US police shooting victim Jacob Blake reportedly released from handcuffs in hospital bed | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Get the Paper
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Sunday
July 20, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Get the Paper
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2025
US police shooting victim Jacob Blake reportedly released from handcuffs in hospital bed

World+Biz

TBS Report
29 August, 2020, 07:50 am
Last modified: 29 August, 2020, 08:03 am

Related News

  • 'A trap': Asylum seekers arrested after attending US courts
  • Bangladesh holds inter-ministerial meeting on proposed US Trade Deal
  • Monno Ceramic partners with Lenox Corporation to export in US market
  • Monno Ceramic share prices rise as it announces plans to export products to US
  • 35% tariff: Bangladesh, US 'reach general consensus on some issues' on second day of talks; final round today

US police shooting victim Jacob Blake reportedly released from handcuffs in hospital bed

Police in Kenosha had said that Blake was in custody for previous warrants and the handcuffs were policy

TBS Report
29 August, 2020, 07:50 am
Last modified: 29 August, 2020, 08:03 am
Jacob Blake (left) was shot seven times in the back by police. Photo: BBC
Jacob Blake (left) was shot seven times in the back by police. Photo: BBC

Jacob Blake, who is paralysed after US police shot him repeatedly in the back, has reportedly been released from handcuffs while in hospital.

Police in Kenosha had said that Blake was in custody for previous warrants and the handcuffs were policy, reports BBC. 

Blake's attorney told US media that these warrants had been cancelled and that officers guarding Blake had left.

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

Meanwhile, a court hearing for a teenager charged with killing two people during unrest over Blake's shooting has been delayed by a month.

Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, had been due to appear before a court in Lake County, Illinois, for a hearing on a request to have him extradited to Wisconsin. But a judge postponed the extradition hearing until 25 September, the Associated Press reported.

Rittenhouse did not appear during Friday's brief video conference.

He faces six criminal counts, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a dangerous weapon below the legal age of 18.

Rittenhouse is being defended by a prominent legal firm whose clients have included President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani and former Trump adviser Carter Page, according to Reuters news agency.

Wisconsin investigators say knife found at scene of police shooting of Jacob Blake

Blake's shooting in the city of Kenosha sparked demonstrations there and in other cities across the US. It has been relatively quiet for the past two nights.

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian said on Friday that the citywide curfew would remain in place through the weekend.

There are more than 1,000 National Guard troops deployed in Kenosha with more on their way, authorities said.

What have the family said?

Blake's father, also called Jacob Blake, spoke to reporters after visiting his son in hospital.

"I hate it that he was laying in that bed with the handcuff on to the bed," he said, quoted by the Chicago Sun-Times. "He can't go anywhere. Why do you have him cuffed to the bed?"

On Friday, Blake's attorney, Patrick Cafferty, told US media that Mr Blake was released from handcuffs and the outstanding warrants against him had been vacated.

Cafferty did not respond to an immediate request for comment.

Asked earlier in the day whether Blake was being detained in hospital, Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis told reporters that he was under the guard of an "outside law enforcement agency" and did not provide further comment on Blake's status.

Blake's lawyers have said it will take "a miracle" for him to walk again.

Wisconsin deploys National Guard as police shooting of Jacob Blake sparks unrest

Lt Eric Klinkhammer, of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, told the BBC: " Blake is in custody for previous felony warrants. Our policy indicates that all people in custody outside of our jail facility shall be secured with restraints."

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, asked by reporters if he was concerned that Blake had been handcuffed to his bed, said: "Hell yes."

"I would have no personal understanding why that would be necessary," he said. "Certainly he's paid a horrific price already, been shot seven or eight times in the back."

Members of Mr Blake's family were due to attend a high-profile civil rights rally in Washington on Friday. It has been spurred by months of unrest over police brutality against black people.

On Thursday the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called for the immediate resignation of Kenosha's police chief and county sheriff, accusing them of defending "white supremacy" and "demonizing people who were murdered for exercising their First Amendment rights and speaking out against police violence".

Mayor Antaramian said on Friday that he would not seek the resignations of Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth or Police Chief Daniel Miskinis.

"When you look at what has occurred, everyone is doing the best they can in the situation they're in," he said.

How did the shooting happen?

The circumstances that led up to Mr Blake's shooting are still under investigation.

Wisconsin Attorney-General Josh Kaul said officers were called to an address after a woman reported that "her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises".

