MILWAUKEE — An uneasy calm blanketed the city of Milwaukee Sunday morning after a night of violence that saw businesses burn, cars overturned, windows shattered, and according to reports police were fired upon and squad cars destroyed. Milwaukee is no stranger to minority uprising, Milwaukee was once one of the most segregated cities in the nation. On July 30, 1967, riots broke out in Milwaukee after police attempted to stop fights at a downtown entertainment spot. Mayor Henry Maier declared a state of emergency and asked the governor to call out the National Guard. Eight days later, four people were dead and more than 1,500 had been arrested. That event was a turning point in the civil rights movement according to www.wisconsinhistory.org.
Protesters and officers continued to clash throughout the night after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase. After a long confrontation with officers, police reported that a gas station was set on fire, and police said firefighters initially could not get close to the blaze because of gunshots. (which Were actually in the Trunk of a police car that was on fire See the Video Below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1GPTT1DEs0
Amateur footage capture’s what appears to be a shoot out between police and rioters.
https://youtu.be/9c3EKUde45U
From on the Scene, an Angry Crowd in Milwaukee rioted after police shot and killed a 23 yr old armed man.
Mayor Tom Barrett said as many as 100 protesters skirmished with police, torching a squad car and tossing a brick through the window of another. Police mounted at least two efforts to push the protesters out of an intersection at the heart of the violence.
In this Video Police Taser, and arrest a man on live TV for trying to cross the street.
Police said the man was armed, but it wasn’t clear whether he was pointing the gun or aiming it at officers. Barrett said the man was hit twice, in the chest and arm.
The shooting was being investigated by the state. The officer was wearing a body camera, Barrett said.
Man killed by police in #Milwaukee identified by family as Sylville Smith https://t.co/NQ3yY1dEXS #MilwaukeeUprising pic.twitter.com/n1mMS91Ba1
— Heavy.com (@HeavySan) August 14, 2016
At least three people were arrested in an uprising that Barrett said was driven by social media messages instructing people to congregate in the area.
“We have to have calm,” Barrett said at the news conference.
“There are a lot of really good people who live in this neighbourhood.”
Milwaukee Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton echoed Barrett’s plea for help restoring order.
“We understand the frustration people feel with the police community nationally…We have to go through the process of finding justice, but we have to be able to restore order to these neighbourhoods,” Hamilton said. “Please participate in restoring order to these neighbourhoods.”
Barrett said the 23-year-old man who died was stopped by police for “suspicious activity.” Police said earlier that he was carrying a gun that had been stolen in a March burglary in suburban Waukesha.
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