The cousin of a man shot to death by a Milwaukee police officer says he's not happy that bail was set for the now-former officer.
Dominique Heaggan-Brown had his first court appearance Friday after being charged with reckless homicide a day earlier. Heaggan-Brown shot and killed 23-year-old Sylville Smith in August, setting off two days of riots on the city's north side.
Thaddeus Ashford, a cousin of Smith, told reporters after the hearing that Heaggan-Brown doesn't deserve a chance at the $100,000 bail set by a court commissioner. Ashford also said the 60-year maximum sentence for reckless homicide is too light.
He says Heaggan-Brown is getting favorable treatment.
Heaggan-Brown was fired in October after he was charged in an unrelated sexual assault case.
