Tag: Police
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Has Madison stopped the cop bashing?
Did the worm just turn? Is November 14, 2017 the watershed? After 2½ years, is this the day Madison city government switched from race-baiting and cop-bashing to judging the person by his actions rather than by the color of their skin? Yes it is. The Madison Common Council voted 14-6 very early this morning in…
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‘You can’t ask … decent citizens who want to maintain the safety and dignity of their neighborhood to carry the load’
But first: Random thoughts on a No Packers Sunday, the first day of frost, Fall 2017. Not sure I’d watch if there was a game. Not because of kneeling but because of no Aaron Rodgers. Quotes of the Week “All I had to do was catch it and run forward.” — 300-pound Badger offensive left…
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Identity politicians: demand gender equity in the Dane County jail!
Tell us, Don Pardo, who is today’s “Housing, not Handcuffs” winner? Squire David, today’s Derail the Jail poster boy is Cornelius Britton, age 21, for (allegedly) deliberately luring a cop to Russett Road on Madison’s southwest side on October 6 with gunshots for the express purpose of targeting said police officer. Also suspected in other…
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Dane County Board plays identity politics, gets played by identity politics
Suggesting crime fills out jail, not racism, is ‘inflammatory’ I will say this for Sharon Corrigan, chairman of the Dane County Board. The lady runs a good meeting. For awhile Wednesday night, at what amounted to a public hearing on the proposed $76 million smaller-but-healthier jail, it looked like a mini-riot might break out. WMTV-15 reported:…
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Dane County is building a jail through a ‘racial equity lens’
Part #4: The myth of ‘institutional racism’ What does a progressive jail look like? Dane County is about to find out. A progressive jail would treat mental illness, avoid solitary confinement, train and educate as much as incarcerate. Fair enough. But here are the maddening part. The reconfigured jail would accommodate fewer inmates, even though…
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Dane County wants to spend $76 million on a smaller, but better jail
Part #1: Less is more? Time to build a bigger and better county jail, right? Homicides in Madison have already set an annual record and there’s three months left in the year. Shootings are up 75%. Kids walking to their first day of school are finding shell casings on the sidewalk. Dane County is the…