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Protesters To File Complaint With Wauwatosa City Clerk

Organizers for a march protesting the police shooting deaths of Jay Anderson and Alvin Cole say they're submitting a formal complaint.

The march will stop by Mayfair Mall, near the site where Alvin Cole was shot and killed.
The march will stop by Mayfair Mall, near the site where Alvin Cole was shot and killed. (Photo by Scott Anderson/Patch)

WAUWATOSA, WI — Several groups protesting the police shooting deaths of Alvin Cole and Jay Anderson say the're marching in Wauwatosa Thursday, in addition to delivering a formal complaint to the Wauwatosa City Clerk.

The Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, Youth Rising Up, and the Black Educators Caucus MKE are hosting the march. An event page announcing the march was posted on Facebook earlier this week.

Organizers say they will be meeting at Wauwatosa City Hall, 7725 W. North Ave. at 2 p.m., and then marching to Mayfair Mall to meet up with another group of protestors being led by Community Task Force and the Cole Family.

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From there, the group is expected to march to The Cheesecake Factory by Mayfair Mall where Cole was shot and killed earlier this year by Wauwatosa police.

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