Jacob Blake pleads not guilty to domestic abuse charges from hospital bed in Wisconsin

Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old black man whose shooting by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, reignited protests across the US over racism and police brutality, pleaded not guilty on Friday to criminal charges filed before the shooting.A complaint accuses Blake of criminal trespass, third-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct based on statements by his ex-girlfriend at the time, the mother of three of his children, who told police Blake broke into her home on May 3 and sexually…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3100349/jacob-blake-pleads-not-guilty-domestic-abuse