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| Scores of protesters clashed with police, set fire to buildings and threw rocks and bricks in Milwaukee on Saturday night, after an officer shot and killed an armed man who fled from police earlier that evening. | Scores of protesters clashed with police, set fire to buildings and threw rocks and bricks in Milwaukee on Saturday night, after an officer shot and killed an armed man who fled from police earlier that evening. |
| Skirmishes between protesters and police continue on the city’s north side until after midnight, when mayor Tom Barrett pleaded for calm in a televised news conference. “We have to have calm,” he said. “There are a lot of really good people who live in this neighborhood.” | Skirmishes between protesters and police continue on the city’s north side until after midnight, when mayor Tom Barrett pleaded for calm in a televised news conference. “We have to have calm,” he said. “There are a lot of really good people who live in this neighborhood.” |
| A fire burned for hours at a gas station in Sherman Park, with firefighters unable to approach because of gunshots in the area. They also extinguished blazes at a bank branch, car parts store and beauty supply store. | A fire burned for hours at a gas station in Sherman Park, with firefighters unable to approach because of gunshots in the area. They also extinguished blazes at a bank branch, car parts store and beauty supply store. |
| Police arrested three people by the night’s end, Barett said. One officer was injured by a brick hurled into a squad car. Another car was set alight and had its windows broken, the Milwaukee police said. | Police arrested three people by the night’s end, Barett said. One officer was injured by a brick hurled into a squad car. Another car was set alight and had its windows broken, the Milwaukee police said. |
| The protests began after a 23-year-old man was shot dead when he fled from a traffic stop. Police said he was armed with a semiautomatic weapon, but they did not describe details of the shooting, except to say he was hit by bullets twice, in the chest and arm. Barrett said the officer who killed the man was wearing a body camera, and that the state was investigating the shooting. | The protests began after a 23-year-old man was shot dead when he fled from a traffic stop. Police said he was armed with a semiautomatic weapon, but they did not describe details of the shooting, except to say he was hit by bullets twice, in the chest and arm. Barrett said the officer who killed the man was wearing a body camera, and that the state was investigating the shooting. |
| Neither the man killed nor the officer were named or identified by race, though police said the officer had been with the department for six years, three as an officer. He has been placed on administrative leave, a standard department practice after a shooting. | |
| The handgun was traced to a burglary in nearby Waukesha in March, according to police, and the killed man, who had a lengthy criminal record, had been stopped for what Barrett called “suspicious activity”. | The handgun was traced to a burglary in nearby Waukesha in March, according to police, and the killed man, who had a lengthy criminal record, had been stopped for what Barrett called “suspicious activity”. |
| “There were 23 rounds in that gun that that officer was staring at,” Barrett said. “I want to make sure we don’t lose any police officers in this community either.” | |
| “This is a warning cry,” Milwaukee alderman Khalif Rainey told reporters. “Black people in Milwaukee are tired. They are tired of living under this oppression.” | |
| Tensions have intensified between local black residents and police in recent weeks, in parallel with national anxieties about police abuses and violence targeted toward officers. In July the city saw protests over the shooting 25-year-old Jay Andreson, who was shot dead in a suburb west of Milwaukee, the 2015 shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson, and the 2014 killing of 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton, an unarmed man with a history of mental health problems. | Tensions have intensified between local black residents and police in recent weeks, in parallel with national anxieties about police abuses and violence targeted toward officers. In July the city saw protests over the shooting 25-year-old Jay Andreson, who was shot dead in a suburb west of Milwaukee, the 2015 shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson, and the 2014 killing of 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton, an unarmed man with a history of mental health problems. |
| The white officer who killed Hamilton was subsequently fired from the department but did not face criminal charges, a decision that prompted protests, a series of reform measures and the introduction of body cameras. | The white officer who killed Hamilton was subsequently fired from the department but did not face criminal charges, a decision that prompted protests, a series of reform measures and the introduction of body cameras. |
| In December the Justice Department and Milwaukee police department began a joint “collaborative reform initiative”, and a federal assessment is expected this fall. The project was announced after the Justice Department declined to open a civil rights investigation into Hamilton’s killing. | In December the Justice Department and Milwaukee police department began a joint “collaborative reform initiative”, and a federal assessment is expected this fall. The project was announced after the Justice Department declined to open a civil rights investigation into Hamilton’s killing. |
| “This entire community has sat back and witnessed how Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has become the worst place to live for African Americans in the entire country,” Rainey said. “Where do we go from here? Where do we go as a community from here? | |
| “Our city is in turmoil tonight,” said Ashanti Hamilton, president of the Milwaukee common council, alluding to violence that had wracked the city in the last 24 hours. | “Our city is in turmoil tonight,” said Ashanti Hamilton, president of the Milwaukee common council, alluding to violence that had wracked the city in the last 24 hours. |
| Five people were killed in nine shootings over nine hours across the city on Friday and Saturday, including a 36-year-old and 34-year-old who were fatally wounded outside a bar. | Five people were killed in nine shootings over nine hours across the city on Friday and Saturday, including a 36-year-old and 34-year-old who were fatally wounded outside a bar. |
| By 1am local time, police had made three arrests in connection with the unrest, assistant police chief James Harpole said, adding that gunshots were fired from various locations during the disturbances. Another police official, Bill Jessup, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it was not clear if the suspect pointed the gun or fired at the officers. | By 1am local time, police had made three arrests in connection with the unrest, assistant police chief James Harpole said, adding that gunshots were fired from various locations during the disturbances. Another police official, Bill Jessup, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it was not clear if the suspect pointed the gun or fired at the officers. |
| “Those additional facts will come out in the coming days,” Jessup said. | “Those additional facts will come out in the coming days,” Jessup said. |
| “As everyone knows, this was a very, very violent 24 hours in the city of Milwaukee,” he said. “Our officers are out here taking risks on behalf of the community and making split-second decisions.” | “As everyone knows, this was a very, very violent 24 hours in the city of Milwaukee,” he said. “Our officers are out here taking risks on behalf of the community and making split-second decisions.” |
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