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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, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @04:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @04:23PM (#388244)

    this kind of shit won't end well. keep teaching your kids to hate white people and all you're going to do is activate the true nature of spoiled, repressed whites all over the country. Genes don't change that quickly. They are still the same raiding barbarians they were before but with the illusion of safety and success. take that away and they will revert to their true selves.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 15 2016, @05:08PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 15 2016, @05:08PM (#388273) Journal

    Heh - surprised that moderators haven't modded you to hell. Half of them don't see AC posts though. But, I actually agree with you. Thin veneer, and all that - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-07/thin-veneer-civilization-we-all-take-granted-evaporating-all-over-globe [zerohedge.com]

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @09:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @09:40PM (#388413)

    So, you're saying we shouldn't hate white people because they are violent barbarians?

    They are still the same raiding barbarians they were before but with the illusion of safety and success. take that away and they will revert to their true selves.

    In short, we should fear white people whether we hate them or not! Grate! Damn whites! Now who is going to make America grate again? You will have to take my shredded cheese out of my cold, dead refridgerator! Moron Labia!!