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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/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @05:39PM
> You know what I've read now?
Are you being ironic? The guy who goes around falsely telling people what King would think is indignant about being mischaracterized?
> Starting wealth has nothing to do with anything.
So now you are denying the very words that King wrote. That only proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that you don't give a damn about King as an authority on the issue, just as only a prop you can co-opt to justify your own views.
> Get a fucking clue and stop parroting what you "learned" in college.
Who said I went to college? Go ahead, tell me more on this subject.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday August 15 2016, @06:14PM
Falsely only if you do not read anything but what you want to see in King's words.
As for denying his words, of course I do. King was a great man but he wasn't always correct.
With these words, he hit it out of the park, even if he may not have known it at the time. Not being judged by the color of their skin necessitates equal treatment under the law. Any action taken on their part because of their skin color, harmful or helpful, negates his dream. So King logically contradicted himself and it's left up to us to decide if we prefer equal treatment under the law for all citizens or creating special classes with special rights. You know, the definition of privilege.
I may have been mistaken about you going to college. It's happened before once or twice. Do please tell me where you got these blatantly racist ideals if it wasn't in college though. I like to know where my enemies are.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @08:00PM
> With these words, he hit it out of the park, even if he may not have known it at the time.
He didn't know it at the time, but you are sure it defined his world view. Do you hear yourself?
The fact that of everything King has written and said, books worth, the only thing you can cite to support your wishful thinking is a single sentence is all the proof anyone needs that you know absolutely nothing else about the man.
> Do please tell me where you got these blatantly racist ideals if it wasn't in college though.
Do please tell me, when did you stop beating your wife?
> I like to know where my enemies are.
Wow, "enemies." WTH is wrong with you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @09:54PM
So your comebacks are tired cliches and emotional outbursts?
Lol. TheMightyBuzzard claims another victim. It's been fun watching from the sidelines but, mon AC, you have been thoroughly trounced. Fight another day as you've lost this one.