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		</div><p>City leaders have appealed for calm in Milwaukee after violence erupted when police shot dead an armed man during a chase.</p>
<p>More than 100 protesters took to the streets of the city&#8217;s north side on Saturday night after news of the shooting spread, erupting in clashes with police. Several businesses were also set alight and an officer was injured by a brick.</p>
<p>At a news conference later, Mayor Tom Barrett said the situation appeared to be calming after riotous scenes in which protesters skirmished with police, torching a squad car and throwing a brick through the window of another. Police mounted at least two efforts to push the protesters from an intersection at the heart of the violence.</p>
<p>The unrest began several hours after the 23-year-old man trying to flee from police after a traffic stop was shot and killed.</p>
<p>Police said the man &#8211; who had a criminal record &#8211; was armed with a stolen handgun, but it was not clear whether he was pointing the gun or aiming it at officers.</p>
<p>Mr Barrett said the man was hit twice, in the chest and arm. Neither his race nor the officer&#8217;s was immediately released, nor were they identified.</p>
<p>The shooting was being investigated by the state. The officer was wearing a body camera, Mr Barrett said.</p>
<p>At least three people were arrested in an uprising that Mr Barrett said was driven by social media messages instructing people to congregate in the area.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have to have calm,&#8221; Mr Barrett said. &#8220;There are a lot of really good people who live in this neighbourhood.&#8221;</p>
<p>Milwaukee Common Council president Ashanti Hamilton echoed the mayor&#8217;s plea for help restoring order.</p>
<p>&#8220;We understand the frustration people feel with the police community nationally. &#8230; We have to go through the process of finding justice, but we have to be able to restore order to these neighbourhoods,&#8221; Mr Hamilton said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Please participate in restoring order to these neighbourhoods.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Barrett said the man who died was stopped by police for &#8220;suspicious activity&#8221;. Police said he was carrying a gun that had been stolen in a March burglary in suburban Waukesha.</p>
<p>&#8220;This stop took place because two officers &#8230; saw suspicious activity,&#8221; Mr Barrett said. &#8220;There were 23 rounds in that gun that that officer was staring at. I want to make sure we don&#8217;t lose any police officers in this community, either.&#8221;</p>
<p>Police with shields and helmets moved slowly into the road where the protesters had gathered telling a crowd of about 50 people to disperse. Some threw rocks and other debris at police, who held up their shields. Several businesses were set alight during the unrest.</p>
<p>An earlier stand-off involved more than 100 people pushing against 20 to 30 officers. Officers got in their cars to leave at one point and some in the crowd started smashing a squad car&#8217;s windows. Another police car was set on fire.</p>
<p>The 24-year-old officer who shot the man has been placed on administrative duty. The officer has been with the Milwaukee police department for six years, three as an officer.</p>
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