Category: Race
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Activists are forcing police out of Madison schools
Another school shooting, this one Tuesday in Marshall County, Kentucky. Two killed, 18 wounded. One national group has tallied 283 shootings at schools since 2013. Like so many, the killing in Kentucky stopped only when armed police responded. Not that Madison has noticed. This would not be The Emerald City without social justice warriors clamoring…
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Madison beats back the War on Cops
Official Notice: The Stately Manor will remain open during the federal government shutdown, albeit with candle light. Donations of size D batteries are appreciated, however, in order to keep Ol’ Sparky, our fully amortized mainframe computer, up and running. Also some Sterno. It was a good week for mental health, or as close as we…
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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…