Jacob Blake’s Mother Denounces Violence and Destruction

Julia Jackson (second from R), the mother of Jacob Blake, prepares to speak during a news conference with attorney Benjamin Crump (R) in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 25, 2020. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The mother of the man who was shot by police over the weekend in a Wisconsin city forcefully denounced the rioting that’s taken place in the wake of the shooting.

“My family and I are very hurt and quite frankly disgusted,” Julia Jackson, the mother of Jacob Blake, said Tuesday. “And as his mother, please don’t burn up property and cause havoc and tear your own homes down in my son’s name. You shouldn’t do it.”