Man who filmed Jacob Blake shooting disputes Police union account of incident

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The Kenosha Police union released a statement saying that Blake was armed with a knife and at one point attacked an officer. Blake's attorney said that he posed "absolutely no imminent threat" to officers. The man who filmed it all disagrees with the union's recollection of the incident. Kenosha Police Chief defends officers after teen was able to leave scene, says being armed "isn't out of the ordinary". An eyewitness to the vigilante shootings speaks out. At a rally in New Hampshire, Trump speaks out against the protesters but remains silent on Jacob Blake and Kyle Rittenhouse. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.0	saying Jacob Blake, was still in the hospital with his gunshot wounds,
1:09.0	had a knife in his hand and put an officer in a headlock before he was shot multiple times.
1:13.4	The man, though, who took the video of the shooting says that is not what he saw.
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