Article: Police Department; gets a thank-you party Rally raises money for two shot officers

An event that organizers called "one day of thanks for a whole year of protection" brought more than 2,000 people by late afternoon to Walker's Point to support Milwaukee police and raise money for two officers shot recently.

Thank You Milwaukee Police Department Day began at 9 a.m. Saturday at W. National Ave. and S. 2nd St. near the spot where officers Graham M. Kunisch and Bryan J. Norberg were shot June 9 after stopping a man for questioning. Both officers are recovering from their wounds.

Organizers announced Saturday that money raised would go to a new permanent support fund that would aid all Milwaukee officers wounded in the line of duty, and that "TYMPD Day" would become an annual ...

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