Stories tagged: "Kenosha"
Law and Policy
Law and Policy Has Qualified Police Immunity Become Absolute Immunity? Task Force Is Divided.
Jonathon Sadowski
February 26, 2021 4:24 pm CST
Police defend the controversial doctrine while activists and a former Republican Assembly candidate criticize it.
Law and Policy
Law and Policy Could Wisconsin Be the Next State to Overhaul Qualified Immunity Protection for Police?
Jonathon Sadowski
February 25, 2021 2:53 pm CST
Task Force on Racial Disparities begins discussion on the controversial legal doctrine during a Kenosha meeting.
Courts
Courts Kyle Rittenhouse Made White-Power Signs as He Took Photos with Proud Boys, Prosecutors Say
Jonathon Sadowski
January 14, 2021 3:20 pm CST
“The defendant’s continued association with members of a group that prides itself on violence, and the use of their symbols, raises the significant possibility of future harm."
Elections
Elections Trump Campaigns Maskless in Janesville as COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket in Wisconsin
Jessica VanEgeren
October 18, 2020 9:07 am CDT
Trump campaigns in Wisconsin one day after record-setting day of roughly 4,000 new cases.
Social Justice
Social Justice Blake Shooting Amplifies What Kenosha’s Black Residents Have Long Known: Inequality Is Alive and Well
Jonathon Sadowski
September 14, 2020 11:34 am CDT
How decades of divestment, deindustrialization, and segregation have made Kenosha one of the worst places in the country for Black people to live.
