If this weren’t Madison WI?
Contrary to Nancy Pelosi’s dictum that criminal defendants must prove their innocence, our legal system requires the state to prove guilt. But the might of the state is arrayed against defendants who either pay for their own defense or trust their fate to a court-appointed attorney.
As a practical matter, there are certain crimes for which you do not want to be accused, no matter how innocent, depending on the zeitgeist of the times. Remember the hysteria around “ritual satanic child abuse” in the 1980s? Its most notorious efflorescence resulted in “bizarre and physically impossible” charges against the McMartin preschool that were ultimately dropped years later.
In the wake of George Floyd, Jacob Blake, Michael Brown et al, you do not want to be a police officer accused of shooting a black man regardless of culpability. Especially in Dane County. Which is where Mark Wagner is at. Mr. Wagner was a state criminal investigator, a veteran of 30 years in law enforcement, when, on 02-03-22 he and other officers attempted the arrest of one Quadren Wilson, an alleged fentanyl dealer with a lengthy police record.
Wagner, age 50, fired into Wilson’s vehicle, injuring the suspect who, apparently, was unarmed. Seven months later, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne filed a charge of second-degree recklessly endangering safety with use of a dangerous weapon. Wagner is the only one charged. As for Wilson, he pled guilty in May 2022 to delivering narcotics resulting in a fatal overdose. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 3 more years of supervision.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: The Werkes does not presume to judge guilt or innocence. Law enforcement should be held to a higher standard. We also recognize the life-or-death decisions law enforcement must make in an instant and the leisure in which those decisions can be second-guessed. Nor can we ignore social and political pressures that accompany an inter-racial police shooting.
We thought it significant that an organization exists to defend police officers accused of crime, the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund. Especially given the murder of two small-town police officers after a traffic stop Saturday 04-08-23 in northwestern Wisconsin. They were Emily Breidenbach, 32, of the Chetek police department and Hunter Scheel, 23, of the Cameron police — both in Barron County.
We don't yet know details, but perhaps those officers did not fire soon enough.
What follows is an appeal (abridged) from Mark Wagner’s wife:
We live in far-Left Madison WI and the “defund the police” mob whipped up rage, LIED about what happened, and trashed Mark’s reputation.
And now Mark faces 10 YEARS behind bars for doing exactly what he was trained to do in the line of duty … On the morning of February 3, 2022, Mark and other officers tried to arrest … Quadren Wilson. …He was wanted for allegedly dealing fentanyl to a man found dead in a restaurant bathroom.
Mark’s arrest team planned to capture Wilson in his vehicle using a containment strategy. They pulled in their trucks to block his car on both ends. But Wilson floored the accelerator, spinning his wheels wildly in a desperate attempt to escape justice. Mark and another officer exited their vehicle to make the arrest. Mark was holding one of those big POLICE shields and had his gun drawn.
But Wilson refused Mark’s commands to show his hands, continuing to spin his wheels and try to force his way out. With the wheels screeching and smoking, Mark and the other officer saw Wilson reach into the center console and pull his hand up. Mark thought Wilson had a gun. He heard what he thought was gunfire. Then Mark felt something hit the shield he was holding and push him backward.
Both Mark and the other officer responded to this life-threatening situation by firing into the vehicle. Mark believed his life and his fellow officers’ lives were in danger. … Thankfully, Wilson survived and no one else was injured. But because Wilson is black and Mark is white, anti-police radicals jumped at the chance to target Mark.
Protesters drummed up a racial firestorm by spreading lies that Wilson “had his hands up” and that he “was shot five times in the back.” The corrupt liberal media repeated these lies and painted my husband as a monster. … The liberal district attorney caved to the mob and filed BOGUS felony charges against Mark. …
Our hope that justice would prevail was quickly fading when we received a call from the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF) offering to help Mark. This incredible organization helps innocent officers, like my husband, who have been unfairly prosecuted for split-second, use-of-force decisions in the line of duty. …
LELDF doesn’t receive any money from the government to help police officers facing unjust charges. … Will you help by making a tax-deductible donation?
No trial date has been set. A status conference is scheduled 06-13-23.
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In my opinion; if this account is factually accurate then there is a travesty of justice under way and there should be a be a rapid acquittal. If convicted, the conviction will be thrown out on appeal.
As usual, irrational social justice warriors, and the ignorant fools that support them, have intimidated those in the system so they can get their pound of flesh “justice” because a black man was shot; truth and justice be damned because the ends justifies the means.
No matter what the final outcome of this incident is, as a result of the propaganda campaign against Mark, Mark’s life in this area is done, he’ll have to move his family. As far as I’m concerned law enforcement in this area, as a collective, should help pay for Mark’s relocation and do their best to secure him a new job in his chosen field.
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agreed
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Criminal defendent Mark Wagner is not above the law (today’s 2 for 1 persuasion special).
Poor shit for brains Quadren Wilson… he was just looking for a better life.
We need to start executing fentanyl dealers. Problem would disappear very quickly.
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It’s trolling from internet trolls across the internet, just like that, that deepens the divide between people. It’s people like you that are one of the very real problems in the 21st century.
