Category: BLM MKE
This page features news reports published by Milwaukee Independent about the George Floyd protests, the related Black Lives Matter movement, and their impact on the local community.
Editorial Note: We have published extensive features about racism since the very start of our news organization. This special “Black Lives Matter - Milwaukee” category was created to compile the extraordinary coverage related to the death of George Floyd, and all the intersecting issues since May 25, 2020. mkeind.com/GeorgeFloydProtests
Black Lives Matter | The George Floyd Protests in Milwaukee
MCTS creates Rosa Parks scholarship as part of 5th annual tribute to her resistance of bus segregation
In addition to its annual on-board tribute recognizing Rosa Parks and her contribution to the...
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Nate Hamilton: On becoming the kind of leader his parents taught him to be
By PrincessSafiya Byers and Bridget Fogarty • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Almost seven...
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Flight Risk: GOP donors help Kyle Rittenhouse get out of Kenosha jail after funding $2M bail
A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin...
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Joseph Mensah: Officer who killed Alvin Cole will resign from Wauwatosa police force on November 30
It was announced on November 17 that the controversial Wauwatosa Police officer Joseph Mensah will...
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Garrity v. New Jersey: The 1967 Supreme Court decision linking Rodney King’s trial to probe of Joseph Mensah
Five Wauwatosa Police officers with important information about the scene of the 2016 police...
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Dontre Hamilton Park: New proposal could end opposition to renaming Red Arrow Park
Milwaukee-native Dontre Hamilton was 31 years-old at the time of his death, which came on April...
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