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Date: 2024-07-17 11:00:00+00:00
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Milwaukee sat in the center of the political universe this week as host of the 2024 Republican National Convention. The festivities brought to town national conservative leaders, swarms of reporters and fewer protesters than expected as Republican delegates officially nominated former President Donald Trump for a second term.
Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance walks out into the crowd after being nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate during the Republican National Convention on Monday, July 15, 2024, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
The four-day convention began Monday in a deeply Democratic city where residents had mixed feelings about hosting the Republicans and Trump, who unsuccessfully tried to invalidate thousands of their legally cast votes in the last election.
It unfolded during a fraught time in American history: just days after Trump survived an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting killed one spectator and critically injured two others. The shocking incident prompted discussion of unity, although some Republicans in Milwaukee made clear those calls don’t necessarily include Democrats and their presumptive nominee President Joe Biden.
“Their policies are a clear and present danger to America, to our institutions, our values and our people,” said Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson as he welcomed the delegates to Wisconsin, which Trump narrowly won in 2016 before losing to Biden in 2020.
Trump officially became the Republican presidential nominee on Monday afternoon. He swept the votes from delegates at Fiserv Forum and announced that Ohio Sen. JD Vance would be his running mate. Trump drew raucous cheers from delegates Monday as he appeared with a bandage over the ear injured in Saturday’s shooting.
A day later, the police killing of a Milwaukee man wielding knives outside of the convention security perimeter fueled anger and questions from residents.
Here are more of the sights from the convention and events swirling around it.
Kara Becker of Prineville, Oregon, an alternate delegate for her state, closes her eyes and raises her hands as former President Donald Trump walks into the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. “I’m a Christian, I’ve been praying for revival for this country,” Becker said. “I’m emotional because I believe Jesus is the hope for that and he’s using Trump.” (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
Spectators in the crowd cheer on Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance after he was nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate during the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
Convention spectators in cowboy hats wait for the vice presidential nomination. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch) A convention guest records a video of himself recapping the announcement of JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
Heavy rain falls as spectators leave the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
Protest precedes nomination
The Republicans’ official business Monday came after a coalition of groups marched against the party and in support of the rights of women and immigrants and in opposition to the war in Gaza. A handful of counter-protesters heckled protesters at the march, which was within sight of Fiserv Forum.
Milwaukee police confirmed that an estimated 700-800 peaceful protesters gathered around Red Arrow Park. The Coalition to March on the RNC, which organized the march, claimed Tuesday that 3,000 people protested. That was still fewer than the 5,000 attendees organizers predicted.
A smaller than expected crowd of protesters, surrounded by media, gathered in downtown Milwaukee on July 15, 2024, to protest the Republican National Convention. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)
Several marchers told Wisconsin Watch they will support neither Biden nor Trump in the election. The coalition in August also plans to protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Asked whether not voting for Biden amounts to a vote for Trump, Kobi Guillory, a coalition spokesperson from Chicago, said:
“We’ve met people whose entire families have been wiped out in the genocide that our tax dollars have been inflicting on Palestine.”
Protesters chant along a protest route in Milwaukee. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)
Protesters chant and hold up signs as they march down North Plankinton Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch) Signs wait on the grass for protesters in Milwaukee. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)
An anti-Trump vendor sells Trump protest buttons at Red Arrow Park before a march in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)
Wearing RNC badges, a small crowd of onlookers watch and take photos from the roof of the Deer Camp bar as protesters pass by below. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)
A U.S. Coast Guard boat sits nearby with a gun pointed toward the crowd as protesters pass. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)
Police officer kills Milwaukee man outside of security perimeter
Candles and flowers are placed at the site of Samuel Sharpe Jr.’s death during a vigil on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. Sharpe was shot and killed by five Columbus, Ohio, police officers who were in town for the Republican National Convention. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
On Tuesday afternoon, five police officers from Columbus, Ohio, shot and killed a homeless man wielding two knives about a mile from the convention’s security perimeter.
Columbus Police confirmed the shooting took place in a Tuesday statement and released body cam footage showing the man lunging at another man with a knife as officers ordered him to drop it. The man was later identified as Samuel Sharpe Jr., who lived in a nearby tent encampment.
Some Milwaukee residents who converged on the shooting site expressed outrage about the killing by out-of-state police officers there for the convention.
