In the beginning she was with her drug addicted parents, then her drug addicted mother, then foster homes. Not a predictor of good outcome
Trident, why don't you start by telling us what these differences are? I was raised on the belief that we are all the same so it would be very interesting to hear what one percieves these differences are that we must realize and admit to.
Here's the Topic.
Violence erupts in Milwaukee after deadly officer-involved shooting
And let us not put all people living in that area of Milwaukee in the same category. Otherwise, we should say anyone who was at a post game event where cars were burned down as needing to be put down like a rabid dog.
August 14, 2016
12:30 AM EDT
Latest: Milwaukee Police Try Again to Disperse Protesters
The Latest on unrest in Milwaukee following a police shooting that left one man dead (all times local):
11:15 p.m.
Police in Milwaukee are trying again to disperse protesters on the city's north side in the wake of a man's fatal police shooting.
Some 100 protesters skirmished with officers Saturday night, hours after an officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man whom police said was armed and had run from a traffic stop.
Police say it's not clear whether the man pointed the gun at or fired at officers.
Police said in a tweet that officers were moving into an intersection and asking the crowd to disperse peacefully, but rocks were being thrown at officers.
The department said in earlier tweets that one officer was injured by a thrown brick, a squad car had its windows smashed and another one was set on fire.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-milwaukee-officer-hit-brick-shooting-aftermath-41367976
I tried to quote one of the previous posts, but failed. What is the Alderman talking about ? Can he give examples of the inequality and oppression ? I honestly don't understand what he means. I think everyone who is rioting is going with the crowd , not thinking about the unfair situation they are living in.
Name of man shot by police Sylville Smith. Mother says he had 'license to carry' but cops say the gun was stolen?
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...e-subject-witness-intimidation-case/88721094/
Name of man shot by police Sylville Smith. Mother says he had 'license to carry' but cops say the gun was stolen?
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...e-subject-witness-intimidation-case/88721094/
Posted: Aug 14, 2016 10:15 AM CDT
Updated: Aug 14, 2016 1:04 PM CDT
UPDATE: (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker activates National Guard to help if needed after night of Milwaukee unrest.
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Meanwhile, Sunday morning President Obama was updated about the situation in Milwaukee while on vacation in Martha's Vineyard. His Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett, spoke with Milwaukee Mayor Barrett. Jarrett offered federal support for local authorities. President Obama requested that he be kept up to date with new developments in Milwaukee.
The Latest: Governor Activates National Guard in Milwaukee
Walker says he took the step after receiving a request from Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and talking with Mayor Tom Barrett and the Guard's leader. His announcement says the Guard will be in position to help "upon request."
MAN KILLED BY MILWAUKEE OFFICER ID'D AS CLEAN UP CONTINUES
The 23-year-old man shot and killed by a Milwaukee Police officer on Saturday evening has been identified by his father as Sylville Smith.
Police said in a press release that the 23-year-old man who was fatally shot had a “lengthy arrest record.”
A search of Wisconsin court records revealed several arrests, but only one misdemeanor conviction for Sylville Smith. His record also included traffic offenses. No felony convictions were found.
The misdemeanor conviction, for carrying a concealed weapon, came in July 2014. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $443 and ordered to serve one day in jail.
His record also included guilty findings on traffic offenses for speeding, operating a motor vehicle without insurance, possession of open intoxicants in a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.
Smith was arrested in 2015 on a charge of intimidating a witness by a person charged with a felony, which is itself a felony offense. The case was dropped later that year by the prosecutor.
He was also charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety, a felony, and misdemeanor possession of THC earlier in 2015. Those charges were dismissed by a judge based on a motion by the defense.
According to the Journal Sentinel, both cases stemmed from a February 2015 shooting in which he was a suspect.
Smith was accused of calling his girlfriend from jail to tell her to call the victim in the shooting case to get him to fill out a sworn affidavit saying Smith didn’t commit the crime, according to court documents obtained by the Journal Sentinel.
The victim recanted his identification of Smith and the case was dropped after the victim did not show up to court and was uncooperative, the newspaper reports.
In 2013, Smith was charged with retail theft, but that case as also dropped by the prosecutor.
A friend of Sylville Smith, Nefataria Gordon, told the Journal Sentinel that he “was a nice, good person. He was really respected. That’s why everyone came out. They’re angry.”
Smith was shot six times in a previous shooting, his family said. Details of that incident were not immediately available.
According to his Facebook page, Smith was the father of a 2-year-old son.
“I’m not going to say he was an angel. He was out here living his life,” his godmother, Katherine Mahmoud, told the Journal Sentinel.
“He was always kind of a troubled kid,” Darin Ware, who worked at the local Boys & Girls Club, where Smith went while growing up in the Sherman Park neighborhood of MIlwuakee..
I am so glad to hear this.Governor Walker has granted the request by the police chief, and called up the Wisconsin National Guard to help with peacekeeping in Milwaukee.
http://www.wkow.com/story/32754796/...-national-guard-requested-in-milwaukee-unrest
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wisconsin-police-idUSKCN10P06W
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-volunteers-cleaning-milwaukee-violence-41372081
I don't know why you think we are "all the same". There are people who get up in the morning and go deliver meals on wheels, and there are people who get up in the morning planning to go looking for cars to steal. It's not divided on gender or racial lines, it's character lines. Those people who were out there in the late hours destroying property are not the "meals on wheelers". They're the car jackers.
Wait. On second thought, it is divided by gender lines, actually.