DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Jacob Blake Shooting

DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Jacob Blake Shooting
Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her second cousin Jacob Blake in Evanston, Ill., in September 2019. Adria-Joi Watkins via AP
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The Justice Department has begun a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during an arrest.

The federal investigation will be led by the FBI, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation and other state authorities. Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Criminal Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division will oversee the progress of the probe.