Good Samaritan in MPD Officer Shooting Fears for Safety
Milwaukee police call him a hero, but not everyone agrees.
Taxi driver Anthony Thompson says he fears for his safety after he helped two police officers who had been shot on Milwaukee's south side.
Thompson drives a taxi for American United Taxi Cab.
He was one of the heroes to run to the injured officers when they had been shot.
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Ever since the incident, Thompson tells the Journal Sentinel's Jim Stingl he's received a lot of feedback for his actions, both positive and negative.
Thompson says some people in Milwaukee don't like the police, and there's been some chatter about why a black man would help the police.
Thompson is 30 years old and calls himself a grown man with kids, not a street thug like he used to be.
He now says he's a little worried about his safety, unsure if a friend or relative of the suspect may retaliate against him.
He tells Stingl some people have been telling him to get bodyguards.
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