Overview
- City crews moved in during a predawn operation on Tuesday, Aug. 4, to dismantle the encampment at Williamson and Baldwin streets and reopen the busy intersection to traffic.
- Officials said workers faced rocks and other items thrown and small fires set during the clearing, prompting law enforcement to stabilize the scene and make multiple arrests; official tallies reported seven arrested and ten cited while several outlets reported at least ten arrests.
- Personal belongings and memorial materials were collected and transported to Demetral Park under a city retrieval process that allows people to claim items before a 45-day disposal window begins.
- Protesters returned to the intersection hours after the clearing and continued to demonstrate in the area as police monitored the site and made additional arrests and crowd-control interventions.
- The Wisconsin DOJ Division of Criminal Investigation remains the lead on the July 22 shooting of Corey Ruiz, the involved officers remain on administrative leave, and the city says it offered about 50 unsheltered people onsite hotel placements before the clearing.