Posted on 08/15/2016 8:38:44 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Tension flared again overnight in Milwaukee, with one person shot and a police officer injured in the second night of riots triggered by the fatal shooting of a suspect by an officer.
Police violence against African-Americans has ignited sporadic, sometimes violent protests in the past two years. It also has prompted a national debate over race and policing while fuelling the growth of the Black Lives Matter civil rights movement.
Violence erupted in Milwaukee on Sunday after peaceful vigils by small groups of demonstrators, and police said late that night that they had rescued one shooting victim, who was taken to a hospital. It was not immediately clear if the injured person was a protester.
One police officer was hospitalized after a rock smashed a patrol car windshield, the city police department said. Another squad car was damaged by rioters hurling bricks, rocks and bottles, it said, adding that officers made multiple arrests....
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The word nigger, not niggah, should no longer off limits.
No. Wrong. Brendan O'Brien is a LIAR.
"Tensions" didn't "flare".
Violent negro idiots rioted.
Police violence against African-Americans has ignited
Wrong again. Thuggish negroes with an overblown sense of entitlement and of their own worth have rioted and destroyed productive businesses, while themselves doing NOTHING of value.
Violence erupted in Milwaukee on Sunday after peaceful vigils by small groups of demonstrators
Peaceful vigils don't lead to violence. By definition. Violent thugs cauce violence.
The mayor said they are serious. They are going to clamp down. They have arrested three people. Wow! When criminals are given “space to destroy” there is no incentive to stop. Eventually there behavior will become so dangerous that authorities will have to authorize shooting looters.
I don’t know about other states, but in Texas, attempting to take the gun of a police officer or licensed security officer makes lethal force justifiable according to state law.
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