Office charged a Brown Deer Police officer for shooting a man in the back. The incident happened back in march when 26yearold Manuel Burnley argued with a bus driver after not having an updated bus pass. To have an individual on the ground, face down, and have an officer stand over him and shoot him in the back, thats somewhat unprecedented. Safran says his client still has the bullet lodged in his body. Part of his lung had to be , to return to work but hes , relieved with this decision. He believes that theres some accountability and he realizes that many individuals in these kinds of cases have not received that kind of justice and that kind of accountability. According to the complaint, officer kraemer and her partner struggled with burnley to the ground. Quote she was unable to gain she was unable to gain control of burnleys left arm and she against burnleys back. Safran says after burnley was shot, the male officer yelled a racial slur. When he asked the officers what happened, t
Says about 400 protesters are involved in what they are calling a riot. Law enforcement and protesters faced off overnight. Demonstrators reportedly have been trying to cross a bridge in Morton County and officials are trying to stop them. There are reports that police are using Water Cannons and tear gas to control the protesters. A gym in a nearby town opened up to protesters to help them stay warm as temperatures dipped into the 20s overnight. Protests in north dakota have been going on for months over an oil pipeline thats under construction. Protesters say it could poison the water supply for the Standing Rock sioux reservation. Back to you. Tim, thank you. Melinda new this morning, a protest in north dakota getting support from right here in wisconsin. The hochunk tribe held a benefit in Wisconsin Dells yesterday raising money to support the protesters. Theyre speaking out against an oil pipeline. At the fundraiser, local people who have traveled to north all kinds of nationaliti
Plank road under the freeway. No troubles here at all. In fact, just 12 minutes on 41 , 45 southbound. Rolling on 94 eastbound through the construction zone, 10 minutes. I will continue to keep an eye on it. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. Right now, authorities in texas and missouri are investigating after two Police Officers were shot in separate incidents. In san antonio writing a ticket in his squad car. The suspect is still on the run. And in saint louis an officer sitting in traffic was shot twice but is expected to survive. The suspect was later killed by police one of the busiest travel weeks of the year is here. Many of you will be driving or flying. Thema is joining us live with a look ahead. Good morning, thema. This is what many people are doing, getting behind the wheel to head out for the thanksgiving Holiday Travel. But before you do that, and join the people who are on the roads, the more than nine hundred thousand that is expected to
Asked that the counting be done by hand in all of wisconsins 72 counties to verify electronic Voting Machines werent hacked. The request was denied by the Wisconsin Elections commission, which then prompted the lawsuit. Stein says this is all about having checks and balances. Jill stein its not just a question about hacking. Let me be clear about that. Its also human error, just mistakes in the way that these optical scannersthey cant always read if someone has checked off intent. A human being would say this is the vote that they intended, but a machine would miss it. So, theyre all kinds of reasons why the machines need to be verified. And thats what were asking here is that we have a vote that we can have confidence inand that we can believe in. President elect donald trump beat Hillary Clinton by about 22thousand votes in wisconsin. The recount will start thursday as long as stein meets todays deadline to pay for it. Live in studio. Meanwhile trump is filling more positions in his
Could happen again during the recount. Yesterday the Election Commission denounced that idea saying the machines are secureand because theyre not connected to the internet a hack is virtually impossible. If a hand count is ordered counties will be scrambling to meet deadlines. If a hand count is required by the elections board, it will be somewhat difficult for Milwaukee County to provide that in the time limit that we have been given. We have to have this done by 8pm on dec. 1 12th. Its also going to cost more Milwaukee County submitan estimated recount cost of 536 thousand dollars, but a hand count could up that number by 100 or 200 thousand dollars. And the latest estimate from the Election Commission has gone up now to 3. 9 Million Dollars. That money is due in the next hour. And the hearing over whether all votes should be counted by hand also starting soon. Well keep an eye on everything and bring you any developments. Live i madison Kristen Barbaresi cbs 58 news. 3 while Milwauk