”Blacks believed the causes lay with their mounting frustrations over the failures of white-dominated local leadership to deal with African American grievances” (“Civil Disorder of 1967”).
“In the aftermath, Mayor Maier was a hero to white Milwaukeeans. Critics, however, noted that he proposed no new programs to deal with blacks’ grievances” (“Civil Disorder of 1967”)
African-American residents were disappointed and enraged over the lack of representation and passing of bills in their favor, while Mayor Maier wasn’t going to give anything up. He quelled the riot in less than a day and never proposed anything post-riot. Nothing ever passed in direct result of the riot.