Times, other outlets previously referred to Blake as ‘unarmed’
The New York Times has ignored Jacob Blake’s admission in a national interview earlier this month that he was in possession of a knife when he was shot and severely wounded by a police officer.
Blake, who is Black, was shot seven times by a white officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after police responded to a 911 call from the mother of his children on Aug. 23. He had warrants out for several charges, including disorderly conduct and third-degree sexual assault. Police tried to arrest him and after a brief tussle with officers, he moved toward the front of his car.
“I realized I had dropped my knife, had a little pocket knife. So I picked it up after I got off of him because they tased me and I fell on top of him,” Blake told Michael Strahan on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Jan. 14.
Blake then said he went to the driver’s side door to put the knife in the car and intended to then surrender to police.
“I shouldn’t have picked it up, only considering what was going on,” he said. “At that time, I wasn’t thinking clearly.”
