Jacob Blake, a Black man shot in the back by police in Wisconsin, is paralyzed from the waist down, but doctors do not know if the condition is permanent, his father says.
Police have referred requests for comment to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, which is conducting an investigation.
The Kenosha County District Attorney's Office will decide whether to file charges, as is customary, Kaul's statement said, adding that the police officers involved had been placed on administrative leave. The bystander who recorded the video posted on social media, Raysean White, 22, said the incident first caught his attention when he heard a group of women arguing across the street from his apartment.
Minutes later, White said, he looked out his window again to see"police out there wrestling" with the man, who was later identified as Blake, behind the vehicle. White said he saw a female officer fire a stun gun at Blake. White said he then started to record the incident, some of which is obscured by the vehicle. It is unclear what exactly happened before the video starts.
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