"Defund the Police" message taken down

Milwaukee Public Works crews removed the "defund the police" message for safety reasons.

THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE ISREMOVING A "DEFUND THE POLICE"MURAL PAINTED ON THE STREET...CITING SAFETY CONCERNS.MARY JOOLA IS LIVE ON WATER STREETRIGHT NOW... WHERE CREWS ARESCRUBBING OFF THE PAINT...THIS IS THIS IS MILWAUKEEPUBLIC WORKS CREWS HAVE BEENHERE FOR A FEW HOURSNOW...WASHING THE PAINT OFFTHE SOUTHBOUND LANE...JUSTSTEPS FROM CITY HALL.DPW SAYS THE PAINTING COVERSTRAFFIC MARKINGS...AND IS VERYSLICK WHEN WET....MAKING ITDIFFICULT FOR VEHICLES TOBRAKE WHEN APPROACHING THEWELLS STREET INTERSECTION.IN ASTATEMENT THE PUBLIC WORKSCOMMISSIONER SAYS THE MESSAGEHAS BEEN HEAR LOUD AND CLEARBY POLICY MAKERS...AND THEYHAVE NO INTENTION OF TRYING TODIMINISH VOICES CALLING FORCHANGE...THEIR CONCERN ISSAFETY.

WE CAUGHT UP WITHACTIVIST FRANK NITTY WHO WASOUT HERE WATCHING CREWS ATWORK.It doesn't bother me at all.They're spending a lot ofmoney.

This just shows howfast they can move at the citywhen they want to.

We justhope we can get them to movethis fast to fix the potholesin the inner city where to putthe speed bumps we've beenasking for for years.

This isjust another sign of two talesof two different citiesNOT CLEAR HOW NOT CLEAR HOWLONG IT'LL TAKE CREWS TOREMOVE THE PAINT.FRANK SAYSTHEY'LL REPLACE THE MURAL WITHONE THAT ADDRESSES THE CITY'SSAFETY CONCERNS.MJO TMJ4 NE