Protesters threw rocks and fired shots in a second night of violence in a tense neighbourhood of Milwaukee following the deadly police shooting of an armed black man.
Protesters threw rocks and fired shots in a second night of violence in a tense neighbourhood of Milwaukee following the deadly police shooting of an armed black man.
Police dressed in riot gear moved in on the Sherman Park neighborhood around 11 pm on Sunday to disperse an angry crowd and restore order.
Several police officers have been targeted and shot dead across the nation in recent weeks — including five in Dallas — following an outcry over the deaths of unarmed African Americans at the hands of police.
In Milwaukee, in the Midwest state of Wisconsin, officers at one point used an armoured vehicle to rescue a shooting victim and rush the person to hospital.
“Officers continue to have rocks thrown at them as they work to disburse small, disorderly groups in area around Sherman and Burleigh,” police said on Twitter, adding that armored vehicles were deployed to protect officers.
On Saturday, an angry crowd of at least 200 people took to the streets, torching at least six businesses, including a BP gas station and auto parts store that were destroyed, police said.
Violence broke out following the fatal shooting of local man Sylville Smith, 23.
