Category: Race
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Memo to victim mongers: Get off your knees and quit blaming others
There is a reason police are the problem — and not crime — for our Madison alders, Mayor Soglin, the Dane County Board — indeed, for the entire Democratic party and its socialist allies. When black people commit crime at a rate disproportionate to their population the phenomenon must be attributed to rank racism, white…
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Police auditor: $200,000/yr for part-time work
The independent auditor proposed to monitor the Madison Police Department (MPD) sounds worse than a Trump tweet every time we hear about it. The City of Madison paid the OIR Group $372,000 to detect pointy white hoods and/or happy trigger fingers in the police force. Long story short, it found neither. The Berkeley policy boutique…
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Madison spends $400,000 to study police, gets ‘few answers’ — while bullets fly
‘Few answers in report on police’ Good on Chris Rickert. I’m sure he misses his opinion column on Page 2 of the Wisconsin State Journal but, given the contracting news business, at least he is doing honest labor as the Madison city hall reporter. Mostly indoor work. No heavy lifting. Chris has come over to…
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Can’t we all just bridge the digital divide?
After studying the warranty and some augury involving small animals, the Policy Werkes concludes that your humble bloggeur will never be as virtuous as the average Madison alderoid. For the Madison Common Council and its mayor for life, every day is Christmas. It is always better to give because they rarely receive. We have recounted…
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Should the rule of law by subjected to the passions of the mob?
We stand by our verdict of a month ago. Shouldn’t there, at least, be a tee shirt? Thursday’s more complete exposition of the City of Madison’s $400,000 police proctology reveals a big nothing burger. (The full report here.) The high-priced consultants from Berkeley California, tasked with finding evidence of invidious racism in Madison’s police force,…
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Danger: white men voting!
‘Hey white boy, what you doin’ uptown?’ — Lou Reed The social justice night riders are out, baying for the blood of white men — all complicit in the election of Donald Trump. When identity politics is all you’ve got, race and gender is all you see. Thus does Your Progressive Voice team up with…