A young girl draws “stop shooting,” with chalk on the sidewalk during the vigil for Samuel Sharpe Jr. on July 16, 2024, at King Park in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
An emotional vigil for Sharpe was hosted Tuesday night in Milwaukee’s King Park, happening concurrently with the convention’s primetime programming.
“The first and last time I spoke with Sam, he was just a peaceful, calm spirit just going through the struggles of life and trying to get over them,” said Shawana Baker as she sat on the steps of Repairers of the Breach, Milwaukee’s only daytime shelter and resource center for the homeless. Baker said she would see Sharpe at the shelter every day.
“I just feel like Sam was supposed to be here.”
Kevi Boyd, 5, of Milwaukee, holds a candle while attending the vigil for Samuel Sharpe Jr. with his family at King Park in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman)
Residents place candles at the site of Samuel Sharpe’s death during the vigil for Samuel Sharpe Jr. on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
Joe Timmerman, Julius Shieh, Ava Menkes, Jack Kelly and Hallie Claflin contributed to this report, which also included information from The Associated Press.
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[email protected] Photos: The Republican National Convention comes to Milwaukee <h1>Photos: The Republican National Convention comes to Milwaukee</h1> <p class="byline">by Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch <br />July 17, 2024</p> <p>Milwaukee sat in the center of the political universe this week as host of the 2024 Republican National Convention. The festivities brought to town national conservative leaders, swarms of reporters and <a href="
https://apnews.com/live/rnc-trump-biden-election-updates#00000190-bc70-d5e2-a7f0-fc7c5c0e0000">fewer protesters than expected</a> as Republican delegates officially nominated former President Donald Trump for a second term. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignright size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Vance-782x601.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292821" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance walks out into the crowd after being nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate during the Republican National Convention on Monday, July 15, 2024, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>The four-day convention began Monday in a deeply Democratic city where residents <a href="
https://apnews.com/article/milwaukee-republican-national-convention-biden-trump-3a6c8b391ff4d0ba54332347c95e767c">had mixed feelings about hosting the Republicans</a> and Trump, who unsuccessfully tried to invalidate thousands of their legally cast votes in the last election. </p> <p>It unfolded during a fraught time in American history: just days after Trump survived an apparent<a href="
https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-shooter-881581c46c07025898027143fc9132e5"> assassination attempt Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania</a>. The shooting killed one spectator and critically injured two others. The shocking incident prompted discussion of unity, although some Republicans in Milwaukee made clear those calls don’t necessarily include Democrats and their presumptive nominee President Joe Biden.</p> <p>“Their policies are a clear and present danger to America, to our institutions, our values and our people,” <a href="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ihxKdFW9o">said Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson</a> as he welcomed the delegates to Wisconsin, which Trump narrowly won in 2016 before losing to Biden in 2020. </p> <p>Trump officially became the Republican presidential nominee on Monday afternoon. He swept the votes from delegates at Fiserv Forum and announced that <a href="
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vice-president-vance-rubio-burgum-rnc-6cc438a8370a21b2631f5a53b06b71d0">Ohio Sen. JD Vance</a> would be his running mate. Trump drew raucous cheers from delegates Monday as he appeared with a bandage over the ear injured in Saturday’s shooting.</p> <p>A day later, the police killing of a Milwaukee man wielding knives outside of the convention security perimeter fueled anger and questions from residents. </p> <p>Here are more of the sights from the convention and events swirling around it.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Sign-782x536.jpg" alt="A woman in a red hat raises her arms and holds a sign that say "MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN!"" class="wp-image-1292825" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kara Becker of Prineville, Oregon, an alternate delegate for her state, closes her eyes and raises her hands as former President Donald Trump walks into the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. “I’m a Christian, I’ve been praying for revival for this country,” Becker said. “I’m emotional because I believe Jesus is the hope for that and he’s using Trump.” (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Crowd-782x500.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292826" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Spectators in the crowd cheer on Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance after he was nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate during the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-group"> <div class="wp-block-group alignwide"> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Hats-782x521.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292823" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Convention spectators in cowboy hats wait for the vice presidential nomination. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Stairs-782x560.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292824" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A convention guest records a video of himself recapping the announcement of JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> </figure></div> </p></div> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Wet-.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292827" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Heavy rain falls as spectators leave the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Protest precedes nomination</strong></h2> <p>The Republicans’ official business Monday came after a coalition of groups marched against the party and in support of the rights of women and immigrants and in opposition to the war in Gaza. A handful of counter-protesters heckled protesters at the march, which was within sight of Fiserv Forum. </p> <p>Milwaukee police confirmed that an estimated 700-800 peaceful protesters gathered around Red Arrow Park. The Coalition to March on the RNC, which organized the march, claimed Tuesday that 3,000 people protested. That was still fewer than the <a href="
