A day after a white Madison police officer fatally shot a Black man on the city's Near East Side, many residents and elected officials were reeling with anger, grief and resolve to get to the bottom of what happened and why.
Protesters interrupt Thursday's press conference over the police shooting. From left at the center are Madison Police Chief John Patterson, Mount Zion Baptist Church Rev. Marcus Allen and City Council President Sabrina Madison.
Carlos Dixon, an independent write-in candidate for governor, seizes the microphone from Madison Police Chief John Patterson during a press conference Thursday to discuss the fatal police shooting of Corey Ruiz.
A makeshift barrier of trash bins, tables and pallets blocks traffic on Williamson Street. The intersection will remain closed “until future determinations can be made,” city officials said.
A photograph of Corey Ruiz, who was shot and killed during an altercation with Madison police, is framed by flowers at a memorial on Williamson Street.
Carlos Dixon, an independent write-in candidate for governor, seizes the microphone from Madison Police Chief John Patterson during a press conference Thursday to discuss the fatal police shooting of Corey Ruiz.
Protesters interrupt Thursday's press conference over the police shooting. From left at the center are Madison Police Chief John Patterson, Mount Zion Baptist Church Rev. Marcus Allen and City Council President Sabrina Madison.
A photograph of Corey Ruiz, who was shot and killed during an altercation with Madison police, is framed by flowers at a memorial on Williamson Street.
A makeshift barrier of trash bins, tables and pallets blocks traffic on Williamson Street. The intersection will remain closed “until future determinations can be made,” city officials said.
