In case major protesting about this decision ensues, as regards "systemic racism" and not just police abuse, people should have another photo to complete the picture here. This is Police Officer Joseph Mensah:
Also, be aware that the Mayor of Milwaukee is a white Democrat who was elected Milwaukee's 40th Mayor on April 6, 2004, and has been reelected with over 70% of the vote in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
[....] Chisholm’s efforts have led to Milwaukee County receiving national praise and attention for innovative approaches to justice and prosecution alternatives. Milwaukee has often served as a model for other district attorneys’ offices throughout the country [....]
Edit to add some nuance: the officer was with Wauwatosa which is actually a separate city from Milwaukee but one which is a very old suburb and therefore basically a cut out from the City of Milwaukee's geographical lines. The mayor of Wauwatosa is also a white Democrat. General description in most of the country might be that Wauwatosa is part of "greater metro Milwaukee." But in Wisconsin, a lot of governmental jurisdiction is by county, not by city, and both the City of Milwaukee and the City of Wauwatosa are in Milwaukee County. And the district attorney serves the entire county.
A former U.S. attorney hired by the Wauwatosa Fire and Police Commission has recommended Officer Joseph Mensah be fired after his third fatal on-duty shooting, according to a report released Wednesday.
Allowing Mensah to continue as a fully empowered police officer, with the authorization to potentially use deadly force for a fourth time, "creates an extraordinary, unwarranted and unnecessary risk to the Wauwatosa Police Department and the City of Wauwatosa," Steven Biskupic wrote in his report.
Biskupic also found Mensah had made “inconsistent and misleading" public statements about the shootings, which could compromise his ability to testify in court, and violated a policy banning officers from discussing ongoing investigations of police shootings.
Those factors led Biskupic to find "just cause," as defined by state law, to remove Mensah from duty as an active Wauwatosa police officer.
Protesters & rioters are taking to the streets in Wauwatosa, Wis. after a black cop was cleared in the fatal shooting of an armed black teen who fired a shot during a foot pursuit.
Rioters are now targeting RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
In this neighborhood about this case, it will be more than counterproductive! How to lose friends and get enemies. This is a relatively liberal and very residential area of mid priced homes, many prized by the owners simply because they are older and not bourgeois. Very small "downtown" if you could even call it that.
More white flight coming to greater Milwaukee very soon. Guaranteed now!
I can just imagine the Facebook convos. You don't like the police and prosecutors and schools we pay for? Fine, figure a way to pay for your own that you like better! We're moving to Waukesha. Good luck with no property taxes incoming.
I don't think there's a message to begin with in Wauwatosa, seems like mostly chaos opportunism. There's definitely expressing anger at racial divide, but then they are using a case about a black cop to do it, so no message gets across to any "others" at all except: we're crazy mad nuts, be afraid of us.
“The biggest lesson that I learned from ACT UP is that a small group of people — extremely focused on analysis and practical solutions to the problem — can change the world” https://t.co/Onu8k28HET
As the BLM crowd was marching through the neighborhoods of Wauwatosa, one man came out to tell people to get off of his property, telling them there are people who most likely support BLM. One guy drove on his yard with a motorcycle. pic.twitter.com/yxOyZXqMOQ
FWIW from an email from a family member in Milwaukee not that far away
....The mob came after the police officer that was justified in every shooting for no reason over than a target. they’ve lied and manipulated the facts .black officer BTW. Protesters have been terrorizing him & his residence girlfriend kids for weeks now . Mainstream Media Downplaying everything....
#BLACKLIVESMATTER & BLM GROUPS PLEASE STOP ALL PROTESTS UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION
PROTESTS CAN RESUME AFTER THE ELECTION. NO MATTER WHO WINS WE WILL STILL DEMAND JUSTICE FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL POLICE KILLINGS, POLICE REFORM, & RACIAL EQUALITY. LET'S BE STRATEGIC & SAFE AT HOME. 09 pic.twitter.com/zNEGrNJ9QD
Please remember to vote @RobynVining November 3rd. You may have to go to the polls since the post office is boarded up. But, hey...she thinks you’re a racist. #Wauwatosa
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In case major protesting about this decision ensues, as regards "systemic racism" and not just police abuse, people should have another photo to complete the picture here. This is Police Officer Joseph Mensah:
Also, be aware that the Mayor of Milwaukee is a white Democrat who was elected Milwaukee's 40th Mayor on April 6, 2004, and has been reelected with over 70% of the vote in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
and the District Attorney is a Democrat in his 4th term who--
and who is up for re-election in November and received 98.9% of the votes in the Democratic primary, unchallenged, the write-ins were only 1.1%
Edit to add some nuance: the officer was with Wauwatosa which is actually a separate city from Milwaukee but one which is a very old suburb and therefore basically a cut out from the City of Milwaukee's geographical lines. The mayor of Wauwatosa is also a white Democrat. General description in most of the country might be that Wauwatosa is part of "greater metro Milwaukee." But in Wisconsin, a lot of governmental jurisdiction is by county, not by city, and both the City of Milwaukee and the City of Wauwatosa are in Milwaukee County. And the district attorney serves the entire county.
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 6:25pm
The report suggested that Mensah be terminated
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2020/10/07/wauwatosa-police-officer-joseph-mensah-should-fired-shootings-report-says/5909137002/
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 6:43pm
Yes.
But the D.A. charging him with something would of course be a different thing than firing him, and that is what is the news.
Different purviews.
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 7:35pm
The officer was on scene for 30 seconds.
You take what you can get. The system is rigged in favor of police.
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 8:28pm
sigh, here we go unfortunately:
In this neighborhood about this case, it will be more than counterproductive! How to lose friends and get enemies. This is a relatively liberal and very residential area of mid priced homes, many prized by the owners simply because they are older and not bourgeois. Very small "downtown" if you could even call it that.
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 4:59am
More white flight coming to greater Milwaukee very soon. Guaranteed now!
I can just imagine the Facebook convos. You don't like the police and prosecutors and schools we pay for? Fine, figure a way to pay for your own that you like better! We're moving to Waukesha. Good luck with no property taxes incoming.
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 5:06am
Live Wauwatosa updates: Police fire tear gas on protesters twice, declare unlawful assembly
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, updated Oct. 8 12:06 am CT
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 5:27am
Belarus fields 100k protesters a day
Gaining international support, staying on message
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 5:32am
I don't think there's a message to begin with in Wauwatosa, seems like mostly chaos opportunism. There's definitely expressing anger at racial divide, but then they are using a case about a black cop to do it, so no message gets across to any "others" at all except: we're crazy mad nuts, be afraid of us.
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 3:49pm
On that "focus" thing, staying on message:
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 5:35pm
like I said, Wauwatosa known to be liberal:
but go ahead, chase all the whites out of town. Because of what a black police officer did.
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 2:08pm
FWIW from an email from a family member in Milwaukee not that far away
....The mob came after the police officer that was justified in every shooting for no reason over than a target. they’ve lied and manipulated the facts .black officer BTW. Protesters have been terrorizing him & his residence girlfriend kids for weeks now . Mainstream Media Downplaying everything....
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 2:51pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 5:00am
Angry locals example:
THE FOLLOWING WILL NOT GO OVER WELL:
It's like this, outsiders:
by artappraiser on Sun, 10/11/2020 - 6:26am
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 1:45am