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Why were out-of-town officers policing blocks away from the RNC during the shooting of Sam Sharpe? [Video]

Aldermen and community members question why police officers from out of state, in town protecting the Republican National Convention, were blocks away from the “soft” security zone when they shot and killed a man near 15th and Vliet.Body camera video shows Columbus Police shoot and kill 43-year-old Sam Sharpe Jr. Tuesday.Milwaukee police say the man was armed with two knives and was fighting with another man in the street near King Park. Five Columbus police officers fired their guns, killing the man.Milwaukee police say the area near King Park is in the jurisdiction of the officers at the time of the shooting.”I’ve seen no map of the indication of how far it extends,” said Alderman Scott Spiker, Chair of the city’s Public Safety and Health Committee. “So, it was three-quarters of a mile, I believe, from the door of Fiserv. So, I don’t know how far the penumbra extends. We …

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