Tuition protest at UW-Milwaukee turns violent; 15 detained after scuffling with police
By APThursday, March 4, 2010
15 UW-Milwaukee protesters detained after scuffles
MILWAUKEE — A spokesman for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says police have detained 15 people following a tuition protest that turned violent.
University spokesman Tom Luljak (LOO’-jak) says about 150 students gathered around an administrative building Thursday afternoon.
He says the protesters wanted to deliver petitions to the school chancellor. He says campus police allowed one person inside, and when she emerged she encouraged everyone to rush the building.
Luljak says when police turned them away, some protesters threw punches and ice chunks. Sixteen people were detained, but Luljak says one was an innocent passer-by who was released.
A message left with campus student government representatives was not immediately returned.