https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2024/07/more-than-5000-protesters-expected-to-march-during-rnc">5,000 attendees organizers predicted</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-March-782x521.jpg" alt="Aerial view of people on a street" class="wp-image-1292829" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A smaller than expected crowd of protesters, surrounded by media, gathered in downtown Milwaukee on July 15, 2024, to protest the Republican National Convention. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>Several marchers told Wisconsin Watch they will support neither Biden nor Trump in the election. The coalition in August also plans to protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. </p> <p>Asked whether not voting for Biden amounts to a vote for Trump, Kobi Guillory, a coalition spokesperson from Chicago, said: </p> <p> “We’ve met people whose entire families have been wiped out in the genocide that our tax dollars have been inflicting on Palestine.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Yell-782x521.jpg" alt="A man in sunglasses raises his arms and yells." class="wp-image-1292833" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Protesters chant along a protest route in Milwaukee. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Protesters-782x521.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292836" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Protesters chant and hold up signs as they march down North Plankinton Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Protest-Signs-782x521.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292828" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Signs wait on the grass for protesters in Milwaukee. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Vendor-782x586.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292832" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">An anti-Trump vendor sells Trump protest buttons at Red Arrow Park before a march in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-looker-782x371.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292835" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Wearing RNC badges, a small crowd of onlookers watch and take photos from the roof of the Deer Camp bar as protesters pass by below. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RNC-DAY-1-Patrol-782x332.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292834" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A U.S. Coast Guard boat sits nearby with a gun pointed toward the crowd as protesters pass. (Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Police officer kills Milwaukee man outside of security perimeter</h2> <figure class="wp-block-image alignright size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240716-RNC-Timmerman-012-782x521.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292866" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Candles and flowers are placed at the site of Samuel Sharpe Jr.’s death during a vigil on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. Sharpe was shot and killed by five Columbus, Ohio, police officers who were in town for the Republican National Convention. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>On Tuesday afternoon, five police officers from Columbus, Ohio, shot and killed a homeless man wielding two knives about a mile from the convention’s security perimeter.</p> <p>Columbus Police confirmed the shooting took place in a Tuesday <a href="
https://x.com/ColumbusPolice/status/1813318521008586964">statement</a> and released <a href="
https://www.dispatch.com/videos/news/2024/07/16/rnc-shooting-milwaukee-columbus-police-bodycam-video/74434774007/">body cam footage</a> showing the man lunging at another man with a knife as officers ordered him to drop it. The man was later identified as Samuel Sharpe Jr., who lived in a nearby tent encampment.</p> <p>Some Milwaukee residents who converged on the shooting site expressed outrage about the killing by out-of-state police officers there for the convention.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignleft size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240716-RNC-Timmerman-009-782x521.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292863" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A young girl draws “stop shooting,” with chalk on the sidewalk during the vigil for Samuel Sharpe Jr. on July 16, 2024, at King Park in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch) </figcaption></figure> <p>An emotional vigil for Sharpe was hosted Tuesday night in Milwaukee's King Park, happening concurrently with the convention’s primetime programming. </p> <p>“The first and last time I spoke with Sam, he was just a peaceful, calm spirit just going through the struggles of life and trying to get over them,” said Shawana Baker as she sat on the steps of Repairers of the Breach, Milwaukee's only daytime shelter and resource center for the homeless. Baker said she would see Sharpe at the shelter every day. </p> <p>“I just feel like Sam was supposed to be here.” </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240716-RNC-Timmerman-010-782x521.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292864" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kevi Boyd, 5, of Milwaukee, holds a candle while attending the vigil for Samuel Sharpe Jr. with his family at King Park in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240716-RNC-Timmerman-011-782x521.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1292865" style="width:782px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Residents place candles at the site of Samuel Sharpe’s death during the vigil for Samuel Sharpe Jr. on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Joe Timmerman, Julius Shieh, Ava Menkes, Jack Kelly and Hallie Claflin contributed to this report, which also included information from The Associated Press.</em></p> This <a target="_blank" href="
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