Crime & Safety
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Evers Pardons Nine More People, Bringing Total to 65
Pardons restore some rights stripped from people convicted of felonies.
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From Local Clerks to Military Voters, Anger at WI Supreme Court for Election Interference
Elections Commission chair says delaying millions of ballots could be catastrophic.
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Conservative Supreme Court Justices Delay Absentee Ballots
A Thursday order suspends further mailing until the court decides a case.
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ACLU: Militia in Kenosha Got ‘Free Pass’ While Police Cracked Down on Protesters
Group says curfew violations should not depend on whether cops agree or disagree with who’s out late.
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Church Demands Police Return Confiscated Supplies and Give Them to BLM Protesters
Confiscation by officers in unmarked vehicles continues a practice by law enforcement that has been occurring in Black communities for decades.
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Kenosha County Plans Vote in Next Budget for Body Cameras in Wake of Blake Shooting
County executive, mayor dodge questions on racism in local policing.
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Trump Plans Kenosha Visit, But Evers Says It Will ‘Hinder Our Healing’
Governor sends a letter to the President asking him not to come. Sen. Ron Johnson refuses to condemn Trump or vigilantes.
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Kenosha Sheriff Says He Didn’t Watch Jacob Blake Video. This Video Proves He’s Lying.
The city’s police chief also defends cops who let a vigilante walk free seconds after shooting two people on Tuesday.
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‘I Feared for My Life’: The Use of Unmarked Vans in Arrests Is More Common Than You Think
“This is the kind of thing that happens over and over and over and I’m glad attention is finally being paid to it, but this is not new. This is the kind of thing that’s been happening for years.”
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ACLU: Kenosha County Sheriff, Police Chief Need to Resign
The calls for resignation come as the FBI joins the investigation and Kenosha Sheriff describes the two men shot and killed by a teenage militia member as “not too bad.”
