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 The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department took at least 73 adults
and one minor into custody during the protest that blocked
Interstate 43, which runs through the city, according to the
department's Twitter feed.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and social media,
protesters blocked traffic in both directions for about 75 minutes
around 5 p.m. local time.
The protest in Milwaukee is the latest in a string of demonstrations
against police violence across the country, in the wake of recent
cases where unarmed black men were killed by white police officers.
 Police killings in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City, along with
subsequent decisions by grand juries to not indict the officers who
were involved, have rekindled a national debate over race relations
in the United States.
Milwaukee protesters called for charges to be filed against white
Milwaukee police officer Christopher Manney, who shot Dontre
Hamilton, an unarmed 31-year-old mentally disabled black man, 14
times during a struggle in Red Arrow Park in downtown Milwaukee on
April 30, according to media and authorities.
Charges have not been filed against Manney, who was fired from the
department in October, according to media.
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Peaceful protests have been occurring regularly in Milwaukee since
the incident, but none with as many arrests as on Friday.
"We're still peaceful," Dontre's brother, Nathaniel Hamilton, told
the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Nothing is burning. Nothing is torn
down. No one's hurt. I don't want them to think being disruptive is
being violent."
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Curtis
Skinner, Robert Birsel)
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