Protests go on in New York, Wisconsin, dozens arrested

Protests go on in New York, Wisconsin, dozens arrested
# 21 December 2014 00:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. US police forces have arrested dozens of people as fresh protests are held in the United States against police brutality and racial inequality, APA reports quoting Press TV.

The demonstrations in the states of Wisconsin and New York resulted in scuffles and arrests, according to media reports.
Protesters stormed Manhattan Bridge in New York City and shut it down for half an hour. They later scuffled with police officers.
Two protestors, Zachary Campbell and Maria Garcia, were arrested on charges of resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, and rioting.
The protesters are angered by the killing of unarmed African-Americans Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of white police officers in Missouri and New York.
Protesters in Wisconsin’s largest city Milwaukee also blocked a major freeway causing a three-mile traffic jam. Police arrested over seventy protesters and forced the highway open.
Protesters in Milwaukee took part in the #Justice4Dontre demo and expressed their anger at the death of 31-year old black man Dontre Hamilton, who was shot there 14 times by a police officer in April.
District Attorney John Chisholm said earlier in the week that the decision on whether to charge Officer Christopher Manney, now fired from the Milwaukee Police Department, is expected to be made at the end of the year.
Hamilton had a history of mental illness, his family told WTMJ. He was shot dead by Manney because of complaints from Startbucks workers that he was sleeping in the park.
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