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Category: George Floyd riots

  • How long will Madison ‘progressives’ resist body cameras?

    After the Chauvin conviction. Former Madison WI mayor Dave Cieslewicz: “George Floyd’s brother, Philonise … talked about bans on choke holds, the curtailing of qualified immunity and requiring that police officers have their body cameras on at all times. Yet … Madison city government has itself tied up in knots with committees studying the issue to death…

  • Derek Chauvin gets the death sentence

    Bad cop, coerced verdicts We cannot say the verdict of guilty on all three counts in the George Floyd trial today is unwarranted. It’s certainly not surprising. But it may be as political as it is judicial.  Every state writes its own criminal statutes. Conviction on second-degree murder feels like a stretch. Officer Derek Chauvin…

  • If Althea Bernstein led a march …

    … did it really happen? Seriously? Althea Bernstein led a march against racism? (Old-timers will remember when they were called “civil rights marches.”) There she is on the front page of our favorite Madison WI morning newspaper. Leading a “unity” march Sunday 04-18-21. With her own bullhorn! Jussie Smollett wasn’t available? (Maybe he went out…

  • What will you do if Derek Chauvin doesn’t get death?

    Today’s Man on the Street question!   What will YOU do if the George Floyd cop doesn’t get the death penalty?

  • Justice by any means necessary?

    Situational justice? Duante Wright was pulled over driving a car with expired tags and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest related to aggravated armed robbery. Erick Erickson writes: “Wright would still be alive had Officer Potter not confused her gun and her taser. Wright would also still be alive had he not struggled with police. Those statements…

  • Our Question of the Day

    You have the right to remain silent We remember when The Capital Times would do its man on the street questions. Five unwitting citizens proffer their answers off the top of their heads. Each answer was accompanied by their “mug shot,” as we journalists called those face-only photos. Might be a good time to resume…