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Doretha Lock, right, mother of Christopher Davis, hugs Kamila Ahmed after both shared memories and calls to action Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Milwaukee, Wis. Davis was killed by a Walworth County sheriff’s deputy in 2016. Angela Major/WPR
Doretha Lock was a child in 1981 when she heard about
What followed Lacy’s death
the details of which are still unclear all these years later was weeks of protest in the city similar to the reaction to
George Floyd‘s murder in Minneapolis 40 years later.
Remember their names rally, call to action takes place in Washington Park © Provided by WISN Milwaukee
Nearly one year ago police killed George Floyd during an arrest. It was the name heard across the nation.
But Sunday in Washington Park in Milwaukee 14 other names were on display with grieving families standing beneath them.
They are the names of 14 people killed by police in the Milwaukee area.
Ernest Lacy, Eric Adway, Maxwell Holt, Tony Bean, Derek Williams, Corey Stingley, Dontre Hamilton, Antonio Gonzales, Sylville Smith, Jay Anderson, Christopher Davis, Isaiah Tucker, Alvin Cole and Joel Acevedo.
In that order.
The timeline began with Ernest Lacy, who was killed in 1981.
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