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Sex assault charge against police shooting victim Jacob Blake dropped in plea deal

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Prosecutors in Wisconsin have dropped sexual assault charges against Jacob Blake — the Black man who was left paralyzed in a police shooting that sparked protests across the nation over the summer.

Kenosha police were trying to arrest Blake in connection with the sex assault case on Aug. 23 when a cop shot him seven times in the back as he tried to duck into his SUV.

Blake had been accused of breaking into a woman’s home and sexually assaulting her in May.The case had been scheduled to go to trial on Monday.

As part of a plea deal, the 29-year-old copped to two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, for which he was sentenced to two years of probation at a hearing over Zoom on Friday.

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