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Earlier this week, Madison police in riot gear cleared out a protest encampment at the intersection where an officer shot and killed Corey Ruiz on July 22nd.

For at least two nights, protesters responded by throwing rocks and setting fires in the street.

More than two dozen people have been arrested.

In a written statement, the Ruiz family denounced any affiliation with the encampment, calling for people to be peaceful.

Here and now, reporter Murv Seymour was on the scene and brings us this report.

>> I personally do not plan on leaving this space at all.

>> Going into the 13th day of this protest.

The week begins with tension and a seeming clock ticking at the corners of Baldwin and Williamson streets.

Just how long could.

And would this intersection where Corey Ruiz was shot and killed by a Madison police officer remain closed?

>> I've been here since the 22nd.

>> Some businesses stuck in the past still shut down as city officials and protesters work to hash out a resolution that comforts both sides.

Some community members demand a permanent memorial to honor Corey Ruiz.

City officials say they're open to that, but want an end to the encampment.

>> And now the grief has turned into anger.

Now, because they're not moving swiftly enough.

>> That's what community activist Jackie Morris says about police and the city's investigation.

He and others continue to demand that the unidentified officer who pulled the trigger is arrested and charged.

>> As a community, what are we doing here?

>> Azrael JD, who goes by the name spawn, wants to see more than that.

>> The perfect situation would be a complete end to policing as we know it, at least in the city of Madison.

Policing should lie in the hands of the community.

>> I'm sure if they arrested him right now, at this minute, all this would go away with blink of an eye.

week, all four corners leading to the scene still cut off by homemade blockades set up by protesters made of cars, RVs, debris and at this section, a bed of nails.

>> What's his name?

>> A day before the two week mark of this controversial shooting, in what seems like a blink of an eye during a pre-dawn raid, a swarm of nearly 50 law enforcement officers sweep in, clearing out with force what couldn't be cleared out with patience, compromise or negotiations.

>> By the time that I got over here on all four of these corners, there were dozens of cops out here, dozens on every single corner.

And the mayor has been like, oh, it's dangerous.

The businesses are against them.

The neighbors are against them.

It's not sanitary.

The food isn't safe.

But they always do that because they will always paint out community protecting each other.

>> Can you guys move off the spot?

I did.

>> Kern Latinos.

>> Criticism over policing in Madison makes its way all the way to leaders at City Hall.

>> How are we supposed to build trust with this?

How do you come back from this?

>> This week's virtual Common Council meeting lasts more than seven hours.

>> But my neighbors, the people I care about, they are being terrorized every day by these police officers.

>> Three minutes at a time.

Almost 400 people registered to speak, most in support of more trauma inspired policing.

>> People need to have more of a grieving time for all this.

funding for.

>> Oversight without resources is not oversight.

>> In her first briefing with reporters flanked by the police chief and other city leaders, the mayor admits there's work to be done to better relationships between police and the people they're sworn to protect.

>> I still believe that we will do better working together than causing more harm and destruction.

I very much hope that our community can come together, start listening to each other across difference.

Acknowledge some of the deep structural issues in our society and focus on how we move forward.

>> I've identified some areas that I think we're going to make immediate progress on, hopefully in immediate steps, to do some restructuring to help us get there.

But that takes time.

And the mayor's point, it's it's near impossible to do it when you're in the middle of a crisis.

>> For most of the week, traffic flows through this traumatized community pretty much like normal.

But the sense of permanent peace and normalcy in and around this intersection remains to be seen.

>> The community needs some kind of closure, and we need to be able to trust the police, the ones who protect and serve us instead of the community against the police, the police against community.

>> And that's something both sides can agree on.