Jacob Blake’s uncle says in the opinion that Capitol attack is another reminder that the US lives under two legal systems

“Armed white insurgents are being violently attacked by our country’s seat of government.” “Another gas, hitting, and shooting rubber bullets at people defending Black Lives,” he wrote in an opinion piece for The Guardian.

Last week – and a day before the riots in the country’s capital – Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced that the officer who shot Jacob Blake, Rusten Sheskey, would not stand trial. Graveley said at the time that Blake had “actively resisted” and armed himself with a knife. CNN contacted the district attorney for comment on the opinion piece.

“This legal system calls these people ‘protesters’ and is protected by the First Amendment,” Justin Blake wrote of the rioters. “Sheskey operates under this legal system, and that is unacceptable. He demanded self-defense after shooting Jacob in the back in broad daylight in front of his children. There is no plausible explanation for this heightened response.”

“The fact that the Capitol uprising and the shooting of Jacob both took place in broad daylight shows how blatant violence was sanctioned by the state,” he added.

Attorney Brendan Matthews, the attorney for Sheskey and the Kenosha Professional Police Organization, said in an email to CNN that he respects Justin Blake’s ability to know his opinion.

“Personally, I wish he had depleted his energy and media platform in a productive way that seeks to improve America’s racial divisions, not exacerbate them,” he wrote.

The district attorney’s decision last week, Justin Blake wrote, “makes black people in Kenosha and Wisconsin crystal clear that we are not safe in our communities.”

If the justice system values ​​black lives, Justin Blake writes, Sheskey would be fired and Kenosha police chief and Kenosha County sheriff would resign.

Sheriffs David Beth and Graveley declined to comment.

Armed groups, writes Justin Blake, “the threat to our community will be treated as the violent terrorist groups they are, and the authorities will protect us from it. The Kenosha Police Department will adopt the # 8 sideline platform, which requires escalation. and requires comprehensive reporting. to prevent future police shootings. ‘

Body cameras would be implemented, he wrote, and documents related to his cousin’s shooting investigation would be made public.

“Jacob would get justice,” he wrote. “But we are not there yet. That is why we are getting up. Jacob deserves better than that. Kenosha deserves better than that.”