Police chief was surprised by violence after fatal shooting

A nighttime curfew for teenagers appeared to be maintaining calm in the USA city of Milwaukee early Tuesday, following two nights of violence over the fatal police shooting of a black man.

Monday was calm, though 10 people were arrested and there were no reports of protesters on Tuesday. Officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the man and took him to a hospital. A police officer was injured and also taken to the hospital after a rock broke the windshield of a squad auto, according to Milwaukee Police.

The police arrested 17 protesters Saturday night and 14 others on Sunday night.

“I would hope that the cries of the unheard. are now being heard around the country out of Milwaukee”, said Rev. Steve Jerbi, the lead pastor at All Peoples Church in the Wisconsin city of about 595,000 people. Milwaukee police tweeted “No reports of major property damage” Monday night.

Later on, shots rang out in three different locations, all within close proximity, according to police. In some predominantly black neighborhoods, some people argued that the killing was yet another outgrowth of what they believe are exceedingly aggressive and misguided police tactics in the city.

The group said in a statement later Monday that some of its members did attend what it called a “righteous rebellion” to “support a revolution” but didn’t set out to cause trouble.

There were “heated” clashes early in the evening, police said, but most teenagers respected a strict curfew that saw youths banned from the streets after 10pm.

Despite the violence, police said the National Guard had not been called in, as authorities worked to restore order.

The charred remains of a BP gas station sits across the street from Sherman Park, the scene of a fatal officer involved shooting that took place Saturday.

The state is investigating the fatal shooting of Sylville Smith, whom Milwaukee police say was shot after he turned toward an officer with a gun in his hand.

The police chief implored unruly protesters to stop the destruction and lamented the loss of jobs from torched businesses.

Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said at a press conference earlier Sunday that Smith turned toward an officer with a gun in his hand. Before he was killed, Smith refused to drop an illegal handgun he was carrying, police said. His officers made roughly a half-dozen arrests.

Donald Trump visited with the Milwaukee County sheriff as part of a campaign stop in Milwaukee just days after it was wracked by violence following the police shooting of a black man. “Locally, we are aware of some general threats against our officers”.

“My membership doesn’t really trust that they will be treated fairly”, said Larry Ellison, head of MAMLEO and a Boston police detective.

“He should have been tased, if anything”, Neal said.

Such inequality has afflicted many US cities as a result of the loss of manufacturing jobs over the past three decades, sometimes stoking unrest when police use deadly force. Authorities have not said when they plan no releasing the body-camera video of the incident that was enabled before the shooting, police said. He indicated there have been no signs that outside groups, possibly from Chicago, have been in the Sherman Park neighborhood. At one point, the crowd chanted “ready for war”, followed by a a chant of “peace, peace, peace”.

On Sunday morning, about three dozen volunteers swept up glass and filled trash bags with rocks, bricks and bottles at the intersection where a gas station burned to the ground. Officers did not return gunfire all night, in a show of “tactical and strategic restraint”, he said. Both are African-Americans.

Rainey said Saturday’s violence was a byproduct of inequities, injustice, unemployment and under-education.

Council President Ashanti Hamilton promised he would engage the community to help address those issues and told King Rick that “it’s a heavy lift”.

Almost 40 per cent of Milwaukee’s 600,000 residents are black, and they are heavily concentrated on the north side.