Milwaukee Police

A homeless black man, armed with two knives near a Republican Party Convention site in Wisconsin, was shot dead by police officers from Ohio on Tuesday.

The man, dressed in red shirt and matching shoes, stopped to put on his sunglasses in an apparent bid to avoid being recognised, as seen in the clip.

The Milwaukee Bucks staged an unprecedented boycott over the police shooting of an unarmed black man on Wednesday, forcing the NBA to halt its playoff schedule.

A 13-year-old Milwaukee girl who won an award for an essay deploring gun violence in the city has been killed by a stray bullet while inside her home, police and local media said.

Amid a police stop on Sunday, Paulette Barr realized that she wouldn't be able to protect her grandson forever.

Moments after police body-camera video of his arrest was released Wednesday, Milwaukee Bucks rookie Sterling Brown said his experience with the city's police department was "wrong and shouldn't happen to anybody".

The man killed in a police shooting that sparked two nights of violence in Milwaukee suffered from cognitive and mental health issues, and he carried a gun because he had been shot more than once in the past, his grandfather said.

Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim and take the person to a hospital, as tense skirmishes erupted for a second night following the police shooting of a black man.

The US state of Wisconsin activated its National Guard on Sunday to help maintain order after a fatal shooting by police sparked a night of angry protests and arson in the city of Milwaukee.

Protesters hurled bricks, fired gunshots and set a gas station on fire in Milwaukee on Saturday night hours after a patrol officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a pursuit that followed a traffic stop, authorities said.

A toddler riding in the back of a car accidentally shot dead his mother with a gun that slid out from under the driver's seat, US police said on Wednesday.

It's every journalist's dream to answer the phone and get the tip that breaks a big story.

A Wisconsin police department is trying to figure out who left a diamond ring on its Christmas tree.

Family members of a Milwaukee man shot and killed by a city police officer say they aren't giving up hope that the officer will be charged.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to ease tensions with the police force on Monday, calling for a suspension of protests against the use of excessive force until after the funerals of two officers killed by a gunman over the weekend.

A homeless black man, armed with two knives near a Republican Party Convention site in Wisconsin, was shot dead by police officers from Ohio on Tuesday.

The man, dressed in red shirt and matching shoes, stopped to put on his sunglasses in an apparent bid to avoid being recognised, as seen in the clip.

The Milwaukee Bucks staged an unprecedented boycott over the police shooting of an unarmed black man on Wednesday, forcing the NBA to halt its playoff schedule.

A 13-year-old Milwaukee girl who won an award for an essay deploring gun violence in the city has been killed by a stray bullet while inside her home, police and local media said.

Amid a police stop on Sunday, Paulette Barr realized that she wouldn't be able to protect her grandson forever.

Moments after police body-camera video of his arrest was released Wednesday, Milwaukee Bucks rookie Sterling Brown said his experience with the city's police department was "wrong and shouldn't happen to anybody".

The man killed in a police shooting that sparked two nights of violence in Milwaukee suffered from cognitive and mental health issues, and he carried a gun because he had been shot more than once in the past, his grandfather said.

Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim and take the person to a hospital, as tense skirmishes erupted for a second night following the police shooting of a black man.

The US state of Wisconsin activated its National Guard on Sunday to help maintain order after a fatal shooting by police sparked a night of angry protests and arson in the city of Milwaukee.

Protesters hurled bricks, fired gunshots and set a gas station on fire in Milwaukee on Saturday night hours after a patrol officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a pursuit that followed a traffic stop, authorities said.

A toddler riding in the back of a car accidentally shot dead his mother with a gun that slid out from under the driver's seat, US police said on Wednesday.

It's every journalist's dream to answer the phone and get the tip that breaks a big story.

A Wisconsin police department is trying to figure out who left a diamond ring on its Christmas tree.

Family members of a Milwaukee man shot and killed by a city police officer say they aren't giving up hope that the officer will be charged.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to ease tensions with the police force on Monday, calling for a suspension of protests against the use of excessive force until after the funerals of two officers killed by a gunman over the weekend.