Jacob Blake’s family on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey for the August 2020 shooting that triggered protests and riots. The federal civil rights suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, claims that Sheskey used excessive and deadly force without cause of justification, in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment. That misconduct, lawyers asserted, “was undertaken with malice, willfulness, and reckless indifference to the rights of Plaintiff.” As a result of the force, Blake has suffered and will continue to suffer both physical and emotional damages. “While Jacob Blake survived being shot six times, his devastating injuries are permanent and life-changing. The bullet that severed Jacob’s spinal cord has left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Jacob now suffers from an intractable pain syndrome. After various surgical procedures and an agonizing course of physical rehabilitation, Jacob remains unable to return …