A federal judge accepted a guilty plea by Milwaukee activist Van "Vaun" Mayes for his involvement in the 2016 Sherman Park unrest.
Mayes used social media to encourage violence in August of 2016 over a police shooting— a former Milwaukee police officer shot and killed Sylville Smith after he ran from a traffic stop.
Watch: Van 'Vaun' Mayes pleads guilty to inciting a riot:
Milwaukee activist Van 'Vaun' Mayes pleads guilty to inciting a riot
Mayes will be sentenced in January and faces up to five years in prison and a quarter of a million dollars in fines.
TMJ4's Mary Jo Ola has been following this story and will have more updates.
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