George Floyd Demonstrators Block Traffic On I-43 In Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, WI — Milwaukee Police and Sheriff's deputies are making arrests on I-43 Friday afternoon after people protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis clogged a stretch of interstate on Milwaukee's north side.

An organized protest and demonstration was held earlier Friday near the area of N. 27th Street and Center Street after Floyd, an African-American man, died while in police custody in Minneapolis on Monday.

According to a JSOnline report, once the rally concluded, some people gathered began to march from the rally site toward the freeway.

Fox 6 is showing a live video feed, as protesters get arrested on the interstate near the North Ave. on ramp to I-43. Police are reportedly making arrests in the northbound lanes while other officers are directing traffic.

Reporter Corri Hess took a photo and posted it on Twitter from a freeway overpass showing traffic stopped on I-43 and a gathering of a few dozen protesters on the embankment near traffic lanes.

Meanwhile, Talis Shelbourne, a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says Milwaukee Sheriff's officials are shouting for protesters to "get off the freeway" as demonstrators clogged lanes of traffic Friday afternoon.