Tag: War on Police

  • Portland OR police: Take this job and …

     Couldn’t happen to a nicer city Adapted from the Wall Street Journal: Although 14 openings have been posted since May, only four candidates have applied to work with the new version of Portland Oregon’s gun violence reduction team. It was shut down last year amid long-running protests seeking racial justice and an overhaul of police…

  • Madison reimagines public safety

    A new moderate coalition in Madison? The loss of Paul Skidmore stings but there’s more evidence that the April 6 aldermanic election in Madison WI was not a good day for the Hard Left. As part of Mayor Satya’s efforts to eviscerate the police, she proposed transfering parking enforcement out of MPD. It passsed 11…

  • To what extent did George Floyd kill himself?

    No capacity limits or face masks required at the Werkes! We stipulate: Resisting arrest, by itself, does not justify dying at the hands of police. But it can explain why. The hard left has managed to turn George Floyd into a martyr in the same pantheon as St. Stephen. The man has been sanctified via…

  • Hoist the white flag over Madison schools

    Did you screw up? Blame the pandemic! It’s the all-purpose scapegoat. Some blame coronavirus for the insurrection at the nation’s Capitol 01-06-21. Madison’s school board president blames the Wuhan woo woo for the “dearth of candidates” running in this spring’s school board election. (Story here.)  Blaska Policy Werkes blames the school board president, Gloria Reyes.…

  • Madison alders still after police

    Want to take away another tool. Madison alders aren’t finished with handcuffing the police. Progressive Dane alders  propose ordinance #62413, which would ban facial recognition software, with some exceptions. Sponsors are Mad Max Prestigiacomo, Rebecca Kemble, Tag Evers (all PD),  plus Arvina Martin. Tuesday’s (12-01-2020) Common Council meeting, to be held on-line via zoom, starts at…

  • Democrats murder the truth to play the race card

    Hit the deck, people! Madison is studying the police It was a small item in the WI State Journal sports page. The NFL’s Baltimore Ravens traded their  rookie field goal kicker to the Vikings. Norwegian-born Kaare Vedvik had to sit out all of last season after being assaulted in Baltimore. What are the odds? Talking…