Alwaght- Tensions were intensified in US's Milwaukee as one person was killed on Sunday night when people were protesting against American police brutality.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker put the force on alert on Sunday night, after demonstrators flooded Milwaukee streets overnight to protest the shooting death of an African American man by police officers.
Sylville K. Smith, 23, was killed by an officer on Saturday, after fleeing a traffic stop on foot.
About 200 people lit candles and gathered around the spot where Smith was shot. A few police officers looked on as faith and community leaders implored protesters to restrain their anger.
"We are not ignorant and stupid people," a pastor told the crowd, echoing a feeling among many of the city's African-Americans that they are systematically mistreated. "Every single person needs to be looked upon as human beings and not like savages and animals."
The National Guard was activated upon a request from Sheriff David A. Clarke, after at least four businesses were torched, several police cars badly damaged and many others set ablaze.
According to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the 100 National Guardsmen would only be deployed when police deemed their presence necessary.
"I'm hopeful that that will not be necessary," Barrett said. "But if it necessary, we will do so."
Police violence against African-Americans has set off intermittent protests in the past two years, igniting a national debate over race and policing in the United States and giving rise to the Black Lives Matter movement.
