Officers from multiple jurisdictions are in Milwaukee providing additional security for the convention that began Monday and concludes Thursday.
Police investigate a shooting near King Park during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. The shooting occurred outside of the security perimeter for the Republican National Convention. shot and killed a Milwaukee man on Tuesday, fueling anger from residents who questioned why out-of-state officers were in their neighborhood located about a mile from the convention site.
Milwaukee residents and activists quickly converged on the site of the shooting, many of them expressing outrage about the involvement of a police department in town because of the convention. Dozens of police officers stood behind police tape at the scene, declining to answer questions about what had happened.
Charter buses detour around a crime scene where one person was shot and killed by police during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention,Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. The shooting occurred outside of the security perimeter for the Republican National Convention. “They shouldn’t have jurisdiction to be in this area. This isn’t near where the zones are,” Johnson said. “These are tent communities over here, they shouldn’t be over here.
@Pvigna Republican-National-Convention
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Dozens of Columbus police officers working security at Republican National Convention in MilwaukeeFraternal Order of Police Lodge 9 Vice President Pete Casuccio said the team consists of front-line officers, dialogue officers and officers who are bike-trained.
Read more »
Texas officers, including Austin police, sent to Milwaukee for Republican National ConventionOfficials with Austin Watershed Protection have detected a large amount of toxic blue algae in Lady Bird Lake.
Read more »
62 Indiana State Police troopers in Milwaukee for Republican National ConventionTrump said the upper part of his right ear was pierced by a bullet. His aides said he was in “great spirits' after the attack.
Read more »
Out-of-state officers fatally shot a man blocks away from the RNC, angering Milwaukee residentsPolice officers shot and killed a person in Milwaukee on Tuesday about five blocks outside of the Republican National Convention’s outer security perimeter,…
Read more »
City of Milwaukee to run tight ship for security during Republican National ConventionMilwaukee to run tight ship for security during Republican National Convention
Read more »
Illinois Republican Chairman Don Tracy resigns just weeks before RNC in MilwaukeeDon Tracy’s often-turbulent three years as head of state GOP was marked by repeated Republican campaign losses and internal party controversies.
Read more »