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Jacob Blake Sr. (red plaid shirt) and Julia Jackson (standing beside him), the parents of Jacob Blake, attend a news conference tuesday in Kenosha, Wis. Violent unrest broke out after video of the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, was widely disseminated on social media sunday. Mr. Blake was shot in the back several times by a Kenosha police officer. According to his father, Mr. Blake is paralyzed from the waist down.

Jacob Blake Sr. (red plaid shirt) and Julia Jackson (standing beside him), the parents of Jacob Blake, attend a news conference tuesday in Kenosha, Wis. Violent unrest broke out after video of the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, was widely disseminated on social media sunday. Mr. Blake was shot in the back several times by a Kenosha police officer. According to his father, Mr. Blake is paralyzed from the waist down.

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