About 1,000 gather in Madison protest over police shooting

MADISON - About 1,000 people have protested the shooting of an unarmed biracial man by a white police officer by linking arms and blocking traffic.

Traffic was blocked for nearly an hour Wednesday, but the protest was otherwise peaceful, honoring the wishes of the dead man's family.

The marchers began at the state Department of Corrections headquarters to protest black incarceration rates and ended at the governor's mansion where they posted demands for Gov. Scott Walker.

Full story: WJFW

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