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/department-of-justice-identifies-kenosha-police-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake-7-times-in-the-back |last1=Danbeck |first1=Jackson |last2=Durain |first2=Tom |title=Department of Justice identifies Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake 7 times in the back|date=August 26, 2020|website=TMJ4}}</ref> The incident occurred in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]], on August 23, 2020, as officers were attempting to arrest Blake.<ref name= "JSJones1"/><ref name="KNSmith1>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Deneen |title=Jacob Blake's family makes an impassioned plea for justice outside courthouse |url=https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/jacob-blakes-family-makes-an-impassioned-plea-for-justice-outside-courthouse/article_ad5cc594-6ef8-5f65-ac93-563f01748026.html |accessdate=27 August 2020 |work=[[Kenosha News]] |date=26 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jacob Blake: What we know about Wisconsin police shooting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53909766 |accessdate=27 August 2020 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="NRVerBruggen1">{{cite news |last1=VerBruggen |first1=Robert |title=What We Know about the Jacob Blake Shooting |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/08/what-we-know-about-the-jacob-blake-shooting/ |accessdate=27 August 2020 |work=[[National Review]] |date=27 August 2020}}</ref> During the encounter, Blake was [[taser]]ed and The shooting was followed by a [[Kenosha riot|riot in downtown Kenosha]] which included protests, property damage, arson, shooting deaths, and clashes with police. Blake's name was invoked in protests in other cities as part of the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement, which had seen a resurgence in the wake of high-profile police killings in 2020.<ref name=PeiserWP /> | |||