Tag: Jail
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Anti-jail anarchists tell district attorney to sit down and shut up
People who do not respect other people will not respect the law Pardon me all to heck, but I do enjoy my schadenfreude served warm on a toasted bun, extra stadium sauce. Led once again by Freedom Inc., Madison’s crazies did their best to disrupt the Dane County Board of Supervisors Thursday night as…
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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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No money for more Madison police but plenty for Common Council staff
UPDATE: Was there a roll call on approving the contract for the hiring of a Common Council chief of staff? No there was not. The voice vote in favor was declared unanimous. I am put in mind of my old seat mate on the Dane County Board, the late Bill Hitzemann, who farmed in the…
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The mob derails democracy with chaos at the County Board
UPDATE: County Board to meet tonight (11-21-17) to reconsider fees, including the $28 wheel tax, and the tax levy but NOT the county jail. More here. Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting was continually disrupted by the 75 to 80 people in attendance by shouting, chanting, clapping, standing in the gallery, and reading prepared statements and then…
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Is the bottleneck in the D.A.’s office?
UPDATE: D.A. Ozanne responds to County Exec Parisi. But does not deny that the district attorneys lobbied for more pay, not more prosecutors. Here is Ozanne’s response. Is the weak link in the law enforcement chain Dane County’s district attorney? Ismael Ozanne is threatening to quit trying unspecified crimes due to lack of prosecutors. “Dane…
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Doing backflips in juvenile prison — and worse — on the ACLU’s dime
That’s what struck the brain trust here at the Stately Manor about the simmering conditions at Lincoln Hills School for Boys. Inmates at this state correctional institution ran outside, scaled one of the housing units, ripped shingles and a metal vent cover off the roof and hurled rocks and pieces of shingles at guards, hitting…