"If you're going to protect and serve us as people, as human beings, no one should die like my nephew died," said Maeleen Jordan, Derrick Willams' aunt. Chief said Police Did Nothing Wrong after Watching Complete graphic video (sound after a few minutes) [HERE] From [HERE] and [HERE] The reaction to the released video of Derrick Willams, a Black man who died in the back of a police squad car and the racist handling of the Darius Simmons case (see story below) is leading the Black community to call for the removal of Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn.

There was a closed-door meeting Thursday night between Chief Flynn and the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. Mayor Barrett acknowledged a high level of unrest in the community over the handling of the Williams and Simmons cases.  “He’s got a four-year term. Every indication he’s going to be staying,” said Mayor Barrett. “He wants to address these problems. Everyone shares the same goal and that is to make sure we have a safe city, a city where police respect citizens, and citizens respect police and he is clearly indicated he is willing to work to make sure that happens.”

Last month the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office revised its ruling on the death of Derek Williams, who died in Milwaukee police custody in July 2011, from natural to homicide. The decision came after the Journal Sentinel alerted an assistant medical examiner to newly released records - including a video of a suffocating Williams pleading for help from the back of a squad car - and also made him aware of a national expert who said Williams, 22, did not die naturally of sickle cell crisis. The police reports include key details about Williams' arrest that the medical examiner didn't know originally. 

The graphic video shows a handcuffed Williams, his eyes rolled back, gasping for breath and begging for help in the back seat of a Milwaukee police car as officers ignore his pleas. Williams, his hands cuffed behind him, repeatedly begged and told officers he couldn't breathe for at least 15 minutes between the time of his arrest and his death. Officers ignored him and believed him to be acting.  Officers told internal investigators they did not hear him ask for help. In the video Williams is naked - as police had conducted a strip search before placing him in their cruiser.