Crime & Safety
10 Arrested, Police Squad Smashed In Shorewood Demonstrations
Authorities in Shorewood said a police squad was damaged and an officer hit with a brick during Monday night's civil unrest.
SHOREWOOD, WI — Carrying signs that read "black lives matter" and "stop killing us," a group of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd last week made their way into Milwaukee's north shore communities including Shorewood on Monday night into early Tuesday.
Shorewood had been under a curfew again Monday night, though protesters marched through the evening, eventually making contact with police.
A protester stands near police officers at Oakland & Menlo in Shorewood holding a sign that reads “Stop Killing Us” pic.twitter.com/TbDvei5zwn
— Mary Spicuzza (@MSpicuzzaMJS) June 2, 2020
According to a JSOnline report, early protests were generally peaceful, but things took a turn when protesters smashed the windshield of a Shorewood police squad at Oakland and Edgewood. The report also stated police made about 10 arrests as some protesters pelted officers with beer cans, ice bottles and bricks.
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According to police, by 11 p.m. the group was out of Shorewood.
Downtown Shorewood 3 hours past curfew. pic.twitter.com/Mmt2u8Poar
— BillGlauber (@BillGlauber) June 2, 2020
#MilwaukeeProtest several arrests at shorewood/Milwaukee border. A clear class boundary line that the cops are now ferociously defending. pic.twitter.com/KX2b8sjkZO
— Jareth Copus (@RodionPress) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/RodionPres... 1, 2020
#Milwaukeeprotests made it through Shorewood pic.twitter.com/s9GxbB9GLY
— Sam Olson (@Wisconslam) June 2, 2020
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