Amy Goodman
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"This is the Madness They Spark": Uprising in Milwaukee After Police Kill 23-Year-Old Black Man
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19:44Now PlayingProtests are continuing in Milwaukee two days after police shot dead a 23yearold AfricanAmerican man named Sylville Smith. On Sunday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker activated the National Guard after local residents set fire to police cars and several local businesses, including a gas station, on Saturday night. Seventeen people were arrested. Four police officers were reportedly injured. Milwaukee police say Smith was shot while trying to flee from an officer who had stopped his car. Police Chief Edward Flynn said he had viewed video from the officer’s body camera, and it showed Smith had turned toward him with a gun in his hand after the traffic stop. Many local residents said the tension between their community and the police has been rising for years. Milwaukee is considered to be one of the most segregated cities in the country. We speak with Muhibb Dyer, community activist, poet and cofounder of the organization Flood the Hood with Dreams.
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