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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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday August 15 2016, @03:59PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday August 15 2016, @03:59PM (#388227) Homepage Journal

    Guy has a gun out, waving it around, it's a legit kill. Doesn't matter which way he's facing. "Shooting a man in the back" in the old west assumed he didn't know you were there and hadn't drawn his gun to defend himself. Once his weapon cleared the holster all bets were off.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @09:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @09:48PM (#388415)

    Guy has a gun out, waving it around, it's a legit kill

    ...but the chances of it going down the way you describe seems HIGHLY dependent on the skin color of the non-cop with the gun.

    A 63-year-old white man, [alternet.org] clad in pajamas, was waving a large gun around, threatening people
    [...]
    Cops [...] showed up in a cruiser and attempted to convince the man to "put the gun down," so they could talk to him.
    [...]
    The man says, "shoot me." The cops don't.

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    [White woman] [alternet.org] Julia Shields, 45, drove around a Chattanooga neighborhood Friday just before 4pm dressed in body armor, randomly shooting into vehicles
    [...]
    Police were called and she was found in a parking lot, where she then led police on a chase and continued to point her weapon at passing cars, and at police during the chase.

    Shields was taken into custody without incident or injury

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday August 16 2016, @03:53AM

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday August 16 2016, @03:53AM (#388537) Homepage Journal

      ...but the chances of it going down the way you describe seems HIGHLY dependent on the skin color of the non-cop with the gun.

      Not remotely. Cops take a dim view of anyone waving a gun around. That you can find exceptions only means that you can find exceptions.

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