Tag: Sherman Park
Ex-cop will be charged in shooting death of unarmed Black man
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm has charged the ex-Milwaukee police officer with first-degree reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.
Smith's...
Sources: officer involved in Milwaukee shooting has been arrested
Sources say that a Milwaukee police officer involved in a fatal shooting over the summer, has been arrested on unrelated sexual assault charges. The...
Milwaukee Common Council seeks resident input
Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton and Public Safety Committee Chair Alderman Donovan are asking the public to participate in a brief survey and a...
Gov. Walker shifts $4.5 million to Milwaukee
Recent protests in the Milwaukee neighborhood of Sherman Park have caused the state to finally respond to its largest city.
Gov. Walker is shifting $4.5...
Officer’s body camera video won’t be released
At a press conference Monday, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel announced that he will not release the body camera footage of the officer-involved shooting...
Segregation still traps Black Milwaukeeans
Milwaukee has recently made national headlines for protests that followed a fatal officer-involved shooting. The shooting occurred near the Sherman Park neighborhood, on the...
Milwaukee Uprising: Mayor announces 10pm curfew for teens
After Saturday nights unrest and several buildings were vandalized in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood, Police Chieft Ed Flynn and Mayor Tom Barrett are now...
Milwaukee police, protestors clash after police shooting
The tension between Milwaukee's Northside residents in Sherman Park, a predominately Black neighborhood and the police has grown over the years. Teens in the...