BY PETER CAMERON, The Badger Project With little fanfare and no opposition, a bill proponents hope will cut down on bad apples in law enforcement passed the legislature and was signed by the governor way back in November. The law requires law enforcement agencies maintain a work history file for each employee and creates a […]
Tag: George Floyd
Posted inLocal news, Police and fire
‘This is a huge step for law enforcement.’ Police unions shift stance on protecting bad officers
By Peter Nickeas, CNN (CNN) — In response to the police killing George Floyd, 15 unions that represent law enforcement officers across the US have endorsed a blueprint for policing that includes an unprecedented shift in the way unions protect bad police officers, according to a copy of the plan obtained by CNN ahead of […]
Posted inPolitics
In wake of Wisconsin’s racial justice protests, curfew tickets raise equity and speech questions
By Clara Neupert and Jim Malewitz Wisconsin Watch The envelope looked like any other — slightly wrinkled, a handwritten address scrawled across the front. But Jared Cain said he felt violated after looking inside. He saw a ticket for breaking the curfew Milwaukee adopted to regulate protests after a May 25 murder in Minneapolis seen […]
Posted inBreaking, Local news, Police and fire
Chauvin, former police officer, found guilty of murdering George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Derek Chauvin, a former police officer with the Minneapolis Police Department, was found guilty Tuesday on all three counts: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a white officer, knelt on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for […]
Posted inCommunity, Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Who’s Killing Who?
This year the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis Minnesota, caused America and the world to concede to the reality of unjustifiable murder of unarmed Black people by the police, and the unrestricted totality of the injustices of systemic racism. Frankly speaking, these murders of Blacks by police are mostly based on racial […]
Posted inUptown Observer
Kenosha activist among Time’s ‘Guardians of the Year’
This image of Porche Bennett-Bey, a Kenosha activist, is embedded in Time Magazine’s online story naming her among its Guardians of the Year for 2020. Image courtesy of time.com. KENOSHA ⏤Time Magazine has chosen a local activist as one of its Guardians of the Year for 2020. Porche Bennett-Bey, aka “Mookie Bey”, has been a […]
Posted inGovernment, Local news, Politics
Defund the police? Milwaukee eyes future amid Black Lives Matter protests, coronavirus budget crunch
Milwaukee activist Annia Leonard wants a safe community without police, and she draws from her own experience when thinking about what that could be: like the time a conflict at her grandmother’s house ended peacefully in a garden — without anyone in handcuffs. Annia Leonard is seen outside of her grandmother’s house in the Sherman […]
Posted inGovernment, Local news
Policing in Wisconsin: ‘Room for improvement,’ but could be a lot worse
More than a month after the death of George Floyd led to protests across the country, calls to reform police have reached the decibel levels of a thunderbolt. State Democrats have released several bills they say will improve policing in Wisconsin. So have some from the GOP. But with the election less than four months […]
Posted inLocal news, Police and fire
Man charged with jewelry store burglary during protest
RACINE, WI – A Racine man remains in custody on a burglary charge in connection with a break-in at Plaza Jewelers, 3701 Durand Ave., early on June 1. That night included protests and civil unrest, which escalated into the burning of the Thelma Orr Community Oriented Policing (COP) House and a spike in commercial burglaries […]
Posted inEvents, Government, Local news, Police and fire
Mayor Mason Announces Initial Community Conversations in Police Reforms
On June 30, the City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason announced the first three community conversations on police reforms. In response to the murder of George Floyd, Mayor Mason announced a series of actions to reform the Racine Police Department to build trust, transparency, and accountability to the people they serve. One of those actions […]
Posted inCity Hall, Government, Local news
Following National Trend, City of Racine Spends Heavily on Policing
After George Floyd, a black man, died at the hands of a white Minneapolis Police Officer on Memorial Day, protests and calls to defund, demilitarize, reform, and even abolish the police have swelled across the country. Floyd’s death “shocked the conscience of the nation,” Racine Police Chief Art Howell said in a letter to the […]
Posted inBreaking, Government, Local news, Police and fire
Hate groups make a comeback in Wisconsin
By Shereen Siewert WISCONSIN – As racially-charged protests and speeches continue to sweep across Wisconsin and the country, there is increasing evidence that hate groups are on the rise. Government and advocacy organizations say hate groups are nothing new, but white nationalism has seen particular resonance in recent weeks and months. Earlier this month in […]
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Racine Police Chief issues letter to the community about protests
The tragic events occurring in Minneapolis on May 25 changed our nation in a profound manner. Racine Police Chief Art Howell The death of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of those who were sworn to protect and serve shocked the conscience of the nation. While the epicenter of this crisis was in the United […]
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WATCH: Racine protests promote peace and action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcDRTLvVxE0 RACINE, WI – Foster Youth Empowered, Racine Women For Racial Justice, and Restoration Ministries sponsored a march Tuesday night to protest the death of George Floyd. The Minneapolis man died of asphyxiation. Four Minneapolis police officers were charged in connection with his death.
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WATCH: Protesters stage in front of the Racine Police Department
RACINE, WI – Protesters lay in front of the Racine Police Department at about 6 p.m. Tuesday night in memory of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis Police Officer. Mayor Cory Mason also held a vigil as well. https://www.facebook.com/kelly.scroggins.71/videos/10216854894708997/