Next night. Pari had to make this announcement. We had a really nice rehearsal with matt roberts last night and this morning he passed away at the hotel. The stunned crowd honored roberts. With ten minutes of silence. We shut the entire stage down except for one spotlight and we put matts les paul on the stage. Roberts dad was in town. And thanked the crowd for their support. This is a hard thing you can imagine. He says he doesnt know what killed his son. But says his son suffered from anxiety his the songs theyd rehearsed together. And i spoke with roberts dad tonight in mississippi. He tells me the people of wisconsin took care of me during the most difficult time of my life. Matt had a dream as a child and made that dream into a reality and lived life as big as he could. He left a great legacy. Roberts was 38. Reporting live in the newsroom. Jenna sachs. Fox 6 news. Mend. Milwaukee mayor tom barrett has canceled the 10 p. M. Curfew for those 17 years old and younger. He says the ea
Charging decision to come fast that it did in the 2014 dontre hamilton case; that took nearly six months. The das office declined to comment today. Ted thanks aj despite todays new details from the attorney general the aclu of wisconsin says many questions still remain unanswered. Fox6s Madeline Anderson is live in downtown milwaukee where she spoke with the organizations executive director. The aclu has been pusing for more transparency from both the department of justice and Milwaukee Police. That includes releasing the body camera footage of the incident. And information on the moments leading up to it. A week after calling for the release of the body camera video in the officer involved shooting death of Sylville Smith. Aclu of wisconsin executive director chris ahmuty is still too long, speculation is going to continue, trust is going to be undermined. During a News Conference on the august 13th incident. Attorney general brad schimel said all critical witnesses have been intervie
The investigation. He says it took longer than usual for doj agents to collect evidence at the scene because initially, it wasnt safe there. He also says reviewing the video is challenging because the first parts dont have sound. I believe its a 30second delay before the audio starts after the incident recording begins. Schmiel does not put a timeline on the investigation but says he;s hopeful a charging decision will come sooner than it did in the 2014 dontre hamilton case, we are very optimistic that this will move much faster. The das office declined to comment on todays announcement. Schimel confirms some of the state investigators on this case are retired from mpd. However, he does not see that as a conflict on interest, saying theres no direct relationship between the investigators and the officers involved. Since the august 13th shooting. The aclu has been calling on the state and Milwaukee Police to be more the attorney general for releasing new details in the investigation. In
And that that motion carries well take that without objection. Thank you. Any other items before us today. Theres no further business. Thank you very much this meeting is america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all that this is a reminder under the administrative code the ripping and use of paernlz and similarly be sounding electronics is disruptive set all to silent mode or turn the device off completely this is the regular meeting wednesday, february 10, 2016, and the time is 905 roll call commissioner president covington commissioner Vice President cleaveland commissioner nakajo commissioner hardeman chief chief joanne hayeswhite item 2 general Public Comment this time, members of the public may address the commission items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will