Crime & Safety
Molotov Cocktail Thrown At Police; Donald Trump Says 'Get Tough'
President Donald Trump urged Milwaukee police to "get tough" after he learned that a protester threw a molotov cocktail at officers Tuesday.
MILWAUKEE, WI —President Donald Trump urged police to "get tough" in a Wednesday-morning Twitter post after someone alerted him that a Molotov cocktail was thrown at Milwaukee police during civil unrest Tuesday night.
According to Milwaukee Police, at just after 8 p.m. Tuesday, a protester threw a Molotov cocktail at police officers near 6th Street and McKinley Ave. in Milwaukee's Schlitz Park neighborhood, located just west of the Milwaukee River near MATC.
Police said the device did not ignite, and appeared to be fashioned out of common household items including a plastic water bottle.
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Milwaukee police are asking for the public's help to figure out who threw the device.
Get tough police! https://t.co/nsaZYrJe9c
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2020
At approximately 8:08 p.m., on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in the area near 6th and McKinley, an individual threw a molotov cocktail at uniformed police officers. Thankfully it did not ignite. If anyone has any information regarding this incident they are asked to call MPD at pic.twitter.com/uEm6T6w0nK
— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) June 3, 2020
According to a FOX 6 report, reporters said a crowd gathered near 6th and Fond du Lac as police lined up to block protesters. It wasn't too much later before several were arrested during a confrontation. "There is nothing non-violent about what is transpiring during the nighttime hours," said Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales in the report.
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