DOJ won't charge Kenosha officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times

• Rusten Sheskey, the white officer who shot Blake, returned to duty earlier this year.
• Blake was paralyzed as a result. His children had been in the back of the vehicle when he was shot.

What they're saying: The DOJ said it was unable to determine that Sheskey "willfully used excessive force."

• "Under the applicable federal criminal civil rights laws, prosecutors must establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that an officer 'willfully' deprived an individual of a constitutional right, meaning that the officer acted with the deliberate and specific intent to do something the law forbids," DOJ said in a release.
• "After a careful and thorough review, a team of experienced federal prosecutors determined that insufficient evidence exists to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the KPD officer willfully violated the federal criminal civil rights statutes."

Worth noting: Kenosha police did not start wearing body cameras until this September.

The big picture: Blake sued Sheskey after the Kenosha County district attorney declined to bring criminal charges, accusing him of excessive deadly force and violating Blake's constitutional rights.