policies. >> You can get the full
episode of Inside Wisconsin Politics wherever you get
your podcasts. Earlier this week, Madison police in
riot gear cleared out a protest encampment at the
intersection where an officer shot and killed
Corey Ruiz on July 22nd. For at least two nights,
protesters responded by throwing rocks and setting
fires in the street. More than two dozen people have
been arrested. In a written statement, the Ruiz family
denounced any affiliation with the encampment,
calling for people to be peaceful. Here and now,
reporter Murv Seymour was on the scene and brings us
this report. >> I personally do not plan
on leaving this space at all.
>> Going into the 13th day of this protest. The week
begins with tension and a seeming clock ticking at
the corners of Baldwin and Williamson streets. Just
how long could. And would this intersection where
Corey Ruiz was shot and killed by a Madison police
officer remain closed? >> I've been here since the
22nd. >> Some businesses stuck in
the past still shut down as city officials and
protesters work to hash out a resolution that comforts
both sides. Some community members demand a permanent
memorial to honor Corey Ruiz. City officials say
they're open to that, but want an end to the
encampment. >> And now the grief has
turned into anger. Now, because they're not moving
swiftly enough. >> That's what community
activist Jackie Morris says about police and the city's
investigation. He and others continue to demand
that the unidentified officer who pulled the
trigger is arrested and charged.
>> As a community, what are we doing here?
>> Azrael JD, who goes by the name spawn, wants to
see more than that. >> The perfect situation
would be a complete end to policing as we know it, at
least in the city of Madison. Policing should
lie in the hands of the community.
>> I'm sure if they arrested him right now, at
this minute, all this would go away with blink of an
eye. week, all four corners
leading to the scene still cut off by homemade
blockades set up by protesters made of cars,
RVs, debris and at this section, a bed of nails.
>> What's his name? >> A day before the two
week mark of this controversial shooting, in
what seems like a blink of an eye during a pre-dawn
raid, a swarm of nearly 50 law enforcement officers
sweep in, clearing out with force what couldn't be
cleared out with patience, compromise or negotiations.
>> By the time that I got over here on all four of
these corners, there were dozens of cops out here,
dozens on every single corner. And the mayor has
been like, oh, it's dangerous. The businesses
are against them. The neighbors are against them.
It's not sanitary. The food isn't safe. But they always
do that because they will always paint out community
protecting each other. >> Can you guys move off
the spot? I did. >> Kern Latinos.
>> Criticism over policing in Madison makes its way
all the way to leaders at City Hall.
>> How are we supposed to build trust with this? How
do you come back from this? >> This week's virtual
Common Council meeting lasts more than seven hours.
>> But my neighbors, the people I care about, they
are being terrorized every day by these police
officers. >> Three minutes at a time.
Almost 400 people registered to speak, most
in support of more trauma inspired policing.
>> People need to have more of a grieving time for all
this. funding for.
>> Oversight without resources is not oversight.
>> In her first briefing with reporters flanked by
the police chief and other city leaders, the mayor
admits there's work to be done to better
relationships between police and the people
they're sworn to protect. >> I still believe that we
will do better working together than causing more
harm and destruction. I very much hope that our
community can come together, start listening to each
other across difference. Acknowledge some of the
deep structural issues in our society and focus on
how we move forward. >> I've identified some
areas that I think we're going to make immediate
progress on, hopefully in immediate steps, to do some
restructuring to help us get there. But that takes
time. And the mayor's point, it's it's near impossible
to do it when you're in the middle of a crisis.
>> For most of the week, traffic flows through this
traumatized community pretty much like normal.
But the sense of permanent peace and normalcy in and
around this intersection remains to be seen.
>> The community needs some kind of closure, and we
need to be able to trust the police, the ones who
protect and serve us instead of the community
against the police, the police against community.
>> And that's something both sides can agree on.