Federal prosecutors have charged a Milwaukee teen mentor with attempting to firebomb a police station during riots two summers ago.

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A former Milwaukee police officer who was acquitted last year in a fatal shooting that sparked two nights of riots will serve three years in prison for unrelated sex crimes.

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Attorneys are weighing a plea deal in the sexual assault case of a former Milwaukee police officer acquitted in a fatal shooting that sparked riots in the city.

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A Milwaukee jury needed less than two days of deliberations to acquit a former police officer in the on-duty shooting of a black man last year that sparked two nights of violence on the city's north side.

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Jury deliberations have entered a second day in the trial of a former Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a black man after a foot chase last year, igniting riots in the predominantly African-American neighborhood where it happened.

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The prosecutor who charged a former Milwaukee police officer with first-degree reckless homicide in the killing a 23-year-old black man told jurors Tuesday the man was defenseless and "looked like a child" when he was fatally shot last year.

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Madison should pay close attention to the Milwaukee trial of a former police officer in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.

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Attorneys for a former Milwaukee police officer charged in a fatal shooting will begin making their case that the officer was acting in self-defense when he killed a black man after a brief foot chase.

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A former Milwaukee police officer on trial in a shooting that sparked riots in a predominantly black neighborhood told investigators he feared that he and a colleague would be "killed or seriously injured" by the man he fatally shot.

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Prosecutors on Thursday were expected to show body camera footage from the Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a black man following a traffic stop last August, setting off two nights of rioting.

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A black man killed by Milwaukee police after fleeing a traffic stop was unarmed and defenseless when an officer shot him "point blank," a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday, while defense attorneys said the officer believed the man still had a gun.

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A former Milwaukee police officer whose fatal shooting of a black man last year ignited riots on the city's north side goes on trial this week.

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A judge has denied a change of venue in the trial of a former Milwaukee police officer charged with reckless homicide in the shooting death of a suspect during a traffic stop.

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A former Milwaukee police officer will go on trial for the shooting death of a black man, attorneys told a judge Thursday, an indication that there's no plea deal in the works.

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A former Milwaukee police officer accused of fatally shooting a black man during a traffic stop waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday, erasing a chance for the public to see body camera footage of the incident.

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Violence and arson on the north side of Milwaukee after the fatal shooting of a black man by police. A big development in the "Making a Murderer" case that so transfixed TV viewers nationwide. A gunman who opened fire on prom-goers in a small northern Wisconsin town.

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The prosecutor who charged a former Milwaukee police officer with killing a black man in a shooting that sparked riots in Wisconsin's largest city said Friday that he's not trying to send a message to the public about police use-of-force.

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A former Milwaukee police officer is charged with reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of a black man that sparked two nights of riots.

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A Milwaukee police officer whose fatal shooting of a black man sparked a weekend of violent unrest in the city has been ordered to stand trial on unrelated sex assault charges.

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