10 years after his death, Dontre Hamilton’s family calls for more policing reforms | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

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10 years after his death, Dontre Hamilton’s family calls for more policing reforms | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Maria Hamilton, mother of Dontre Hamilton, is handed flowers during a “Dontre Day” event at Red Arrow Park in 2016. (File photo by NNS) Nearly 10 years after her son, Dontre Hamilton, was shot and killed by a Milwaukee Police Department officer, Maria Hamilton is still fighting for change. “The system failed me and my family, and I still want justice,” she said. “It wasn’t about Dontre being mentally ill, it was about a system created to do exa…