WHERE THIS WEEK PROSECUTORS
DECIDED NO CHARGES WOULD BE
FILED AGAINST THE OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN THE AUGUST SHOOTING
THAT LEFT JACOB BLAKE PARALYZED.
KENOSHA RESIDENTS TOOK TO THE
STREETS IN THE WAKE OF THE
DECISION, BUT REMAINED PEACEFUL
IN CALLING FOR CHANGE.
"HERE AND NOW" REPORTER WILL
KENNEALLY REPORTS FROM KENOSHA.
>> IT IS MY DECISION NOW THAT I
ANNOUNCE TODAY BEFORE YOU THAT
NO KENOSHA LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IN THIS CASE WILL BE
CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
>> IT WAS THE DECISION THAT
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY DIDN'T WANT
TO HEAR.
>> WE'RE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT WAS
SAID TODAY.
WE EXPECTED IT.
IT DID NOT SIDESWIPE US OR JUMP
US FROM THE BACKSIDE.
>> KENOSHA DA MICHAEL GRAVELY
SAID IT WOULD BE TOO HARD TO
PROVE OFFICERS DID NOT SHOOT
BLAKE IN SELF-DEFENSE.
POLICE FIRST RESPONDED TO A 911
CALL OVER A DISPUTE ABOUT A
VEHICLE.
THEY TRIED TO ARREST BLAKE ON A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WARRANT.
>> OKAY.
>> I SAID DON'T DO THAT.
>> YOU TOLD THEM NOT TO DO THAT?
>> THEY TOLD ME NOT TO DO THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> SO THEN THEY HIT ME AGAIN.
>> BLAKE MOVED TOWARD THE CAR
CARRYING A KNIFE.
THE DA SAID POLICE STARTED
SHOOTING WHEN BLAKE TURNED
TOWARD THE OFFICERS WITH THE
KNIFE.
>> SHOOT ME LIKE THAT.
>> THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TREAT YOU
LIKE THAT?
>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO LEAVE.
HE HAD AN OPTION TO SHOOT THE
TIRES, EVEN PUNCH ME.
>> THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THIS
USED EVERY ONE OF THE
INTERVENTION OPTIONS TO TRY TO
RESTRAIN BLAKE DURING THIS
SITUATION.
IT WAS EVERYTHING FROM PRESENCE,
DIALOGUE, HAND TECHNIQUES,
DIFFUSING TECHNIQUES, THE
TASERS, TO EVENTUALLY REALLY
UNFORTUNATELY WAS THE USE OF
DEADLY FORCE.
>> THE DECISION DREW PROTESTS
FROM KENOSHA RESIDENTS, WHICH
REMAINED LARGELY PEACEFUL.
MEMBERS OF BLAKE'S FAMILY WANT
TO TURN THAT ENERGY INTO ACTION.
>> THEY'RE STARTING TO PUT OUT
WORKING BOOTS AND GET IN THIS
GAME.
WE BUILT THIS NATION BUT WE
DON'T REAP THE BENEFITS.
IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE IN 2021.
>> REPORTING FROM KENOSHA, I'M
WI