August 16, 2016
After a night of violent protests, tensions remained high in Milwaukee as residents gathered Sunday to mourn an armed man shot to death by police.
Family
and friends of Sylville Smith, 23, held a candlelight vigil at the site
of Saturday's shooting in a residential area of North Milwaukee.
The
shooting triggered unrest in the city's north side Saturday night as
protesters torched businesses and threw rocks at officers. Four officers
were injured and 17 people were arrested, Mayor Tom Barrett said.
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- On Milwaukee, segregation and pain made visible, Milwaukee Neighborhood News, August 17, 2016
- "Too Many Candles": A Documentary On Milwaukee Gun Violence, PBS VIDEO, May 6, 2016
White or Wrong: The origins of an edited video claiming to show black protesters hunting down and beating whites in Milwaukee are murky. Snopes.com
