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Feds charge man with planning to firebomb police station
Federal prosecutors have charged a Milwaukee teen mentor with attempting to firebomb a police station during riots two summers ago.
Ex-Milwaukee officer sentenced to 3 years for sex crimes
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.
Ex-Milwaukee cop weighs plea offer in sexual assault case
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.
Swift acquittal for former Milwaukee cop charged in shooting
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.
Deliberations in Milwaukee police shooting enter second day
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.
Jury deliberations begin in trial for former Milwaukee cop
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.
View from around the state: Trial shows need for cop cameras in Madison
Madison should pay close attention to the Milwaukee trial of a former police officer in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.
Ex-officer begins defense in Milwaukee shooting trial
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.
Prosecutors conclude case in Milwaukee police shooting
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.
Bodycam shows shooting of black man by Milwaukee officer (UPDATE)
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.
Milwaukee prosecutor: Ex-officer shot man ‘point blank’
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.
Ex-Milwaukee officer’s trial to begin in death of black man
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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- Wisconsin Attorney General announces $100,000 water pollution settlement
- Milwaukee man sentenced to 30 year bifurcated prison term as ringleader of $9.6 million cocaine conspiracy
- Gov. Evers Grants 82 Pardons, Bringing Total Pardons Granted to 1,111
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