Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

I find the shooting of Jacob Blake by a policeman in Kenosha to be inexplicable, and I have grave reservations about it.  As bizarre as it is, most people take it at face value. They don't in any way turn on their radar of skepticism. Well, I do, and I'll tell you why.  

But first, let me say that I have no racist feelings towards anybody or any group of people. 

The behavior involved in this incident is inexplicable on the part of the policeman and on the part of Mr. Blake. He can be seen walking away from the police. He is walking around the front of his car to get in it, and they are following him with guns drawn. We don't know why. 

But, I presume they did not want him to go into his car. And I presume they were ordering him to stop. They couldn't just point their guns at him. They were behind him, so, he wouldn't necessarily know that their guns were drawn. So, they must have ordered him to stop. There had to be talking going on. Right? So, why didn't Mr. Blake stop? Now, I am not saying that in judgment of him. I am saying it thinking of myself in that situation, that if a policeman ordered me to stop, I would stop. I can't imagine not stopping. I can't imagine not doing whatever he told me to do. And I don't understand why Mr. Blake is ignoring them. 

Then, the nearest cop makes physical contact with Mr. Blake. 

So now, the cop, after presumably ordering Mr. Blake to stop, is now grabbing him or pushing him. Leastways, he is making physical contact with him in a way that Mr. Blake had to feel. So, why does Mr. Blake continue to ignore the cop? Why doesn't Mr. Blake stop; turn around; and deal with them? Mr. Blake is going to his car as if he was all alone; like the cops weren't even there. That's what Mr. Blake's behavior looks like. So, why is he ignoring the cops? Who does that? Everybody knows that cops are armed, and that cops can use force; even lethal force. So, who ignores them? I don't ignore them. Do you ignore them? 

This is the last frame before the first shot is fired.

Notice the time: the 33 second mark. Notice that the officer has Mr. Blake by his shirt. He seems to be pulling on it.  But, why does that look so weird? Mr. Blake is only wearing one shirt, a white tank top. So, why does it look white under the shirt, as if he was wearing two shirts? 

So, that's the 33 second mark, and that is when the shooting starts, at 33 seconds.

So, the shot has already gone off.  He shot him in the back, while holding his shirt and tractioning it. But, why did the cop shoot him? Mr. Blake was facing the other way. So, how was he a threat to the cop? If he was reaching for a weapon, he would have had to turn around to use it, and if the cop already had his gun pointed at him with his finger on the trigger, then presumably he could have gotten a shot off before Mr. Blake could have. So, why would he fire into the guy's back? And then, most baffling of all, why would he fire 7 times? Did he really think that he was still in danger after shooting him 6 times? After shooting him 5 times? After shooting him 4 times? Why would he just keep firing? 

This reminds me of what you might see in an old gangster movie. And I mean a cheapo, crappy one in which they didn't want to bother showing the person being shot.  

If someone wrote this as a screenplay, I would consider it VERY poor writing. And I am a screenwriter. I won two screenwriting awards for the screenplay to My Stretch of Texas Ground.

https://www.amazon.com/Stretch-Texas-Ground-Jeff-Weber/dp/B07RP4C92H/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?crid=2JOQQC9ZKFRAT&keywords=my+stretch+of+texas+ground&qid=1558243028&s=gateway&sprefix=My+Stretch+of%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-2-fkmrnull

So, what is going on and what really happened? I don't know. Here is a second video of the shooting, with comments by Mr. Blake's attorney. He correctly states how outrageous the shooting was. But, he doesn't say one word about why Mr. Blake didn't stop and deal with the police. Why was he walking away from them and ignoring them when they had to be telling him to stop? Who does that? 

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/08/26/jacob-blake-shooting-second-video-family-attorney-newday-vpx.cnn