Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: Violence interrupted: Rochester, NY police keep one step ahead of street disputes

An argument between two Milwaukee neighbors over broken glass and garbage carts ends when a third man gets involved and fatally shoots one of the neighbors.

Milwaukee looks to Rochester, N.Y., on violence prevention

Milwaukee’s Homicide Review Commission has recommended that Milwaukee police examine how their peers in Rochester, N.Y., organize police work around the concept of preventing disputes from escalating into violence. Video by Mark Hoffman.

A 25-year-old man gets into a dispute at a bar with another man, who leaves in his truck. The truck gets stuck in the snow. The man sees the driver stranded and starts shooting, killing a third man who had stopped to help.

An online squabble about a girl escalates to in-person fighting among groups of teens watching the lakefront fireworks. One teen pulls a gun and a 14-year-old boy who had nothing to do with the original online dispute is shot in the head…