“When I got to his side, he grabbed my hands and began to weep,” the elder Mr. Blake said of his son. So that’s a little overkill to have him shackled to the bed.”A lawyer for the family, Ben Crump, said that Mr. Blake's injuries are severe, including damage to his bowels, shattered vertebrae and bullet fragments in his spinal cord. He has undergone several surgeries, Mr. Blake’s father said, and it was unclear whether the paralysis would be permanent. Also on Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Justice revealed new details about the shooting of Mr. Blake. The department had previously reported that one officer had fired a Taser in a failed attempt to stop Mr. Blake, but on Friday said Officers Rusten Sheskey and Vincent Arenas had both discharged their Tasers before Officer Sheskey shot Mr. Blake seven times in the back.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2020 14:10 UTC