Black man shot by police says he was ready to surrender before being shot

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A black man who was shot in the back by a white police officer in the US, triggering several nights of violent protests and leaving him partially paralysed, has said in an interview that he had been prepared to surrender just before the officer opened fire.

Jacob Blake, 29, said in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America that police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, were trying to arrest him on August 23 on an outstanding warrant when a pocketknife fell from his trousers.