The riot in Milwaukee was sparked when police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown shot Sylville K. Smith to death.  The two young men knew each other.  They were high school classmates.  One good, one bad.  One became a lawman, one became an outlaw.  One broke the law, one enforced the law.  One pulled a gun on the other, the other shot him to death.  Both African-Americans. Their city burned. The New York Times headlined that the policeman killed an unarmed man.  That man held a gun loaded with 23 rounds, more firepower than the police officer carried.  Other news media falsely reported that a white policeman shot Smith in the back.  A black police officer shot him in the arm and in the chest. Chaos ensued.  Six businesses were looted then torched, a police car was burned, at least four other police cars were destroyed, white people driving through the area were dragged from their cars and severely beaten because...(Read Full Post)