2016 Milwaukee riots
Series of demonstrations against police brutality in southeast Wisconsin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On August 13, 2016, a riot began in the Sherman Park neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.[9] During the three-day turmoil, several people, including police officers, were injured and dozens of protesters arrested.[3] A nightly curfew was set up for teenagers in the area.[4]
2016 Milwaukee riots | |||
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Date | August 13–15, 2016 | ||
Location | North Sherman and West Auer 43.077°N 87.9675°W / 43.077; -87.9675 | ||
Caused by | Fatal shooting of Sylville Smith by police | ||
Methods | Protests, rioting, looting, arson, shooting, assaults | ||
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Casualties, arrests, prosecution | |||
Death(s) | 1 | ||
Injuries | 10+[2][3] | ||
Arrested | 41[2][3][4] | ||
Charged | 5 demonstrators,[5][6][7] 1 police officer[8] | ||
Outcome | Milwaukee Police Department Victory |
Smith was running on foot and armed with a stolen handgun when he was shot.[10] Smith and the officer who fired the fatal shots, Dominique Heaggan-Brown, were both African-American. Video from the officer's bodycam showed that Smith had turned with the gun in his hand toward the officer just before the officer shot him.[11]
Heaggan-Brown was criminally charged with Smith's death[8][12] and acquitted at trial.[13] This was the first homicide charge against a Milwaukee police officer in over a decade.[12] A civil lawsuit is currently pending.[14]