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“It’s trolling from internet trolls across the internet”
Are you Kamala’s speechwriter? Anyway thanks for pointing out that internet trolls troll on the internet.
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Well One Eye, with the lack of intelligence exhibited by trolls, like you, I figured I better be very specific. 😉
Donald Trump also fits the definition of a troll with everything he says and writes, so you have some rather famous company in your cabal of trolls.
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TROLL: noun Those that post inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages with the deliberate intent of provoking others into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion, to draw attention to themself and for their own amusement.
Yup. If the shoe fits, stick it in your mouth….
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(the other) steve wrote, “Yup. If the shoe fits, stick it in your mouth….”
Now how could anyone argue with that?
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If acquitted it will keep on going just like the Tony Robinson case. I wonder if there is camera footage. Madison mayor and city council doesn’t want police body camera’s because it might tell a different story than what they want.
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That is the only reason any objective, logical person could arrive at when questioning why anyone would be against them.
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And hapless DA Izzy Ozone continually is reelected without an opposition candidate. Our fellow Dane County citizens obviously like the local government we have (see recent Mayoral, Council, and School Board election results). I expect the quest for good government is rapidly concluding hereabouts. Sorry, Wagners, you should have gotten out while the getting was good.
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While he could be worse, Ozanne has shown himself to be at best selective in his application of justice, and is more apt to consider which way the political (i.e. social justice) winds are blowing when filing charges. That’s why Althea Bernstein never saw a day of jail time while a cop doing his job per training might.
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Only one sentence mentioning the two officers shot down in Wisconsin? Two more shot up today in Kentucky. WTF people? Less talk about nouns and verbs; get the S#$T fixed.
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richard lesiak wrote, “Only one sentence mentioning the two officers shot down in Wisconsin? Two more shot up today in Kentucky. WTF people? Less talk about nouns and verbs; get the S#$T fixed.”
Awwww, as usual, we aren’t discussing exactly what poor little Richard want to discuss, therefore he’s deflecting like an ignorant little troll, AGAIN! Well at least he’s a consistent ignorant little troll, so he’s got that much going for him.
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What; no nouns and verbs. Thanks for repeating what I said. You must have really liked it.
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One wonders how many of the shooters were felons out on easy/no bail by Uncle Georgie Soros’ backed Lefty Judges and DAs.
It gets worse.
One Out Of Five Milwaukee County HOMICIDE SUSPECTS> Are Out On Bond.
The blood’s on despicable, cop-hating Lefty’s hands…THEY_MUST_PAY!
The Gotch
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What? No little stupid pics like you normally post? The blood is on YOUR hands you gun loving, gop sheeple.
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The Lazy @$$ Blogge Idiot TROLT is so mind-numbingly ignorant that he’s unaware that a ~13% demographic is responsible for ~ 54 % of gun deaths?
Priceless!
The Gotch
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Wrong, the blood is on the hands of those that pull the trigger.
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who’s doing the 46%? And why isn’t the gop helping to stop it. I guess that NRA money is too important.
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Cop hating? THE COPS ARE THE ONE’S DYING you dumb ass. You’re the one hating them. No mention of their death or even that stupid thoughts and prayers crap. And why aren’t you screaming for gun control to stop them dying.? You’re anti-abortion because you need more targets for the gun loving asshats to shoot.
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What a completely moronic trolling thing to write.
It’s time for some of Blaska’s…
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Aha, look at the comment post time, 1:16 am, this trolling alki-bopping fool is posting after bar time, again.
Friends don’t let friends post inebriated. See if you can get yourself a couple of friends that aren’t drunken fools like yourself.
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This, kiddies, is why internet connected device keyboards/keypads should ALL have factory-installed Breathalyzers!
Might someone please explain to the Lazy @$$ Blogge Idiot TROLT that despicable Lefty DAs-n-Judges aren’t enforcing gun laws which are on the books now, and that Felons-in-Possession-of-Firearms roam disturbingly unfettered because of the No Jail/No Bail crowd.
Not that it would do any good for the hard worker; to wit:
We Are All Born Ignorant, But One Must Work Hard To Remain STOOPID! Anon
The Gotch
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From neighborsnextdoor (They Report/You Decide!)
My research shows that 70% of the time, a Felon In Possession (of firearm) charge is dropped.
The Gotch
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I think in Dane County Circuit Court it is more like 99% are dropped. The only ones that seem to be prosecuted are done so in Federal Court. We will see what happens to the shooter at the jail when he goes to trial. He also had a handgun modified( auto sear) to fire fully automatic.
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Been trying to get the one conservative on the county board to put up a program audit on how many “failure to appears” and felons possessing firearms get dismissed. Anyone know Jeff Weigand?
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A pity Wisconsin doesn’t have a governor like the one in Texas who is trying his best to pardon a victim of BLM fanaticism (with a little prodding from Tucker Carlson, bless his heart). Instead, the miserable old scarecrow in the governor’s mansion is pardoning criminals left and right, hoping of course that they vote a straight Democrat ticket in 2024.
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Dave, I hope you can post an occasional update of how much the fund has raised. Just contributed.
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And, the hit and run artist isn’t in jail for killing a man and his dog? Wtf? With previous hut and run convictions on the books and no punishment? What?
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