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On Saturday, about 100 protesters clashed with police near the scene where, earlier in the day, a 23-year-old Black man with a stolen semiautomatic handgun was shot dead by police. But she was actually calling for violence.in the suburbs.
Her comments are in contrast to Smith’s other sister Kimberly Neal who called for calm.
Dozens of people are posting threatening messages online.
In footage obtained by the Daily Mail she said: “Burning down s*** ain’t gonna help nothing”.
Kimberly Neal, Sylville Smith’s other sister, told the same group at the vigil that further violence is no answer, Milwaukee TV station Fox6 Now reported.
Cabrera tweeted a correction on Tuesday, acknowledging the quote had been “shorthanded”.
On Wednesday, anchor Carol Costello issued a rare on-air apology for the editing of the clip.
The Milwaukee Police Department has not officially confirmed Heaggan-Brown’s identity, but the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel independently confirmed Heaggan-Brown to be the police officer.
The body camera video has been sent to the Justice Department for third-party review and has not yet been released to the public. The officer’s name appeared in our report about how threats against him were being widely distributed across the Internet and social networks.
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Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke indicated that Sylville Smith was arrested 13 times, and Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn stated that Smith allegedly had a “lengthy criminal record” including minor and more serious charges, CBS News detailed.
