[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

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.

No one has suggested he was peacefully walking away. He had been in altercation with police, that is a given. The failure to control the suspect is largely the issue here.

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).

This is where the vast majority of this counter narrative comes from, and it is just flat out lies. These people actually manufactured evidence of his "record" using screen grabs from separate documents from different states. And to be accurate, there was a complaint against him, he was never charged with any of the crimes in the complaint by his ex-girl friend. It is very likely he wasn't even aware of the complaint or the restraining order, seeing as his ex-girl friend was unable to provide an address for him and it was unlikely the cops would have been able to track him down.

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.

Then there's the complaint from the ex-girl friend that seems to be ignored all together. Why is this not getting more scrutiny? To me, she SWATTED this guy. She built up a false case against him, then used the police to extract her revenge.

I do have a question about the knife and admission to having a knife. I carry a knife on me everywhere I go. It has a blade that is about two inches long. Is that a concealed weapon that gives cops the right to draw down and shoot me when I admit to having it on my person?



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I think you're confusing the additional information and the false right-wing narrative as one in the same.

I think there's a little bit of that in your version too. The ex-girl friend's complaint sure paints a different picture of what was going on between the two and where the individual motivations were. That needs to be understood.