Jacob Blake left paralysed by police shooting, mother calls for calm

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Mother of Jacob Blake who was repeatedly shot in the back by Wisconsin police calls for calm after two nights of violent protests

Julia Jackson , mother of Jacob Blake, speaks next to National Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump during a press conference in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020.

The most recent police shooting of an African American has sparked outrage and protests in US cities including New York and Minneapolis. Lawyers for the family said one of the policeman's bullets shattered Blake's spine and others damaged his stomach, colon, liver and an arm."It is going to take a miracle for Jacob Blake Jr to ever walk again, he said."Blake's mother said she was praying for police. But his father Jacob Sr. accused law enforcement, who remain quiet about the incident, of "senseless attempted murder.

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