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Ex Milwaukee police officer charged in fatal shooting of Sylville Smith that sparked protests
The former Milwaukee police officer that shot and killed Syville Smith which sparked protests in the city has been charged with reckless homicide.

Dominique Heaggan-Brown, the former Milwaukee police officer that shot and killed Syville Smith, has been charged with reckless homicide.
Heaggan-Brown fired a fatal shot after Syville Smith had already tossed his weapon, body camera video shows.
Smith had been armed with a Glock .40 caliber model 22 semi-auto handgun with an extended magazine but Heaggan-Brown’s body camera showed he threw the weapon into an adjacent yard as he was shot the first time, the complaint said.
A review of both Heaggan-Brown’s body camera and (the other officer’s) camera confirm that Smith was unarmed at the time of the second shot,” said the complaint filed by the Milwaukee District Attorney’s office.
Heaggan-Brown, who was fired after a sexual assault investigation in a separate case, was charged Thursday with first-degree reckless homicide. If convicted, he faces a maximum prison sentence of 60 years in the fatal shooting of the 23-year-old, whose death sparked days of unrest in the Wisconsin city.
The fatal shooting of Syville Smith, who was running from a traffic stop, caused civil unrest and protests in the city of Milwaukee for days.
Syville Smith, described by family as a caring father, a loyal friend and popular dancer in Milwaukee’s thriving hip-hop scene, was known to Dominique Heaggan-Brown before the fatal encounter in August, Smith’s relatives and friends said at the time.
The news comes as a start toward justice as many activists push for criminal justice reform when it comes to policing, especially in black and brown communities.
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