Seven Shots

Jacob Blake was shot in the back by police officers. Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by police officers.

I don't care what they thought he might have been doing as he reached into the car....there is no reasoning they can give that is an excuse for shooting a man seven times in the back. It's been said they thought he had a knife, or was reaching for one. OK...the rational thing to do in that case is to back away, out of reach from the knife. It's been said he was following an order to get his documentation from the car. OK...if you think he might have a weapon in the car, the rational thing to do is to get the documentation out of the car yourself.

The Kenosha police union is arguing the video doesn't show the whole circumstances. Fair enough, what are the missing elements that explain why Jacob Blake had to be shot in the back even once in order to protect those police officers? Let alone shot seven times? There are at most three officers on the scene. For seven shots to have been fired, one or more of them had to have fired at least three times...three shots from a distance of a few feet? Really?

I'm sorry, you can tell me "Blue Lives Matter" all day, and there's still no explanation for this.