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)
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.
Sigh. Let me explain and break it down to you.
There was no need for Sheriff Clarke to talk to Walker and have the Guard on stand-by. Clarke is the Milwaukee County Sheriff. Other than county parks and buildings, he's got nothing to do with the city of Milwaukee. Not a damn thing. Barrett is in charge of Milwaukee. By calling out the Guard, they are absolving Barrett and Democrats of any responsibility, and if anything further happens, it'll be blamed on Walker, not Barrett.
Seriously, what Walker should have said is that this is a city matter and that Mayor Barrett should be answering all questions.
Go right ahead, all you Wisconsin voters for HRC. I’m sure your hero will quickly resolve the problems you’re now experiencing in Milwaukee.
This is such BS. Don’t call up the NG and expect them to be cops without any virtue of training.
Call up more cops and let them do their jobs. when the fecal matter has hit the occilator, here is no time to explain to the uninitiated the finer points of 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments and the case laws governing use of force, detentions, patdowns and what not.
Bad optix for the Democrats. Really bad optix.
When punks turn over police cars or burn them and burn buildings and loot the guard needs to come in fast. I can tell you we had three tornados head straight for the old race track in Omaha in about 72-73. They turned north at the last second and tore up 72nd then went down Dodge after tearing up a motel. All of the retail businesses wear like wide open as the roofs were gone. That evening we went to what is now the Drover and the NG was out protecting the area. That is just smart. The local police are not for riots. The NG is a better choice.
Almost every State’s NG has training with the police in joint riot control.
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