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National Guard put on standby after violence in Milwaukee
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | August 14, 2016 3:43 pm | GRETCHEN EHLKE

Posted on 08/14/2016 12:51:41 PM PDT by COBOL2Java

Edited on 08/14/2016 1:31:59 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A car burns as a crowd of more than 100 people gathers following the fatal shooting of a man in Milwaukee, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that officers got in their cars to leave at one point, and some in the crowd started smashing a squad car's window, and another vehicle, pictured, was set on fire. The gathering occurred in the neighborhood where a Milwaukee officer shot and killed a man police say was armed hours earlier during a foot chase. (Calvin Mattheis/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)


MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor put the National Guard on standby Sunday in case of another outbreak of violence in Milwaukee, after a deadly police shooting touched off a night of arson and rock-throwing in a mostly black neighborhood.

At least four businesses were burned and an officer was hurt by a thrown brick in the unrest that erupted on the city’s north side Saturday night a few hours after the killing of a black man who authorities say was armed and fleeing a traffic stop.

A Milwaukee alderman called the melee a warning from black residents that they are “tired of living under this oppression.”

With the city on edge, Gov. Scott Walker activated the National Guard, saying it would be in position to help upon request. He called for “continued peace and prayer.”

A Guard spokesman, Lt. Col. Gary Thompson, said 125 soldiers were being notified to gather at their local armories and await further instructions.

The dead man was identified by his mother as Sylville Smith, 23. The name and race of the officer who shot him were not immediately released.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: blm; milwaukee; nationalguard; riots; wisconsin
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

In Baltimore the Dem mayor and GOP governor were able to agree on the immediate deployment of the National Guard when things hit the fan there.

I suspect Barrett is hestitating.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff has called for National Guard deployment in the city. He supports the GOP on Fox News with his tough rhetoric.


41 posted on 08/14/2016 1:55:25 PM PDT by Nextrush (Remember Pastor Niemoller: Freedom is everybody's business)
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To: COBOL2Java

Brewers game broadcast over state Brewers net not a mention of these goings on.


42 posted on 08/14/2016 1:55:29 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (My best insights get lost in FR's because of meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: KeyLargo
Officer Is BLACK!

What is your source?
43 posted on 08/14/2016 1:55:38 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Iron Munro

Our rulers are busy nationalizing and militarizing the police.

Consider the Fort Hood terrorist massacre where the SWAT team from the police was called in and the soldiers not permitted to possess or use their firearms.

In Baltimore, the NG was used for symbolic effect while a large deployment of law enforcement from across state lines was employed-a de facto national police force.

Hundreds of PA state police deployed from a hotel in my town York, PA into Baltimore.


44 posted on 08/14/2016 2:03:58 PM PDT by Nextrush (Remember Pastor Niemoller: Freedom is everybody's business)
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To: COBOL2Java

Declare a curfew and if that doesn’t work declare martial law.


45 posted on 08/14/2016 2:11:54 PM PDT by eaglestar
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To: COBOL2Java

I wonder if they have considered fencing Milwaukee in ... you know, to keep those hater whites out!

Please be advised that you are warned before you even get to Milwaukee ... big billboards advertising the Black Holocaust Museum. Every major Democratic city should have a Black Holocaust museum that identifies the horrors of the Democratic Plantation for blacks of the city.


46 posted on 08/14/2016 2:18:15 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: ColdOne

Thought so too. From the fake shooting at the school to BLM, everything was orchestrated. Unless Klownie the Kenyan wanted Trump to win just to spit Hitlery, everything’s going well..


47 posted on 08/14/2016 2:19:36 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: COBOL2Java

You can bet your ass those 125 guard soldiers aren’t looking forward to hitting the street unarmed with ammo. Just like Iraq. Stupid rules of engagement. If they shot rioters dead this shit would stop in short order.


48 posted on 08/14/2016 2:23:24 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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To: mosesdapoet
Brewers game broadcast over state Brewers net not a mention of these goings on.

Do you know if there was a discussion to cancel that game today? Brewers and Reds arent going anywhere. And more important with statements such as - 'Beating white people'. You'd think they'd cancel it.

They cancelled the Baltimore baseball games. just wondering.

49 posted on 08/14/2016 2:41:22 PM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: Brown Deer

http://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/milwaukee-county-sheriff-david-clarke-requests-national-guard-mobilization
http://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/milwaukee-county-sheriff-david-clarke-requests-national-guard-mobilization

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50 posted on 08/14/2016 2:53:44 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: COBOL2Java

When the hell is someone going to start warning these sonsabitches back? We live in bizarre times!


51 posted on 08/14/2016 2:56:03 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: cmomm44

8?
Try 25...
Those who do have a backbone end up in jail or worse these days.


52 posted on 08/14/2016 3:00:17 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (*Convicted of thought crimes by the Left and the Right*)
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To: Brown Deer

THE CHIEF of MPD!!!!!!


53 posted on 08/14/2016 3:11:00 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: COBOL2Java

REO with some artistic license...

Depending on the level of threat- utilize the ground, grill, grape- stepped, use of force protocol, with liberties to accelerate to the appropriate response, based on the perceived threat.

Step # 1 / Ground- a warning shot may be placed into the ground between the shooter and an approaching suspect threatening target vehicle as a deterrent message.

Step # 2 / Grill- a warning shot may be placed into the grill of an approaching threatening target vehicle as a deterrent message.

Step # 3 / Grape- a lethal force shot into the head of a driver of an approaching deadly threat target vehicle as a self defense deterrent.


54 posted on 08/14/2016 3:18:37 PM PDT by freepersup (A freeper behind every blade of grass.)
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To: freepersup

REO is ROE


55 posted on 08/14/2016 3:19:14 PM PDT by freepersup (A freeper behind every blade of grass.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

nothing there, about the cop.


56 posted on 08/14/2016 3:37:32 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Brown Deer

Scott Walker activates National Guard after Milwaukee protests - NY Daily News
https://cdn.ampproject.org/c/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/national/milwaukee-county-sheriff-calls-national-guard-protests-article-1.2750794

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57 posted on 08/14/2016 3:52:17 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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http://fox6now.com/2016/08/14/chief-flynn-officer-who-fatally-shot-sylville-smith-is-african-american-there-are-concerns-for-his-safety/


58 posted on 08/14/2016 3:52:23 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: COBOL2Java

Time for a massive show of force to teach the what oppression really means. Make an example of them that will ring true across this nation, coast to coast and border to border.


59 posted on 08/14/2016 4:11:40 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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To: ichabod1
Those weren't "whiteys" at Kent State. They were RED enemies of this country who generally got what they deserved. Conceding that there were a few in the category of collateral damage. If you don't want to get wet, don't go walking in the rain.

Kent State marked the END of an increasingly violent and pretense ridden left wing "student" revolution. Hot lead ended the pretense and the rebellion. No ROTC buildings have been burned since and no spoiled Marxist campus Cong have "marched on the guard" since. The burning of the Kent State ROTC building was a fatal blunder of the left.

The public massively approved and Nixon swept McGovern, the campus Cong hero, carrying 49 states two years later. The other official with backbone was "moderate" Ohio Republican governor Jim Rhodes.

60 posted on 08/14/2016 4:23:40 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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