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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:28 am    Post subject: Violence in Milwaukee erupts after police shoot armed man

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Violence and protests erupted in Milwaukee overnight after a man was fatally shot by police during a foot chase.

Police said the victim, 23, was armed with a handgun and shot dead by an officer after fleeing a traffic stop on Milwaukee's north side Saturday afternoon.

Hours later angry crowds took to the streets, smashing a police car and setting fire to another. One officer was injured by a flying brick; a gas station and auto-parts store were set alight. Police said gunshots were heard.


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/milwaukee-cop-cars-smashed-torched-after-police-kill-suspect-n630236
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:37 am    Post subject:

I am sure those store owners really deserved that..
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:59 am    Post subject:

People are stupid.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:41 pm    Post subject:

It was not a good night to be white.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:50 pm    Post subject:

If Smith was pointing a gun with 23 bullets in it I don't see a reason to riot. I'll wait for all fact to come out. Just having a gun is no reason to be killed. If he pointed it at a LEO he was asking to be shot.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:57 pm    Post subject:

This just shows how deep the tension runs.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:59 pm    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
If Smith was pointing a gun with 23 bullets in it I don't see a reason to riot. I'll wait for all fact to come out. Just having a gun is no reason to be killed. If he pointed it at a LEO he was asking to be shot.


opposing sets of "facts" come out and people latch on to the ones they like best. Many of the people upset are under the impression he was shot in the back as he fled. The police though, are saying he was shot in the chest and arm while holding a gun which they repeatedly told him to drop.

Has footage from the body cameras been made available yet?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 2:46 pm    Post subject:

This world needs some serious cleansing im just glad I don't follow every BS that happens on planet earth or my head will explode.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:33 pm    Post subject:

I've never been on board with burning neighborhoods. I don't see any forward movement in that.

Those who do it are doing it for a damn TV or some effing alcohol. What makes it so killing is they're playing into the hands of establishment. Keeping the stereotype alive and hurting themselves. I scream THAT'S NOT US!!!


The real hood came out to help with clean up but that won't be what will be a lasting image.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:10 pm    Post subject:

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This world needs some serious cleansing im just glad I don't follow every BS that happens on planet earth or my head will explode.


We didn't start the fire, bro.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:16 pm    Post subject:

>policeman was black
>suspect was armed
>gun was stolen
>photo of suspect showing off gun & burner phones: https://i.redd.it/u1m08w5dxefx.jpg
>black woman's house burned down

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1118987388180916&set=a.144134332332898.38536.100002089954588&type=3

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:46 am    Post subject:

Once the cops feel they are threatened they will pull back then its pretty much every man for themselves...shades of LA riots when people had to use their 2nd amendment rights to bear arms and protect their property.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:31 am    Post subject:

dont_be_a_wuss wrote:
It was not a good night to be white.

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So a black police officer shoots a black man and they decide to go after white people. Makes sense.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:11 am    Post subject:

kaoss128 wrote:
dont_be_a_wuss wrote:
It was not a good night to be white.

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So a black police officer shoots a black man and they decide to go after white people. Makes sense.


They aren't concerned with details. Just violence.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:52 am    Post subject:

vanexelent wrote:
kaoss128 wrote:
dont_be_a_wuss wrote:
It was not a good night to be white.

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So a black police officer shoots a black man and they decide to go after white people. Makes sense.


They aren't concerned with details. Just violence.


Violence is not helping their cause. With the shooting of cops, high way protests, riots it take away from the message.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:33 am    Post subject:

kaoss128 wrote:
dont_be_a_wuss wrote:
It was not a good night to be white.

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So a black police officer shoots a black man and they decide to go after white people. Makes sense.


Just goes to show you, maybe thats not what they are really upset about.

When the sheriff, Clarke, was on TV yesterday he said, "we don't need to fix the police, we need to fix the ghetto".
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:59 am    Post subject:

The riot has no justification whatsoever in regards to police corruption. This is more of an issue with race, segregation, and poverty. I don't know much about the area, but reading about it seems to indicate its a volatile zone. I hope no one takes the riot as a reason that there is no merit behind protests against widespread police-involved killings. In my eyes, this is a symptom of another social problem, widening income inequality.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:45 am    Post subject:

Fallout wrote:
vanexelent wrote:
kaoss128 wrote:
dont_be_a_wuss wrote:
It was not a good night to be white.

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So a black police officer shoots a black man and they decide to go after white people. Makes sense.


They aren't concerned with details. Just violence.


Violence is not helping their cause. With the shooting of cops, high way protests, riots it take away from the message.


Or maybe it is the message? People aren't outraged, just thugs.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:35 am    Post subject:

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At a news conference Monday morning, Milwaukee police Chief Ed Flynn lauded faith and community leaders for curbing violence Sunday night relative to the riots on Sunday.

“I saw in many instances people preaching on street corners, counseling small groups of individuals. A number of individuals spoke at the vigil which easily could have been an excuse to incite but rather there were consistent calls for calm, discussion and peaceful change,” Flynn said.

Flynn confirmed, however, a significant level of violence toward police. In addition to the well-documented rock-throwing by Sunday night’s mob, officers have also been met with gunfire since the police-involved shooting sparked outrage.

"It certainly appears there are people who are willing to shoot at (police) without concern of whether they injure or kill them," Flynn said. "… We do have people who are recklessly firing firearms generally, and clearly some of them are firing at police."

The result has been slower and more cautious crowd control efforts.

Flynn cast blame at some Chicago-based activists representing the Revolutionary Communist Party, who apparently organized young people to take to the streets and march on the then-barricaded District 7 police station, which received a number of threats.

"The (group) showed up and actually they’re the ones who started to cause problems leading into evening by marching and trying to take over Sherman and Burleigh," Flynn said. "That was about 11:30 at night. We made it to 11:30 in the evening and we had these characters show up …"


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:39 am    Post subject:

Figures, people from Chicago are typically trash.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:55 am    Post subject:

venturalakersfan wrote:
Figures, people from Chicago are typically trash.

Really!! Our President is from Chicago.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:34 am    Post subject:

Communists in Chicago? What?

This is crazy.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:23 pm    Post subject:

Stay classy Wisconsin.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:32 pm    Post subject:

venturalakersfan wrote:
Figures, people from Chicago are typically trash.


Chicago used to be the ghetto capital of the world.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:46 pm    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
venturalakersfan wrote:
Figures, people from Chicago are typically trash.

Really!! Our President is from Chicago.


Are you arguing or agreeing? Statement could go either way....
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