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Solidarity with Sherman Park

In response to the civil unrest in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood following the killing of Sylville Smith by the Milwaukee Police, Voces de la Frontera issued the following statement:

"We echo the call for the immediate release of the video of the police killing of Sylville Smith and for an impartial and transparent investigation into his tragic death," said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera. "We condemn Governor Walker's unnecessary and provocative activation of the National Guard, and we call on Sheriff Clarke to leave Sherman Park.

MILWAUKEE

In response to the civil unrest in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood following the killing of Sylville Smith by the Milwaukee Police, Voces de la Frontera issued the following statement:

"We echo the call for the immediate release of the video of the police killing of Sylville Smith and for an impartial and transparent investigation into his tragic death," said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera. "We condemn Governor Walker's unnecessary and provocative activation of the National Guard, and we call on Sheriff Clarke to leave Sherman Park.

Right now we need to listen to the people of Sherman Park and to the African-American community in our city, who have faced decades of marginalization and divestment thanks to the closure of factories that provided union jobs and living wages, the foreclosure crisis, the defunding and closing of public schools, the profusion of policies that criminalize and jail poor people of color, and the growth of low wage jobs and chronic unemployment.

We re-commit ourselves to the work of justice and to linking the struggle for immigrant rights to the Black Lives Matter movement to address the conditions that contributed to this explosion of anger."

Solidaridad con Sherman Park

MILWAUKEE - En respuesta a los disturbios civiles en el vecindario de Sherman Park en Milwaukee despues de la muerte de Sylville Smith por manos de la policia, Voces de la Frontera publico la siguiente declaracion:

"Exigimos la publicacion inmediata del video de la muerte de Sylville Smith por la policia, y exigimos una investigacion imparcial y transparente en esta lamentable muerte," dijo Christine Neumann-Ortiz, directora ejecutiva de Voces de la Frontera. "Condenamos la activacion innecesaria por el gobernador Walker de la Guardia Nacional y exigimos que el alguacil Clarke salga de Sherman Park.

En este momento hay que escuchar a la gente de Sherman Park y a la comunidad afroamericana en nuestra ciudad, que se han enfrentado decadas de marginacion y desinversion gracias al cierre de fabricas que proporcionaban trabajos sindicales con salarios dignos, la crisis del juicio hipotecario, el desfinanciamiento y cierre de las escuelas publicas, la profusion de politicas que criminalizan y encarcelan las minorias, y el crecimiento de trabajos con salarios bajos y el desempleo cronico.

Renovamos nuestro compromiso al labor de justicia y a conectar la lucha por los derechos de los inmigrantes al movimiento por las vidas negras para arreglar las condiciones que contribuyeron a esta explosion de ira."

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Voces de la Frontera is Wisconsin's leading immigrant rights group - a grassroots organization that believes power comes from below and that people can overcome injustice to build a better world.