Rusten Sheskey, the police officer who shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year, has returned to work without facing consequences.

According to NBC News, Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis made the announcement on Tuesday, saying the officer was "found to have been acting within policy and will not be subjected to discipline."

"Although this incident has been reviewed at multiple levels, I understand that some will not be pleased with the outcome; however, given the facts, it was the only lawful and appropriate decision to be made," Miskinis said.

As Blavity previously reported, police said they were responding to a domestic dispute call when the shooting happened in August. Witnesses, however, said Blake was trying to deescalate an altercation between two young women. 

Blake later confirmed the witness' account. He said he was leaving his son's birthday party with his children when a fight broke out between a neighbor and Laquisha Booker, the mother of three of his children. Sheskey, one of the officers responding to the scene, fired seven shots into Blake's back.

"My babies are right here, my babies. So after he stopped shooting me, I said, 'Daddy loves you, no matter what,'" the Wisconsin resident told Good Morning America. "I thought it was going to be the last thing I say to them. Thank God it wasn't."

In January, District Attorney Michael Graveley said Sheskey will not face criminal charges for the incident that left Blake paralyzed from the waist down, USA TODAY reported. With the latest announcement from the police, the officer is also cleared of breaking any internal policies. He is now back on duty after having being placed on administrative leave since March 3. 

Graveley said he couldn't disprove the claims of Sheskey, who said he fired seven shots because he feared for his life after Blake picked up a knife.  

"How can anyone say this is a desired result for a police encounter?" Blake's attorney, Patrick Salvi Jr., said.

Filing a federal civil rights lawsuit for damages against Sheskey on March 25, Blake said the officer's use of deadly force was excessive and violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable seizure. The lawsuit adds that the officer's action was done with "malice, willfulness, and reckless indifference" to Blake's rights.

"I didn't want to be the next George Floyd," the 29-year-old told Good Morning America. "I didn't want to die."

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