No federal charges against officer who shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake

Rusten Sheskey, a white police officer, shot Jacob Blake, who is Black, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year

Federal prosecutors will not file charges against a white police officer who shot and paralyzed a Black man, Jacob Blake, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.

Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake during a domestic disturbance in August 2020. The shooting, which left Blake paralyzed from the waist down, sparked several nights of protests.