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Milwaukee Police Department responds to viral video of protester arrest

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Milwaukee Police Department responds to viral video of protester arrest
Milwaukee Police Department responds to viral video of protester arrest

Milwaukee police are responding to a viral video of an arrest of a protester on Tuesday night.

GOOD MORNING,GOOD MORNING,ATENSE SCENE HERE JUST A SHORTTIME AGO....YOU CAN SEE THECROWD OF PROTESTERS HERE ATDISTRICT FIVE IS NOW GONE, BUT(NATIONAL GUARD?) REMAINS ONTHE SCENE MONITORING THIS AREATHIS IS VIDEO TAKEN JUST AFTERTHREE THIS MORING SHOWS POLICEUSING SOME TYPE OF SMOKE ORGAS ... SENDING PROTESTERSAWAY ... AS SQUAD CARS RUSHINTO THE AREA.IT'S STILLUNCLEAR WHAT LED POLICE TOBREAKUP THIS SPECIFIC PROTESTHERE OVERNIGHT.MEANWHILE, WERE ALSO SEEINGNEW POLICE BODY CAM FOOTAGE... JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM...THAT SHOWS THE MOMENTS THEYSAY SOME OF THE PROTESTERSBEGAN TO THROW OBJECTS ATOFFICERS AT AROUNDSEVEN-THIRTY ON TUESDAY NIGHT.THIS HAPPENED NEAR 6TH ANDMCKINLEY.YOU CAN SEE, POLICEDID CIRCLE SOME OF THE OBJECTSIN RED THERE.A SHORT TIMELATER, POLICE USED WHAT THEYCALL "GAS" TO DISPERSE THECROWD ... SAYING THE PROTESTHAD BECOME UNLAWFUL.AND ALSO BREAKING OVERNIGHT -POLICE RESPONDING TO THISVIDEO ... CAUGHT BY TMJ4CAMERAS ... OF AN ARREST ATTHAT SAME TUESDAY NIGHTPROTEST.MANY OF YOU BECAMECONCERNED ABOUT THE FORCEFULARREST OF THIS 28-YEAR-OLD MANSEEN HERE BEING DRAGGED OFFHIS BIKE.POLICE SAY THAT MANTRIED SURROUNDING AND BLOCKINGSQUAD CARS MONITORING THEDEMONSTRATION TAKING PLACE.SO,OFFICERS FORCEFULLY ARRESTEDTHE MAN, THEY SAY, IN ORDER TOGAIN COMPLIANCE.POLICE SAY THAT MAN WAS CITEDFOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND WASLATER RELEASED.THE FORCE USEDBY POLICE ... IS NOW UNERREVIEW.LIVE OUTSIDE MPDDISTRICT 5 HQ, RYAN JENKINS,TMJ-4 NEWS.

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