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MILWAUKEE – WTMJ News presents the latest in its ongoing “Community Conversation” series on the controversial tasing of Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard Sterling Brown. The ensuing local and national reaction to the release of the bodycam video from the Milwaukee Police Department has been significant.
The one-hour special will air Thursday, May 31st from 3pm – 4pm. The show will be a forum for civic leaders, team officials and law enforcement experts to discuss details of the event, reaction from both sides of the story and community policing tactics.
“This story touches our audience in many ways,” said Eric Brooks, WTMJ Director of Programming and News. “It’s our responsibility to provide issue-responsive programming on complex challenges impacting our community, such as this.”
Listeners will hear exclusive interviews with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Police Association President Mike Crivello, and live discussions with Wisconsin Voices' African American Roundtable Director Markasa Tucker, and former police officer and proper arrest and use of force tactics instructor Robert Willis.
WTMJ’s John Mercure and Melissa Barclay will moderate the one-hour special.
WTMJ Radio is the flagship home of the Milwaukee Bucks.
About WTMJ
WTMJ is Milwaukee’s heritage radio station. Serving the state of Wisconsin, northern and western Michigan and northern Illinois with its 50,000-watt 620 AM signal, in Milwaukee at 103.3 FM and leading radio website, WTMJ.com. WTMJ is the winner of radio’s highest honor, The National Association of Broadcasters' 2014 Marconi Radio Award as “Station of the Year.” The station was also recently awarded “2017 Station of the Year” and “2017 News Operation of the Year” by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
About Scripps
The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) serves audiences and businesses through a growing portfolio of local and national media brands. With 33 television stations, Scripps is one of the nation’s largest independent TV station owners. Scripps runs an expanding collection of national journalism and content businesses, including Newsy, the next-generation national news network; podcast industry leader Midroll Media; and fast-growing national broadcast networks Bounce, Grit, Escape and Laff. Scripps produces original programming including “Pickler & Ben,” runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, “Give light and the people will find their own way.”
