Police
in Kenosha had said that Mr Blake was in custody for previous warrants and the
handcuffs were policy.
Jacob
Blake, the black man shot in the back by police in the US state of Wisconsin,
has reportedly been released from handcuffs while in hospital.
His
attorney told US media that these warrants had been cancelled and that officers
guarding Mr Blake had left.
Mr
Blake was paralysed after being shot seven times by police and it is not clear
if he will walk again.
Meanwhile,
a court hearing for a teenager charged with killing two people during unrest
over Mr Blake's shooting has been delayed by a month.
Kyle
Rittenhouse, 17, had been due to appear before a court in Lake County,
Illinois, for a hearing on a request to have him extradited to Wisconsin. But a
judge postponed the extradition hearing until 25 September, the Associated
Press reported.
Mr
Rittenhouse did not appear during Friday's brief video conference.
He
faces six criminal counts, including first-degree intentional homicide,
first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a dangerous weapon below the
legal age of 18.
Mr
Rittenhouse is being defended by a prominent legal firm whose clients have
included President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani and former
Trump adviser Carter Page, according to Reuters news agency.
Mr
Blake's shooting in the city of Kenosha sparked demonstrations there and in
other cities across the US. It has been relatively quiet for the past two
nights.
Kenosha
Mayor John Antaramian said on Friday that the citywide curfew would remain in
place through the weekend.
There
are more than 1,000 National Guard troops deployed in Kenosha with more on
their way, authorities said.
Mr
Blake's father, also called Jacob Blake, spoke to reporters after visiting his
son in hospital.
"I
hate it that he was laying in that bed with the handcuff on to the bed,"
he said, quoted by the Chicago Sun-Times. "He can't go anywhere. Why do
you have him cuffed to the bed?"
On
Friday, Mr Blake's attorney, Patrick Cafferty, told US media that Mr Blake was
released from handcuffs and the outstanding warrants against him had been
vacated.
Mr
Cafferty did not respond to an immediate request for comment.
Asked
earlier in the day whether Mr Blake was being detained in hospital, Kenosha
Police Chief Daniel Miskinis told reporters that he was under the guard of an
"outside law enforcement agency" and did not provide further comment
on Mr Blake's status.
Mr
Blake's lawyers have said it will take "a miracle" for him to walk
again.
Lt
Eric Klinkhammer, of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, told the BBC:
"Mr Blake is in custody for previous felony warrants. Our policy indicates
that all people in custody outside of our jail facility shall be secured with
restraints."
Wisconsin
Governor Tony Evers, asked by reporters if he was concerned that Mr Blake had
been handcuffed to his bed, said: "Hell yes."
"I
would have no personal understanding why that would be necessary," he
said. "Certainly he's paid a horrific price already, been shot seven or
eight times in the back."
Members
of Mr Blake's family were due to attend a high-profile civil rights rally in
Washington on Friday. It has been spurred by months of unrest over police
brutality against black people.
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