One year ago today, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha police officer. Coming a few months after the murder of George Floyd, the shooting […]
Assembly Committee Holds Hearing on Police Reform Bills
Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Today, a legislative committee heard public input on nine bills that would reform policing in Wisconsin. The proposals are the product of months of consideration […]
In 2020, MPD deployed chemical weapons in record amounts
The Madison Police Department deployed more tear gas during Black Lives Matter protests in late May and early June than they did in the prior 16 years combined. Over just […]
After Kenosha Prosecutor Announces No Charges, Hear Jacob Blake’...
Tuesday afternoon, Kenosha’s top prosecutor held an hours-long press conference explaining why he would not bring charges against Rusten Sheskey, the white Kenosha Police Officer who in August shot Jacob […]
Black Lives in the News: Stacey Abrams and Jacob Blake
Yesterday saw two major news events impacting the Black community in America. Earlier in the day, authorities announced that the police officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake in […]
ACLU-WI supports protesters in Kenosha
Chris Ott, Executive Director of the ACLU-Wisconsin, talks about that group’s efforts to mitigate violence and allow free speech protest in Kenosha over the failure of prosecution of the police […]
