Milwaukee mayor says attack got ‘very ugly’ quickly, he did what any good citizen should do

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee’s mayor said Wednesday his decision to intervene in a domestic dispute got “very ugly” quickly but he did what any good citizen should do even though it left him with a bloody scab on his face and his shattered right hand bound by a bulky cast.

Milwaukee mayor in hospital after being attacked by person with metal pipe near state fair

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was hospitalized with head and hand injuries on Sunday after he tried to assist a woman crying for help and was attacked by a man with a metal pipe near the Wisconsin State Fair, police said.

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