Milwaukee police chief responds to anti-Israel critics after attending overseas security program

A Milwaukee police chief responded to heated criticism for attending a counterterrorism training seminar in Israel last month.

Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman attended the seminar in the first week of December. He faced opposition at a public meeting for the city's Fire and Police Commission, with residents accusing him of learning how to "oppress our communities."

"For this police chief in this political climate when there’s a genocide happening right now, to go learn tactics to further oppress our communities...