MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) – Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett met for about 45 minutes Friday with the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
Barrett spokesman Jeff Fleming said the mayor discussed violence and unemployment in Wisconsin’s largest city. Fleming called it a “constructive discussion.”
It came a few hours before Jackson was to march with those demanding a federal review of the Milwaukee Police Department, in the wake of an officer’s shooting of Dontre Hamilton.
Jackson supports calls by Hamilton’s family and supporters for a complete federal review of police procedures and practices.
The Milwaukee U.S. attorney’s office is investigating whether Hamilton’s civil rights were violated when fired officer Christopher Manney got into a scuffle with him, and then shot him to death last April at the city’s downtown Red Arrow Park.
Jackson’s Rainbow Push Coalition gave the Hamilton shooting some national publicity last weekend with a news conference in Chicago. At that time, Jackson said he’d do what he can to provide direct support to Hamilton’s family and backers.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
