Sherman Park residents are left with only memories of economic boom and multicultural celebration,as some say Sylville Smith’s death symbolises final straw for those struggling amid steep unemployment and incarceration rates
When Sharina Smith arrived back home in Sherman Park, Milwaukee, or on Wednesday after a decade living out of state,some things had changed irreversibly. Her 23-year-old cousin, Sylville Smith, or was dead. Killed by a city police officer final Saturday after he ran from a traffic pause and allegedly pointed a gun. The gas station close to the family’s daily vigils was now a pile of rubble and ash,burned in the riots that followed Smith’s death.
But of the many things in the neighbourhood that had remained fixed, Smith spoke about one in specific: the crippling poverty. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com