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Dominique Heaggan-Brown's arrest for sexual assault

@Dual Freq:, @Malik Shabazz:

Edit summaries are not a talk page. This is a talk page. Use the talk page. TimothyJosephWood 22:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As I wrote, police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown is not notable. There is no reason to write any more about him than is necessary concerning the 2016 Milwaukee riot. In fact, WP:BIO1E states:

Editors are advised to be cognizant of issues of weight and to avoid the creation of unnecessary pseudo-biographies, especially of living people.

As far as it being cited to reliable sources, so what? See WP:ONUS. I can cite lots of things to reliable sources, but that doesn't mean they belong in this encyclopedia article. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 22:34, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is related to the topic, perhaps I worded it incorrectly. The M J-S summarizes their article saying, "The Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Sylville Smith in the Sherman Park neighborhood in August sat in a bar a day later, watching coverage of the violent unrest that followed and said he did "whatever (he) wanted without repercussions," according to a criminal complaint released Thursday charging the officer with sexual assault."[1] Basically, while the Sherman park community was in turmoil, because of the shooting, he was committing a different crime, in Milwaukee, rather than leaving town like Milwaukee authorities claimed. " at a news conference on Aug. 14, Flynn said the officer was out of town for his own safety" They connect it quite well. The fact that the officer involved in the shooting was arrested and suspended is relevant to that section of the article. At a minimum the fact that he was arrested needs to be included. Additionally, the October story ran nationally, not just in Milwaukee. Every article connects him to the shooting and they would not have covered it but for the riots.CBS News CNN NY Daily News Washington Post Chicago Tribune KTLA, Los Angeles UK Daily Mail Why else would the Washington Post or KTLA print an article about some random Milwaukee police officer? --Dual Freq (talk) 23:32, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Malik Shabazz. DHB was arrested on a charge that has no connection with "2016 Milwaukee riots". StrokeOfMidnight (talk) 00:06, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's instructive to see that that officer's firing is the lead and most recent story in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal's coverage of the protest / riot. BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE - MILWAUKEE SHERMAN PARK TURMOIL. Yeah, it's relevant. He was suspended, arrested then fired.[2] Those facts need to be added. As to the District Attorney's accusations that he raped two men, well, you can omit those details if you feel WP:BLP is a problem. --Dual Freq (talk) 02:09, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Alleged vandalism

This anonymous edit was undone, but was it really a vandalism? To me, it looks reasonable. StrokeOfMidnight (talk) 08:11, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Should we get rid of "Milwaukee Uprising"?

Hey all!

Proposal: I propose removing Milwaukee Uprising from the lede.

Justification: It would seem like the media no longer uses this description since August. I typed "Milwaukee uprising" (in quotes) into Google, and a vast majority of the stories were written in August despite the subject still being active. ABC News is the only one using the term consistently. I couldn't find any use of it on CNN, WSJ, and NYTimes.

Finally, having Milwaukee Uprising in the opening sentence gives this term a significant weight, which, in my view, is unjustified.

Thoughts? StrokeOfMidnight (talk) 23:54, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]