Protesters fired gunshots, hurled bricks and set a gas station on fire in the U.S. mid-western city of Milwaukee on Saturday night, hours after a patrol officer shot and killed an armed suspect who took flight after a traffic stop, authorities said.
The 23-year-old suspect, who had a lengthy arrest record, was carrying a stolen handgun loaded with 23 rounds of ammunition when police pulled over the vehicle for unspecified “suspicious activity,” authorities said. A second suspect who fled from the vehicle was quickly taken into custody.
A statement by the Milwaukee Police Department did not say whether the suspect who was killed had fired any shots or pointed the weapon at officers during the incident. Authorities did not disclose the race or the name of the suspect or the uniformed officer.
Later, a crowd of more than 100 people in the predominately African-American section of the city where the shooting occurred hurled rocks as police officers in riot gear attempted to disperse the protesters.
Authorities said gunshots were fired during the disturbance. The windows of at least two squad cars were smashed, and one officer sitting inside one of the vehicles was hit in the head with a brick.
Protesters set a police car ablaze and fires broke out at gas station, an auto parts store and at least three other businesses, officials and local media reported.
“Our city is in turmoil tonight,” said Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, president of the Milwaukee Common Council.
Mayor Tom Barrett appealed for calm.
“This is a neighborhood that has been unfortunately affected by violence in the recent past,” Barrett said, referring to a smaller disturbance a month earlier. “There are a lot of really, really good people who live in this area … and can’t stand this violence.”
The unrest follows peaceful protests and some violence in U.S. cities over the past two years following high-profile killings by law enforcement officers in Baltimore, New York and Ferguson, Missouri.
Outrage over police violence toward minority groups has given rise to the Black Lives Matter movement and touched off a national debate over the race issue and policing in the United States.
“This is a warning cry,” Milwaukee Alderman Khalif Rainey said. “Black people of Milwaukee are tired. They are tired of living under this oppression.”
As of 1 a.m. Central time, police said three arrests had been made in connection with the unrest.
Shortly after 2 a.m. police said they were restoring order to the area and reducing deployments, but local news footage also showed a liquor store in flames just minutes before the release of the statement.
The officer involved in the shooting is 24 years old and a six-year veteran of the force, police said. He was placed on administrative duty until an investigation and subsequent review by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office is complete, a standard practice after shootings by law enforcement officers.
(Additonal reporting by Chris Michaud in New York; Writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Andrew Roche and Richard Balmforth)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wisconsin-police-idUSKCN10P06W
“There are a lot of really, really good people who live in this area … and can’t stand this violence.”
And I’ll bet there are a lot of really, really good people who are looking forward to it, too.
“…one officer sitting inside one of the vehicles was hit in the head with a brick.”
That probably raised his I.Q. by ten points.
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“Oh boy I miss the old days, when it was just a brick a flaming bag of poop and a hurtful note. ” mort the jew Family Guy. This guy got the brick end of things covered.
“This is a warning cry,” Milwaukee Alderman Khalif Rainey said. “Black people of Milwaukee are tired. They are tired of living under this oppression.” SHUT UP YOU COMMUNIST NIGGER….. YOU ARE TRYING TO TAKE A PERFECTLY GOOD BILL OF RIGHTS PROTEST AND MAKE IT ABOUT YOUR SKIN COLOR……… WHY NOT MAKE IT ABOUT YOUR PECKER AS WELL FAGGIT???????????# BLACK QUEER LIVES MATTER.WHY THE HELL ARE YOU DEFENDING A CRIMINAL ? NO WONDER PEOPLE CALL YOU FOOLS “PORCH MONKEYS AND SPEAR CHUNKERS”… ACT LIKE MEN!!! GET TREATED AS SUCH!!!!!!!!
*** “This is a warning cry,” Milwaukee Alderman Khalif Rainey said. “Black people of Milwaukee are tired. They are tired of living under this oppression.” ***
If they were really tired of it, then they wouldn’t support politicians who support gun control. Yet blacks can be counted on to do exactly that, time and time again. Granted that the typical “pro-gun” politician isn’t exactly a defender of our freedom, either. But by supporting known opponents of gun rights, the blacks are going right for their own jugular.
I realize that, with some exceptions, blacks aren’t the brightest people. But I still have to wonder if they have a masochistic streak running through them.
I have bad eyesight without glasses so when I first looked at your comment I thought it said, “Black people of Milwaukee are fired.” It sounded good to me but then I realized my error.
Just another day in the zoo.
Looks like the animals are getting restless.
I think they should do a new t.v. reality series on survivor like…
Survivor, Milwaukee, Ferguson, LA, Bunkerville, etc….
Where young college kids of all ethnic groups live in a shared house and are thrown into a riotous police state.
I think I see some marketing value here.
Milwaukee, the giant cesspool between Green Bay and Chicago, wreaks of piss in the summer and $hit in the winter. Yep, come to beautiful Milwaukee, where you can stand next to a guy pissin’ on the sidewalk! Bus tours are available! Send inquires to the Milwaukee Chamber of Baboons.
“Authorities said gunshots were fired during the disturbance.”
Waste of good ammo. No pigs were hit.
“A statement by the Milwaukee Police Department did not say whether the suspect who was killed had fired any shots or pointed the weapon at officers during the incident.”
They wouldn’t say because it doesn’t matter.
At least not to THOSE murdering scumbags!
The Solution for Gun violence in USA
In 1865 a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
In 1881 a left wing radical Democrat shot James Garfield, President of the United States – who later died from the wound.
In 1963 a radical left wing socialist shot and killed John F. Kennedy, President of the United States.
In 1975 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at Gerald Ford, President of the United States.
In 1983 a registered Democrat shot and wounded Ronald Reagan, President of the United States.
In 1984 James Hubert, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 22 people in a McDonalds restaurant.
In 1986 Patrick Sherrill, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 15 people in an Oklahoma post office.
In 1990 James Pough, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 10 people at a GMAC office.
In 1991 George Hennard, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 23 people in a Luby’s cafeteria in Killeen, TX.
In 1995 James Daniel Simpson, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 5 coworkers in a Texas laboratory.
In 1999 Larry Asbrook, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 8 people at a church service.
In 2001 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at the White House in a failed attempt to kill George W. Bush, President of the
US …
In 2003 Douglas Williams, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people at a Lockheed Martin plant.
In 2007 a registered Democrat named Seung – Hui Cho, shot and killed 32 people in Virginia Tech.
In 2010 a mentally ill registered Democrat named Jared Lee Loughner, shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed 6 others.
In 2011 a registered Democrat named James Holmes, went into a movie theater and shot and killed 12 people.
In 2012 Andrew Engeldinger, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people in Minneapolis.
In 2013 a registered Democrat named Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people in a school in Newtown, CT.
As recently as Sept 2013, an angry Democrat shot 12 at a Navy ship yard.
Clearly, there is a problem with Democrats and guns.
Not one NRA member, Tea Party member, or Republican conservative was involved in any of these shootings and murders.
SOLUTION: It should be illegal for Democrats, and associated groups like Anarchists, Communists, Black lives matter, and Black Panthers, etc. to own guns.
“In 2013 a registered Democrat named Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people in a school in Newtown, CT.”
SERIOUSLY???
Never happened.
But Grabby Goober should have been # 7.
Well, that list proves that it takes a Democrat to know where the gun free, risk free killing fields are.