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Washington Post Issues Correction Admitting Jacob Blake WAS Armed When Shot By Police

Ashe Schow
Washington Post Issues Correction Admitting Jacob Blake WAS Armed When Shot By Police
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The Washington Post has issued a major correction admitting that Jacob Blake, the Kenosha, Wisconsin, man shot by police in August had, in fact, been armed at the time.

The Post on Tuesday claimed in a tweet that “Police officers won’t be charged in shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man who was shot 7 times in the back in Kenosha, Wis.” The article itself claimed Blake was unarmed when he was shot.

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