MILWAUKEE — Police have defended the arrests of family members of a Black teen killed by a suburban Milwaukee officer, saying they were driving recklessly during a protest and refused officers’ demands to leave their vehicles.
The family’s attorney says police dragged Alvin Cole’s mother and two of his sisters out of their cars and arrested them for no reason Thursday night.
The arrests came during a second night of protests after prosecutors declined to charge Officer Joseph Mensah in 17-year-old Alvin Cole’s death.
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