Category: War on Police
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Isthmus let its anti-cop bias get in the way of a good story
Bad old boy cops not so bad, old, or male Kudos to Dylan Brogan of Madison’s Isthmus for persevering for an entire year before getting information out of the Madison Police about an incident involving officer Stephen Heimsness and a female police officer that occurred before his fatal encounter with the unfortunate and dangerously intoxicated…
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Imagine there are no races
It’s easy if you try … and the world will be as one Not enough homeless people are showing up to testify at Common Council meetings. Some people are “under-served” and “under-represented.” Who knew? And, more to the point, how do “they” know who is under-served and who is over-served? (Take a number.) The City of…
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‘The Left doesn’t fight evil; it fights those who do’
Must not allow victims to defend themselves A persistent Madison pest who infests my Facebook page insists that anyone who defends our schools from mass shooters be tested first for “implicit bias.” Along with rubella, most likely. Yeah, the pest just played the Race Card. As if the police officer assigned to the school or…
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‘Of course police officers should stay in Madison’s high schools’
‘Turkey Lives Matter’ Hooray for the Wisconsin State Journal. Once again, Madison’s newspaper of record has spoken up and spoken loudly on an issue of public safety raised by your Squire in the daily newspaper one month ago and many times here at the Manor. The State Journal’s Sunday editorial does not coat with sugar:…
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Thoughts and prayers and a little lead
The indentured servants at the Stately Manor are abuzz over the father who walked into Shorewood Hills elementary school Thursday and handed out pieces of cardboard written with a single word, that word being “GUN!” Could it be that the young man was making a statement? Next time, let’s hope the staff at Shorewood Hills…
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Cops in Madison schools, Part #2
Lesson #1 is Discipline Fewer arrests don’t necessarily translate into safer schools and racial disparity continues Defining deviance down I’ve read the statistics. Yes, student arrests in Madison’s public schools are down 22% over the last four years. Two possible reasons: That EROs are making headway. Or, discouragingly, because that is how MMSD defines success.…