‘We need healing’

The Black man shot at least seven times in the back by police after reportedly trying to break up a fight is paralyzed from the waist down, his lawyer said Tuesday — as anguished family members begged for “the healing of our country.”

Jacob Blake, 29, was shot just after 5 p.m. on Sunday by Kenosha, Wis., police responding to calls about a domestic incident, according to officials.

“We need healing,” Blake’s mother, Julia Jackson, said Tuesday. “As I pray for my son healing, physically, emotionally and spiritually, I also have been praying — even before this — for the healing of our country.”

Jackson said that her son would be troubled by the violence in Kenosha and other cities following the shooting, and that he’d also be praying for the police officers and their families.

“Let’s use our hearts, our love and our intelligence to work together to show the rest of the world how humans are supposed to treat each other,” she said.

Blake remains hospitalized, and family attorney Ben Crump said, “It’s going to take a miracle for Jacob Blake Jr. to ever walk again.”

According to witnesses, Blake was unarmed and trying to stop a scuffle between two women before police opened fire as he tried to get into his car.

Video from the scene shows three officers talking with Blake, who then walks away to the driver’s side of his car.

The officers follow, then try to pull Blake away from the vehicle as he opens the door.

With one hand on Blake’s shirt, one officer is seen firing multiple times into his back.

The Kenosha Police Department said officers provided “immediate aid” before Blake was airlifted to a hospital in Milwaukee.

“They shot my son seven times, seven times, like he didn’t matter,” Jacob Blake Sr. told reporters Tuesday.

“But my son matters. He’s a human being, and he matters.”

Lawyers for the family said they will file a civil suit against the police.

After Kenosha protesters set more than 30 fires Monday night, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers called for calm, while also saying the National Guard presence would be doubled.

The city remained under an 8 p.m. curfew Tuesday.

Julia Jackson (above), mother of Jacob Blake (inset), who was shot at least seven times in the back by police, at tearful news conference in Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday. Left, a car torched by protesters in Kenosha. Below, a demonstration in New York.