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 Blake, who is Black. Kenosha District Attorney Michael Graveley, who is white, explained how he came to his decision. He presented how the evidence would […]
Fixing the Madison Police
In June of 2015, in the wake of a series of police shootings, the Madison Common Council voted to spend $400,000 for an independent review of the Madison Police Department. Priohr to the vote, Madison Police Chief Mike Koval decried the expenditure in his online blog, saying to council members, “You are being watched, this […]
MPD Review Generates 146 Recommendations
In 2013, the Racial Equity report ranked Dane County among the worst in the nation for racial inequities in arrests and detention. Shortly afterward, Madison was rocked by a series of deadly police shootings, including Paul Heenan, Ashley DiPiazza, Tony Robinson and Michael Schumacher. In response, the Madison Common Council met in July, 2016 to […]
