Police made two arrests near the Republican National Convention grounds and its events Sunday.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said both incidents involved drunk people. One person was arrested near the Summerfest grounds, near where a convention welcome party was being held, and another was arrested after driving into a security barrier near the convention.
“The events overnight were described to me as really uneventful,” Johnson said at a morning press conference. “There’s been a lot of preparation that’s gone on into the planning of this political convention and the bulk of that planning has been directly involved in and around the area of public safety.”
Milwaukee police didn’t immediately respond to a Journal Sentinel request for more details on the arrest near Summerfest. A spokesperson from the mayor’s office said further details would come from police.
The car crash occurred at a westbound State Street barricade, as a driver in a blue sedan slammed into it, missing nearby police officers, a Journal Sentinel reporter observed Sunday.
Two police officers were injured Sunday as well, Johnson said.
One of the injuries involved the person bear the Summerfest grounds, who was resisting arrest, while the other was unrelated to crime and involved an out-of-state police officer facing heat-related health issues.
“Some of the things last night, where there were some arrests, some individuals had a drink or two too much,” he said. “They were intoxicated and ended up having some interaction with police, but that I think is routine and really uneventful.”
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee police arrest 2 near RNC convention security zone, event
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