Jacob Blake

Real choirboy - lots of priors. From the internet:

From Mike the Cop….
I’ve been inundated by people asking my thoughts on the Kenosha/Jacob Blake shooting. Here’s my take:

1. Don’t forget the media has an agenda and it tends to not involve waiting for full information before rocketing their version in front of as many uninformed people as possible.

2. Police were called because Jacob Blake was waving a knife around and in conjunction with a domestic situation (not because he was roaming the countryside as a non-violent friendly fellow). While en route, dispatch informed police that Blake had an outstanding warrant in regard to his recent sexual assault and domestic abuse charges.

3. Police deployed a taser and it failed, as they are prone to do more than we’d like, despite being a great tool.

4. My research thus far, very early, is showing that Blake said he had a gun in the car and was going to go get it. He continued to brandish the knife while disregarding officer commands to drop it, which would have ended the situation PEACEFULLY, if he’d have complied with such lawful orders.

5. When he reached into the car, officers fired. Why? Because he already has one weapon and says he’s getting a gun next from the location he’s reaching into.

I’ll continue to weather the public opinion storm and wait for all facts but these seem to be what has been established for me thus far.

All of these charges of "police brutality" are from people who were non-compliant and combative with officers who wanted to talk with them. If they submitted and talked peacefully with the officers, none of this would ever have happened. There are a few bad apples - Abner Louima - but they are a lot less common than the media would have you believe.