Hundreds of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched a protest action Thursday, blocking major streets in order to show support for a student who allegedly called for killing police officers.
The protests were sparked by the recent arrest of Denzel McDonald, who is accused of spraying graffiti with inflammatory messages around campus under the moniker “God.” McDonald faces numerous vandalism charges (his messages cost the school over $4,000 to fix) as well as one disorderly conduct charge for allegedly threatening to kill a bystander who caught him in the act.