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Absent details, police shooting narratives seek to distract

CHICAGO — A familiar narrative emerged in the days that followed Jacob Blake's shooting by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, one seen many times after a Black man or woman is killed or grievously wounded by police: That somehow Blake's actions or his past can explain why an officer fired seven bullets into his ...