2 arrested Sunday night near Republican National Convention security zone, event

Police made two arrests near the Republican National Convention grounds and its events Sunday.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said both incidents involved drunk people. One person was arrested near the Summerfest grounds, near where a convention welcome party was being held, and another was arrested after driving into a security barrier near the convention.

“The events overnight were described to me as really uneventful,” Johnson said at a morning press conference. “There’s been a lot of preparation that’s gone on into the planning of this political convention and the bulk of that planning has been directly involved in and around the area of public safety.”

The car crash occurred at a westbound State Street barricade, as a driver in a blue sedan slammed into it, missing nearby police officers, a Journal Sentinel reporter observed Sunday.

The other arrest happened near the Summerfest grounds near the 600 block of East Erie Street, Milwaukee police said in a statement. Police said someone walked up to them as authorities were securing the perimeter for a private RNC event on the grounds.

The man asked if he could enter the grounds and was told he could not without credentials. He disregarded police tape and orders to stop, before being taken into custody and cited for trespassing.

Two police officers were injured Sunday as well, Johnson said.

One of the injuries involved the person near the Summerfest grounds, while the other was unrelated to crime and involved an out-of-state police officer facing heat-related health issues.

“Some of the things last night, where there were some arrests, some individuals had a drink or two too much,” he said. “They were intoxicated and ended up having some interaction with police, but that I think is routine and really uneventful.”

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