While there, officers tried to arrest Blake, initially using a taser against him. After Blake opened his car door, officer Rusten Sheskey - who has been in the Kenosha Police Department for seven years - fired seven shots into Mr Blake's back.

"No other officer fired their weapon," Kaul said.

Kaul added that officers "recovered a knife from the driver's side floorboard" of the car. No other weapon was found in the vehicle.

Rusten Sheskey and another officer have since been placed on administrative leave.

What about Kyle Rittenhouse?

The 17-year-old had told journalists it was "his job" to guard buildings in Kenosha against protesters.

Videos on social media appeared to show a man with a rifle being chased by a crowd before he fell to the ground and appeared to fire at them.

Joseph Rosenbaum, 36 and Anthony Huber, 26, both died in the incident. Gaige Grosskreutz, also 26, was injured.

Rittenhouse was arrested at his mother's house in Antioch, Illinois on Wednesday.

Asked about how Rittenhouse was able to leave the scene without being detained by authorities, Chief Miskinis said that "there was nothing to suggest that this individual was involved in any criminal behaviour".

"There were a lot of people in the area," Misikinis said, adding that he did not think it was a lapse in judgment to have allowed Mr Rittenhouse to leave.

Top News

Jacob Blake / US / Wisconsin shooting

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Infograph: TBS
    Liquidation of troubled NBFIs may cost govt Tk12,000cr in taxpayer money
  • Infograph: TBS
    Dhaka to seek G2G coal import, investment in solar plants in CA’s visit to Jakarta
  • Infograph: TBS
    Govt outlines Tk16,738cr health, nutrition programme for five years

MOST VIEWED

  • Representational Photo: Collected
    Railway allocates special trains for Jamaat's national rally in Dhaka
  • Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and SpaceX Vice President Lauren Dreyer after a meeting at state guest house Jamuna on 18 July 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla
    SpaceX VP Lauren Dreyer praises Bangladesh's efficiency in facilitating Starlink launch
  • Dollar rate falling fast – what it means for the economy
    Dollar rate falling fast – what it means for the economy
  • Governments often rely on foreign loans. Russia’s loans covered 90% of the Rooppur Nuclear Power plant project's cost. Photo: Collected
    Loan tenure for Rooppur plant extended 
  • Representational image. Photo: Unsplash
    Mobile operators give 1GB free data to users observing 'Free Internet Day' today
  • Smuggled goods seized at Sylhet border on 18 July 2025. Photo: TBS
    BGB seizes smuggled Indian goods worth Tk6cr from Sylhet border areas

Related News

  • 'A trap': Asylum seekers arrested after attending US courts
  • Bangladesh holds inter-ministerial meeting on proposed US Trade Deal
  • Monno Ceramic partners with Lenox Corporation to export in US market
  • Monno Ceramic share prices rise as it announces plans to export products to US
  • 35% tariff: Bangladesh, US 'reach general consensus on some issues' on second day of talks; final round today

Features

Tottho Apas have been protesting in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka for months, with no headway in sight. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

From empowerment to exclusion: The crisis facing Bangladesh’s Tottho Apas

10h | Panorama
The main points of clashes were in Jatrabari, Uttara, Badda, and Mirpur. Violence was also reported in Mohammadpur. Photo: TBS

20 July 2024: At least 37 killed amid curfew; Key coordinator Nahid Islam detained

10h | Panorama
Jatrabari in the capital looks like a warzone as police, alongside Chhatra League men, swoop on quota reform protesters. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

19 July 2024: At least 148 killed as government attempts to quash protests violently

1d | Panorama
Illustration: TBS

Curfews, block raids, and internet blackouts: Hasina’s last ditch efforts to cling to power

1d | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

Miscreants set fire to a bus in the capital's Pallabi area

Miscreants set fire to a bus in the capital's Pallabi area

20m | TBS Today
Why has India failed to utilize its potential?

Why has India failed to utilize its potential?

1h | Others
After Gopalganj, the reason why NCP is facing obstacles in Cox's Bazar?

After Gopalganj, the reason why NCP is facing obstacles in Cox's Bazar?

12h | TBS Today
What does Jamaat Nayeb Ameer Abdullah Taher say about reforms?

What does Jamaat Nayeb Ameer Abdullah Taher say about reforms?

12h | TBS Today
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net