A Milwaukee Officer’s Struggle After His Brothers Die in Conflicts With Police

Instead of quitting the force, Ronald Edwards finds healing through serving the community

Ronald Edwards, an officer with the Milwaukee Police Department, stands in a police administration building in Milwaukee, Wis., on Aug. 31, 2020. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Two years after Ronald Edwards became a police officer in Milwaukee, his brother was shot and killed by an off-duty officer, and he wanted to quit the force.

Edwards lost both of his brothers in confrontations with police—several years earlier, his other brother had died in police custody.