Seven Shots Heard Around the World — Jacob Blake
It is Open Season on Black People
A Wisconsin police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back in broad daylight because to him and officers like him; Black lives do not matter. The officer gunned him down in front of his children. He was not armed. Even with the whole world watching, this officer felt entitled to shoot him in the back, with cameras running. I am calling a thing a thing- this attempted murder is wrong, and no, I will not use the word “alleged” because that is misleading. We saw what happened so we can say, without a doubt, that the officer shot him in the back. Only in America will people try to gaslight you about what you saw with your own eyes. The nonsense must stop. Jacob Blake is still alive, but he is paralyzed and fighting for his life. This incident was avoidable.
“Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times in front of his children. And let me be clear, this was not an accident. This was not bad police work. This felt like some sort of vendetta being taking out on a member of our community,” (Hayes, Yeung, & Renton, 2020)
Black people do not have the privilege to look away from the heinous crimes committed against us. Time and time again, we hear from people who do not want to defund or restructure the police. These people do not care and are unmoved by…
