Tag Archives: Police

Progressive alder’s family is burglarized by repeat offender; she proposes still more restorative justice

Posted on November 15, 2019 by

Ald. Rebecca Kemble: Maybe things will get better now that Chief Koval is gone Wants ‘community-based solutions’ The secretive shareholders of Blaska Policy Werkes thank Madame Brenda Konkel for her faithful, gavel-to-gavel transcription of the Madison Common Council’s budget deliberations Tuesday … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Madison city government, Mike Koval, War on Police | Tagged , , , | 16 Comments

Southwest side neighborhood pleads for more police

Posted on October 28, 2019 by

‘City leaders are not hearing our voices’ Calls Satya’s rapid bus transit a ‘want’ not a need “Our neighbors’ priorities run strikingly counter to those embodied in the 2020 city budget you are currently working on.” — Orchard Ridge neighborhood association … Continue reading →

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Under ‘Race’ let’s mark ‘None’

Posted on February 2, 2018 by

… of yer damned bidness! Let’s end America’s toxic preoccupation with racial taxonomy The late, great John Patrick Hunter was a liberal journalist for The Capital Times. He won national fame for an Independence Day stunt in 1951 when he asked … Continue reading →

Posted in identity politics, Madison schools, Race | Tagged , , , , , , | 50 Comments

The police study wanted to (in effect) disarm Madison police

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

Blaska Policy Werkes recommendation #1: Do not assault a police officer If the generals in Madison’s War on Cops had their way, police would be stripped of their sidearms and sent to restorative justice camps if they dared fight back … Continue reading →

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Activists are forcing police out of Madison schools

Posted on January 24, 2018 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Mother thanks cop after son’s arrest

Posted on January 23, 2018 by

The little lights, they are flickering again at the Stately Manor You would never know it from the headlines, the news footage, or the raucous parade of social justice warriors mau-mauing Madison police at the city council and county board. But … Continue reading →

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