Jacob Blake is handcuffed to his hospital bed, his family told CNN.
Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven times in the back by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police Officer Rusten Sheskey on Sunday. He is paralyzed from the waist down.
"He is paralyzed and can't walk, and they have him cuffed to the bed. Why?" Blake's uncle Justin Blake told CNN. "This is an insult to injury."
Blake has been in the hospital since he was shot.
Kenosha police and other authorities did not comment on Blake's hospital detainment, CNN reported. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said he "couldn't imagine" why the cuffs were necessary.
Sheskey's shooting of Blake has led to nightly protests in the 100,000-person Wisconsin city and nationwide as people demand racial justice.
Thursday, prosecutors charged Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, with fatally shooting two protesters and injuring a third in a Tuesday night incident.
