very much. Thank you. Community advocates say the city should be
held accountable in the fatal shooting of a man who had been
living in a tent less than a mile from the security perimeter
during the RNC. The Columbus, Ohio, Police Department released
body cam footage of its officers shooting and killing Samuel
Sharpe as he wielded a knife in an apparent street fight. Stop!
Drop the knife. >> Drop the knife. Drop the
knife! Please drop your knife. Drop. Drop the knife now! Drop
it now! >> But why? We're out of state
police patrolling city neighborhoods beyond the
Black Leaders Organizing for communities calls Sharp's death
devastating. Angela, thanks very much for being here.
>> Thanks for having me. >> So you blame the RNC for the
death of Samuel Sharpe? Why >> I do, I, I fully believe that
had the RNC not been hosted in Milwaukee, we wouldn't have even
had those out of state police even over there. And I think
there is calls and questions of why they were over there in the
first place. And I've seen, accounts from friends and family
members that all have said that if this was a local police
officer, it probably would not have resulted in his death
because they knew him, and they would be more trained in
de-escalation. as to the question as to why
those officers were there? >> I have not, I did see some
commentary from law enforcement trying to explain, why they were
out there. And I know that there was a response that on the last
day of the RNC, if there were out of state cops patrolling
some of those areas, they would be accompanied with the
Milwaukee Police Department officer, which doesn't quite
answer the question. And I don't think actually really solved or
got to the heart of the issues. >> Just ahead of the convention,
there were sweeps downtown of unsheltered people. How did that
play into this? >> Yeah, I mean, I think with
any convention, and we had similar concerns if we were to
host the DNC about unhoused folks and the additional
security. And when you have a large convention or a large
event like this, a lot of folks, they want to beautify, their
city and make it look as attractive as possible. And so a
lot of folks were told, I believe, by last week, Saturday,
that they had to find a different place to go. Folks
have said that law enforcement did provide resources, but
there's only so many shelters and so many beds that I can
imagine it push folks to go to other areas, away from maybe
where they typically were before the convention.
betrayed by the mayor for, quote, rolling out the red
carpet for people who hate us. How about now, after the
convention, I'm even more betrayed and saddened, that this
is actually what happened in our city.
warnings, from community members and residents that said we did
not want this hateful language. And this hateful party, but have
also been saying about the increase in law enforcement
would have been a concern. And it goes to show what happens
when you don't actually listen to community members and
actually listen to our concerns, because unfortunately, now we're
having to deal with this tragedy and losing a Milwaukee community
member in a city that Donald Trump called horrible.
on Milwaukee helped show it in a different light?
>> You know, I'm not sure, you know, we've we've seen reports
and commentary that some of the folks weren't, you know,
necessarily seeing some of the great, amazing places of
Milwaukee. There are restaurants, beloved restaurants
and didn't have as many reservations. So I'm curious of
how much the participants actually saw of Milwaukee, I
hope that they left with a different perspective, but I
will say that even tweeting about the shooting that happened
and seeing some of the comments in my mentions, I'm not sure if
people, have any sympathy for Milwaukee. And I think some
folks still consider it a place of murder and crime in these
terrible stereotypes and statistics.
know about the City of Milwauke? >> Well, I want people to know
that Milwaukee is an incredibly beautiful and special place. And
I say this as a lifelong resident by choice, I chose to
live here and to work here. One of my favorite things is the
summer, but also the people and the resilience. And that in the
face of tragedy, we always find a way to center joy and come
together and find a way to make things work, even under really
tremendous circumstances. tremendous circumstances.