Flynn calls looting, beatings in Riverwest barbaric
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | July 5, 2011 | Meg Jones
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | July 5, 2011 | Meg Jones
Shaina Perry remembers the punch to her face, blood streaming from a cut over her eye, her backpack with her asthma inhaler, debit card and cell phone stolen and then the laughter.
"They just said 'Oh, white girl bleeds a lot," said Perry, 22, who was attacked at Kilbourn Reservoir Park over the 4th of July holiday weekend.
Though Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn noted Tuesday that crime is color blind, he called the Sunday night looting of a convenience store near the park and beatings of a group of people who had gone to the park disturbing, outrageous and barbaric.
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