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After a Night of Violent Protests in Milwaukee, Calls for Peace

posted by on Monday August 15 2016, @11:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the drop-gun-before-putting-hands-in-air dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for mecctro

After a night of violent protests, Milwaukee residents gathered Sunday evening to mourn an armed man shot to death by police and begin the healing process.

Family and friends of Sylville Smith, 23, held a candlelight vigil at the site of Saturday's shooting in a residential area of North Milwaukee.

The shooting triggered unrest in the city's north side Saturday night as protesters torched businesses and threw rocks at officers. Four officers were injured and 17 people were arrested, Mayor Tom Barrett said.

Tensions on Sunday gave way to calls for peace as activists gathered outside the affected businesses.

Smith's sister, Sherelle Smith, condemned violence carried out in her brother's name, saying the community needs those businesses.

Black Lives Shatter

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/milwaukee-violence-police-shooting/

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @01:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @01:31PM (#388174)

    Does BLM even have leadership? From what I see they're just a bunch of loosely tied people working under the same banner.

    Yes, they are run by George Soros and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @04:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @04:56PM (#388262)

    Yes, they are run by George Soros and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.

    Dispatches from the loonyverse where anyone the far right considers an enemy is part of the same vast conspiracy!

    Get the actual facts. [snopes.com]
    TLDR; Some BLM groups have received minor amounts of funding from a social progress group that Soros founded 15 years ago.

    And the SRLP [srlp.org] is even more a stretch. They are a trans-rights group.