Jacob Blake's Family Organizes March Against Police Brutality

The family of Jacob Blake has organized a march to the Kenosha County Courthouse Saturday, calling for an end to police brutality.

Blake, 29, was shot in the back by a Kenosha police officer Sunday during a confrontation with the cops. A video shows Blake shot seven times as he tried to enter an SUV with his three children in the backseat.

“We are heartbroken and enraged, but we are steadfast in our demand for justice,” Tanya Mclean, a Blake family friend who helped organize the event, said in a statement, via The Associated Press.

McLean called the incident part of a “brutal, racist system.” Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and members of the Blake family are expected to speak at the rally.

“We’re here to demand an end to police violence and systemic racism in Kenosha,” Mclean said. “No more piecemeal reforms and useless committees. No more Band-Aid solutions over the bullet wounds. The time for transformational change is now.”

Blake is now paralyzed from the waist down, according to family attorney Benjamin Crump. Crump is also representing the family of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in May.

Patrick Salvi Jr., one of Blake's attorneys, has said allegations from the Kenosha police union that stated Blake had a knife and put an officer in a headlock were “overblown,” according to CNN.

Blake’s family has called for an end to violence in Wisconsin, which has seen violent protests since Blake was killed Sunday.