Wisconsin National Guard's Activation in Response to Protests is Over
Thursday, June 11th, 2020 -- 10:55 AM
(AP) -The Wisconsin National Guard’s activation to assist police responding to protests in major cities across Wisconsin following the death of George Floyd is over, Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday.Nearly 1,500 Guard members were mobilized over the past week to assist local police with protests, some of which were violent, in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha and Racine. Most protests were peaceful. Floyd died after he was pinned to the pavement by a white Minneapolis police officer on May 25 who put a knee on his neck for what prosecutors said was 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
Cellphone video of the encounter, including Floyd’s pleas of “I can’t breathe,” ignited protests and scattered violence across the U.S. and around the world, turning the 46-year-old Floyd into a worldwide symbol of injustice.
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