Milwaukee sheriff: Riots caused by 'welfare state'
The claim that racially motivated police officers are routinely targeting young black men across America was at the center of two nights of rioting in Milwaukee that followed the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man by a city officer.
Once again, although the investigation is ongoing, the prevailing narrative on the street doesn’t appear to match the facts. Based on video from the body camera of the officer – who is black – 23-year-old Sylville Smith ran from police after a traffic stop and was shot only after he raised his gun at the officer after being told to drop it.
Milwaukee Country Sheriff David Clarke, an African-American, believes there is a serious social problem at the heart of the unrest and the incidents with police nationwide....