The Wisconsin city of Madison has finally shut down a Black Lives Matter encampment that was launched after the fatal, justified police shooting of homeless career criminal and thug Corey Ruiz.
Ruiz was a 37-year-old black hooligan who was recorded by witness cameras on July 22 being fatally shot after he stabbed an arresting police officer.
Watch (*Graphic content):
July 22, 2026 – Madison, Wisconsin.
Four officers struggle to arrest a man suspected of stealing bikes and checking cars.
During the fight, he pulls a large fixed-blade knife.
One officer is stabbed. A second officer is also injured.
A female officer yells “Taser, Taser,…
— Louis Montoya (@montoyalouis1) July 24, 2026
According to prior reporting, he fled when the police approached him to ask about reports of thefts. When officers caught up to him, a struggle ensued during which he drew a “fixed-blade knife” and “injured an officer.” The officers tried to detain him with a taser but eventually resorted to opening fire, at which point he was killed.
Besides acting violently at the time of his death, Ruiz had also been a longtime criminal.
“He repeatedly cycled in and out of jail in cases involving failure to pay child support, vehicle theft, bail jumping, threats to authorities, resisting an officer, theft, attempted invasion of privacy and cocaine possession,” according to Fox News.
Despite all this, many BLM types, including ones whiter than chalk, immediately started portraying the deceased thug as a victim after his untimely death in late July, going so far as to launch an autonomous zone in Madison in his honor:
The intersection of Baldwin and Willy Streets is still blocked off today, in what I’ve heard referred to as the “Corey Ruiz Autonomous Zone.” pic.twitter.com/3F97elX5oj
— Laura Schulte (@SchulteLaura) July 28, 2026
According to investigative journalist Andy Ngo, the city’s Democrat officials not only allowed the autonomous zone to form but also permitted it “to continue to grow and shut down traffic.”
“Emergency services and local businesses have been impacted,” Ngo recently tweeted.
During a Newsmax appearance, Ngo added that the autonomous zone was “equipped with borders and booby traps.”
TPM’s @MrAndyNgo on the violent autonomous zone equipped with borders and booby traps formed in Wisconsin following fatal police-involved shooting of Corey Ruiz:
“The function of these so-called autonomous zones are for the anarchists to see how far they can push their agenda.” pic.twitter.com/QBiWSWtHsv
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 1, 2026
Everything changed on Tuesday, when the city finally moved to put an end to the autonomous zone and restore order.
“Madison Police Department spokesperson Stephanie Fryer [said] that, at around 5 a.m. Tuesday, city officials entered the encampment … with a bullhorn and asked people to gather their belongings and leave,” according to local station WISC.
Some people violently resisted by lighting fires and throwing rocks:
The city tells me this was meant to be peaceful. Buses were brought in to give people an option to move. The decision to remove the encampment was announced and protestors lit fires and threw rocks at city workers pic.twitter.com/jEL8IGEuiC
— Laura Schulte (@SchulteLaura) August 4, 2026
Despite facing resistance, the police were ultimately successful and the street was fully open by the end of the day, though so-called “protesters” repeatedly tried to interrupt the normal flow of traffic.
“After the street reopened, protesters attempted to block it intermittently throughout the day,” according to Wisconsin Public Radio. “Traffic continued through the day, although demonstrators at times swarmed back into the intersection.”
For the first time in two weeks, the intersection at Williamson and Baldwin Streets is clear, traffic will be able to flow normally pic.twitter.com/wavTy1nPtR
— Laura Schulte (@SchulteLaura) August 4, 2026
This came after weeks of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, a soft Democrat, trying to negotiate with the veritable terrorists.
Speaking after the encampment was cleared, she somewhat catered to the radicals by saying she’d wanted to give them space to grieve but that their encampment had been disrupting local business.
“What is deeply regrettable is that many vulnerable people were caught in the middle, which is why the City spent considerable time and effort finding emergency solutions,” she said. “We were doing this work before the occupation, and we will continue to do this work moving forward.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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