After being expelled from three high schools, Mayes landed in Project Excel, a school for juveniles on probation. In Milwaukee, the protests have been sustained for over 120 days. “There’s also pantries. 9:37 p.m. -- Police officers seen coming out with tactical gear at 37th and Center. The Village of Shorewood has added to the list of area communities with curfew orders in place. Coleman points to a list of wins that he says have come about, at least in part, from the protest movement: The termination of Milwaukee Public Schools’ contract with the Milwaukee Police Department. Nitty wears a T-shirt and a face mask created for him by an 11-year old girl. That’s not who he is.”, Nitty effortlessly weaves his way through a tightly packed crowd outside Milwaukee City Hall as the Fire and Police Commission meets inside to weigh the job status of embattled Police Chief, As usual, Nitty is livestreaming the action. “Then we have no way of helping them.”, Although deeply disturbed by the circumstances surrounding Floyd’s death, Mayes didn’t want attention shifted away from a series of people of color killed by police in his hometown – Joel Acevedo, Jay Anderson, Ernest Lacy, Dontre Hamilton, Sylville Smith. pic.twitter.com/dRmjv9PTz8, Officers in riot gear are in front of the protesters. “This is the revolution.”, Subscribe “It’s a really important cause, and they are making things happen.”. It’s a build-the-cause moment.”.
Sign-in to take full advantage of your membership, including an ad-free website and improved browsing experience. Nitty is slender and sports dreadlocks that fall well past his shoulders. Nitty would call for peace while he livestreamed protests later that summer, when Sherman Park erupted in chaos following the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith. Let’s save our lives.” - Reporter Adriana Mendez. The same night Taylor was killed, LMPD executed warrants on five properties in the area. “But Frank has that to the extreme. Tired of seeing banner ads on Urban Milwaukee? Nitty, Coleman and Mayes pledge to keep up the fight until racial equity is gained and police are held accountable for their actions. 12:30 a.m. -- Authorities in riot gear arrive at Boost Mobile store at Teutonia and Villard. Instead, a grand jury indicted one of the officers on three counts of wanton endangerment for firing blindly into a neighbors apartment during the shooting.
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Several young people flock to Nitty requesting a picture. As the early protests gained momentum, a charismatic figure emerged as probably the main face of the protests – or at least the one with the greatest social media reach. It’s hard to see what path the movement will follow, but state Rep. Jonathan Brostoff, a Milwaukee Democrat who has attended most of the daily marches and rallies, has been impressed with what its leaders have been able to accomplish and sustain. Last year, Express Yourself Milwaukee adapted Coleman’s Keylanda’s Story into a four-act play incorporated into the group’s annual performance at the Miller High Life Theatre. His books are included in a curriculum, which he has supplied to school districts, juvenile facilities and youth organizations. “It’s a really important cause, and they are making things happen.”. “It pissed me off,” Dodd admitted. When I was growing up, anybody who knew my dad, that’s all they talked about. From there, the protesters marched downtown. The upheaval in Sherman Park brought trouble for Mayes, who is accused in a federal indictment of plotting to firebomb a Milwaukee police station and houses in West Allis. Reporter Adriana Mendez reports a large law enforcement presence near 27th and Auer. Portraits of Nitty, Coleman and Mayes run alongside the sidewalk, along with renderings of Sam Alford, Jeremiah Thomas, Elle Halo, Tommy Franecki, Markasa Tucker, Tory Lowe, Sedan Smith and Monique Liston. The march on the freeway drew a massive response from law enforcement, as deputies tried to keep traffic away from the protesters. Cell phone video from a passerby shows Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes.