Appoints anarchist cop-hater as monitor!
Maybe it’s a death wish. The Police Civilian Oversight Board is daring Madison alders to revoke its charter and scrap the whole failed experiment. The PCOB threw up another headache for the City. It appointed former alder Rebecca Kemble as interim Police Monitor, replacing the one fired by the Common Council last month.
Except that when alders fired Aeiramique Glass they named their own chief of staff, Karen Kapusta-Pofahl, as the temporary replacement. According to the publication Madison 365, City Attorney Mike Haas and the City’s human resources director, Erin Stenson, will not recognize Kemble’s appointment.
“If you want to have a standoff with the Council, go ahead and make your appointment,” Haas said. “It will not be approved by the HR director.”
That is exactly what the Civilian Oversight desires, a standoff with the mayor and the alders.
Kemble the dismantler
Rebecca Kemble would be a good fit for police monitor; she hates cops. This is Ald. Kemble in 2021:
“I think you heard alder [Max] Prestigiacomo and me state clearly we are in a historical moment where there are not only demands being made but a lot more understanding about what police abolition means. …. We need to think beyond improving the police system.”
Just like Brandi Grayson, also endorsed by Progressive Dane that year.
“Defunding the police is a step towards moving us to a post-law enforcement world. … The police do not make us safer. … I have a close relationship with Progressive Dane alder Rebecca Kemble and would love to continue to work with her in office to advance change.” — Brandi Grayson
Politically, Kemble goes beyond socialism all the way to anarchism. Actually, an offshoot called “anarcho-syndicalism” which, Wikipedia relates, “combines anarchist politics with trade unionism, advocating for workers to use direct action — such as strikes, workplace occupations, and general strikes — to dismantle capitalism and the state, replacing them with self-managed worker federations.”
We saw some of that anarcho-syndicalism at the last Council meeting, where raging lunatics took over the floor and shouted down speakers with whom they disagreed. Yeah, it was chaos.
In addition to RedMadison, The Capital Times endorsed Kemble. She is what they mean by “progressive.”
As an alder in 2021, Rebecca Kemble wrote the requirement that one-half of half the PCOB’s membership be African-American (along with Shiva Bidar Sielaff and Donna Moreland). Clearly, on its face, an unconstitutional racial test. Blaska sued in court and won.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Sheesh! You want to defund something?
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