NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Hundreds of demonstrators marched through Manhattan Monday evening to protest the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin.
Jacob Blake, 29, was hospitalized in serious condition on Sunday night after police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot him in front of his three children as he leaned into his SUV on Sunday night.
On Monday night, protesters marched from Times Square to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village calling for justice for Blake, photos and videos posted to social media show.
We're watching this cam, courtesy of @EarthCam, at #TimesSquare, as a group of demonstrators is gathering. We'll keep our 👀, and your 👂, on this group, in the event they impact the ride home thru #Manhattan this evening.@WINSTRAFFICNYC @WINSTRAFFICNYC pic.twitter.com/MWnlOuVz2F
— Greg Rice (@GregRice1010) August 24, 2020
The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Sunday and was captured from across the street on video that was posted online. Kenosha police do not have body cameras but do have body microphones.
In the footage, Blake walks from the sidewalk around the front of his SUV to his driver-side door as officers follow him with their guns pointed and shout at him. As Blake opens the door and leans into the SUV, an officer grabs his shirt from behind and opens fire while Blake has his back turned.
Seven shots can be heard, though it isn't clear how many struck Blake or how many officers fired. During the shooting, a Black woman can be seen screaming in the street and jumping up and down.
Raysean White, who claimed to have made the video, said that before the gunfire, he looked out his window and saw six or seven women shouting at each other on the sidewalk. A few moments later, Blake drove up in his SUV and told his son, who was standing nearby, to get in the vehicle, according to White. White said Blake did not say anything to the women.
White said he left the window for a few minutes, and when he came back, saw three officers wrestling with Blake. One punched Blake in the ribs, and another used a stun gun on him, White said. He said Blake got free and started walking away as officers yelled about a knife.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing Blake's family, said Blake was "simply trying to do the right thing by intervening in a domestic incident."
Police did not immediately confirm either man's account.
Blake's partner, Laquisha Booker, told NBC's Milwaukee affiliate, WTMJ-TV, that the couple's three children were in the back seat of the SUV when police shot him.
"That man just literally grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him. With the kids in the back screaming. Screaming," Booker said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
