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Originally Posted by dobbles
My understanding of the events is that he was alleged to be going to the car to get his knife? Wasn't that the justification for shooting him as he was supposedly leaning into the car to get the weapon???
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There's the initial narrative of him being unarmed, only there to break up a fight, and peacefully walking away when shot in the back. Mostly supported by the first video, which appears to show this to be the case in light of no other information.
There was the counter narrative (I think mostly led by right-wing probably racists) which brought up him going to the vehicle to grab a gun and that Jacob Blakes was a pedophile (using his third degree sexual assault charge as proof).
Then there's new information. That includes the second video (other side of the vehicle with a bit of the confrontation between him and police), them finding a knife on the floorboard, the dispatch call, and the police union's version of events, plus authorities saying that Blake admitted to possession of a knife.
I think you're confusing the additional information and the false right-wing narrative as one in the same.