Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett declared a citywide curfew in a press conference on Monday in an effort to quell violent unrest in the wake of a police shooting over the weekend. “There is a curfew that will be more strictly enforced tonight for teenagers,” Barrett said. “So parents, after 10 o’clock your teenagers better be home or in a place where they’re off the streets.”The mayor did not specify what discipline curfew violators should expect. The unrest began after a Milwaukee officer shot and killed 23-year-old Sylville Smith, a black man, after he allegedly pointed a stolen semi-automatic handgun at police. Mayor Barrett encouraged state officials investigating the incident to release the footage as soon as possible , hoping to ease fear and suspicion in the community that the police account of the shooting is untrue.

Source: The Guardian August 15, 2016 21:06 UTC