>> A Madison police officer shot and killed a man as
four officers attempted to arrest him this week on
Madison's near East Side. Cell phone video of the
altercation quickly went viral. The community
response was swift, demanding answers and
action. Reporter and videographer Marissa Wojcik
has more. But first, a warning to viewers. This
video contains sounds of gunfire.
>> Who died today? Who was murdered today?
>> Lori. >> We want the officer's
name tonight and we want him arrested.
>> Protesters swelled the main traffic artery leading
to the state capitol Wednesday. Soon after,
police shot and killed Cory Ruiz during an arrest.
>> We all witnessed on social media last night. A
human being take the life of another human being. We
were all there. >> Outrage over what online
footage showed led community members to
disrupt a city press conference and an event at
the Capitol. >> A lot of these places
don't even care and what is going on is wrong. But yet
y'all sit here with stale faces.
>> Police say officers responded to a call of a
man checking parked vehicles after he attempted
to flee. A physical altercation ensued. One
officer attempted to use a Taser, which failed. Police
say Ruiz injured an officer with a knife before that
officer opened fire. >> When you see someone
shot on camera and the shooting happens within a
matter of, you know, one, two, three seconds, that is
angering and it's horrifying and it's
heartbreaking. >> I want to be clear. It
does not matter who you are or what your past is, you
should not lose your life as a result of an encounter
with law enforcement. That should not happen.
>> City officials responded to calls for accountability
Thursday. >> My first thought is when
the officer is walking away, why isn't he walking away
in cuffs? That's my first thought.
on George Floyd's neck, and we don't want to hear it
today. That's the. >> It's really
understandable that people want answers right now. I
want them to. But the honest truth is that good
investigations take time. We have to let the
investigation play out. >> This is an open and
active homicide investigation. Right now.
>> The investigation is being led by the Wisconsin
Department of Justice Division of Criminal
Investigation. >> They are hunting us.
They are hunting us. >> I think everyone in this
room can feel the thinness of trust in this city right
now, right? I can feel it. It did not start yesterday.
And it's not abstract. It's the direct result, I think,
of what our community has gone through and we have
watched repeat. The shooting happened a block
and a half from where Tony Robinson was shot and
killed by a Madison police officer in 2015. It
happened near the same corner where Paul Heenan
was shot and killed by a police officer in Madison
in 2012. So three fatal encounters with police
department within roughly 14 years, on the same
handful of blocks. >> This is not new to
Madison. >> This is the third death
of a Black man on Willy Street. This is not new.
That's why when we say no justice, we mean no peace.
>> There is not enough de-escalation. There are
poor training methods, and then there is a tendency to
go to the most lethal form of subduing somebody as
possible. When you pull out a gun, someone is going to
die. And we've seen it happen time and time again,
and we need that to change. Now.
>> Many in the community are calling for all
officers to wear body cameras.
>> As you know, we don't have a broad deployment of
body worn cameras in Madison, and I understand
that this fact does create another challenge to
repairing trust in our community.
department isn't already deploying them.
>> So the community advocated against
implementation of body worn cameras for some years. And
then more importantly, more recently, the community
took a different turn and supported body worn cameras.
In the time that I've been on the council, the support
for body worn cameras has increased and they'll be
funded. I'm confident that they'll be.
>> Funded. >> And we're not going to
wait for a final report from DC, I to begin the
work of examining our policies, our training and
response. We're going to do that now.
>> We'll be here every night until we get justice
for the family. >> There's a collective
anger, there's a collective pain there, and there's a
collective loss. >> Is name.
>> For me. >> Say his name.