Posted on 08/14/2016 6:34:17 PM PDT by drewh
First images of the 23-year-old armed man shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer, whose death sparked riots and unrest in the city, have surfaced. Officials identified the dead man as Sylville K Smith, previously charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety for his involvement in a shooting last year, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Both Smith and the officer who shot him are black, according to the Chicago Tribune.
During a press conference Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett said a photo shows 'without question' Smith had a gun in his hand. Barrett said that Smith had 'more firepower than the officer', and his handgun was loaded with 23 rounds, which he refused to drop when ordered by police.
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A Flynn said officers wore body cameras as they approached the vehicle, which they found suspicious, and within 20 to 25 seconds Smith, who had a lengthy rap sheet, was dead. He also said that he would like the body cam video to be released as soon as possible, following due process.
According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Smith received the two charges following a shooting last year, but the details of that shooting were not immediately clear. The charges were later dismissed. From jail Smith called his girlfriend and asked her to pressure a victim into recanting their previous statement, according to the Journal-Sentinel.
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Sorry to hear about your cancer. I pray you have a good outcome. I have been very lucky with my health so far.
I honestly don't care if you do. I fire hundreds of rounds a month. My father had to saw a portion of the stock off on my first rifle because I was too small to put it against my shoulder and sight down the barrel. Don't care if you believe that either.
Hopefully, more information will come out soon and all of us will feel more at ease with the truth.
It's fine. Difficult times. I remember as a young child (I was born in 1950)walking the beat with my father between call boxes. He tried teaching me how to swing his night-stick. He loved the community and the community loved him.
I grew up believing that the number one tool in law enforcement's arsenal is the support of the community. Specifically in large urban, minority communities there is no support and it hasn't been there for a long time.
And now, with open borders and hordes of refugees the problem is completely unmanageable.
My solution would be to get the illegals and the refugees out, then start focusing on our own minority citizens: the war on drugs is a failure along with the failure to prosecute federal gun crimes. the 'black lives matter' crowd is taking advantage off the situation.... but they didn't create it.
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