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They already are – opening eyes, rattling consciences, and reminding people of all backgrounds that this problem wasn’t solved earlier this summer and it won’t be any time soon unless we all make a change.”From CNN's Melissa Alonso and Casey TolanThe investigation into the Sunday police shooting of Jacob Blake is ongoing, and officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, held a news conference today to give updates on the incident and the protests it sparked.Here are some of the newest details that we've learned about the shooting and its aftermath:From CNN's David CloseChris Paul, the players union president and Oklahoma City Thunder guard, opened up about the raw stress the NBA players have been feeling and reasons for demanding tangible social justice action plans going forward.Paul fought back tears while describing the pride and strain the players were feeling within the group.Paul made it clear the players are passionate about empowering and facilitating efforts for people to vote in the upcoming elections and beyond. From CNN's Skylar Mitchell Jacob Blake Sr. on Friday said he knew his father was in Washington, DC, at the original March on Washington in 1963 when he was a child.“I truly did not want to come see you all here today for these reasons,” he stated, adding that he showed up to Friday's March on Washington because “I have a duty.”The junior Blake, a Black Wisconsin resident, was shot seven times in the back by a White police officer who tried to detain him on Sunday in Kenosha.“But we're gonna stand up. He urges others to vote "to stop the George Floyds and stop the Breonna Taylors."George Floyd's sister Bridgett Floyd urged Americans to work together to bring about changes necessary to address social injustice in the US.Speaking directly to attendees at the March on Washington, she said, "I want you guys to ask yourself right now. She then told attendees that they "have the power to make it happen."Watch: "I wish George were here to see this right now," George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, told attendees of the March on Washington, speaking from the Lincoln Memorial.

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