DOJ Closes Probe of Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake; No Charges Filed

Vehicles are parked where Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 28, 2020. Russell Contreras/AP Photo

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 8 closed a federal probe into the police shooting of a black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin. No charges were filed.

Officials with the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin made the decision “because the evidence obtained is insufficient to prove that the KPD officer willfully used excessive force,” the DOJ said in a statement.