{"id":40295,"date":"2015-03-07T20:47:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T20:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=40295"},"modified":"2015-03-09T01:41:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T01:41:07","slug":"man-shot-dead-by-police-after-scuffle-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=40295","title":{"rendered":"Man Shot Dead by Police After Scuffle in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man Shot Dead by Police After Scuffle in Wisconsin<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2015-03-07<\/p>\n

Ashley Southall<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 19-year-old Wisconsin<\/a> man was shot and killed Friday by a police officer during a scuffle inside an apartment in Madison<\/a>, police officials said. The shooting prompted protests that continued on Saturday and led officials to call for restraint while the shooting is investigated.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred Friday evening after the police received calls for a man who had committed battery and was jumping in and out of traffic, Michael C. Koval, the Madison chief of police, said. A police officer followed the man to an apartment and forced his way in after hearing a disturbance inside, the chief said. The man then assaulted the officer, who shot the man, according to Chief Koval, who spoke at a news conference in Madison Friday evening.<\/p>\n

The officer immediately began rendering first aid, but the man died at a hospital, Chief Koval said. The authorities did not immediately release his name, but his mother identified him as Tony Robinson, an African-American who graduated from high school in 2014.<\/p>\n