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11:00 p.m. Milwaukee Police are making arrests of those violating curfew. The largest police presence are around the border of Milwaukee and Shorewood and the UW-Milwaukee campus.
We are making several curfew arrests and we are towing vehicles. Go home or you will be arrested and your car will be towed.
— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) June 1, 2020
10:25 p.m. Despite a 9 p.m. curfew in Milwaukee and several other Milwaukee County municipalities, a group of people continue to travel around protesting. Our news partners at TMJ4 News sharing photos of how police in Shorewood are reacting.
Police have blocked off several intersections in Shorewood as protesters continue to march in the area near Capitol Dr. pic.twitter.com/Wk4tJ2Gj4F
— TMJ4 News (@tmj4) June 1, 2020
6:30 p.m. Several groups of protestors have gathered outside Milwaukee Police Headquarters.
ORIGINAL POST:
For a third straight day, hundreds of people are gathering in Milwaukee to protest the death of George Floyd.
So far this afternoon faith and community leaders have led a protest and march around North Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive and Locust Avenue on the city’s north side.
As a precaution, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office shutdown I-43 between the Marquette Interchange and Capitol Drive. They have done similar closures since Friday evening to prevent protestors from trying to enter the interstate system.
Also taking place today was a Salt and Light Peaceful Prayer Protest at the bandshell at Washington Park. WTMJ’s Kevin Wells says hundreds attended to hear people speak and lead in prayer. It ended with everyone taking a knee.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has issued another curfew for Sunday night, running from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday morning. It comes after a second night of looting and rioting on the city’s north side. Saturday.
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