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Stop-and-Frisk Continues: Reports says Milwaukee Police have not complied with lawsuit settlement

Stop-and-Frisk Continues: Reports says Milwaukee Police have not complied with lawsuit settlement

Posted by | Oct 22, 2020 |

The Milwaukee Police Department continues to stop and frisk people in a racially discriminatory manner, and is still not compliant with key requirements of its 2018 Settlement Agreement, according to the latest annual report released on September 22 from the Crime and Justice Institute, the consultant overseeing the settlement of the Collins v. City of Milwaukee case. As part of the settlement, the MPD agreed to end the practice of racially-biased stop-and-frisk. The MPD, as well as the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission and the City, also agreed to a series of other reforms. The settlement came after a...

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Community stakeholders hold voting rallies to “Light Up” Milwaukee and cause “Good Trouble”

Community stakeholders hold voting rallies to “Light Up” Milwaukee and cause “Good Trouble”

Posted by | Oct 21, 2020 |

Baptist Ministers, Buddhist priests, Mexican immigrants, leaders from the Hmong, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu communities, as well as unions and youth groups, came together on October 19 to light up Milwaukee and mobilize city residents for early voting. The candlelight rally included speakers from diverse partners, united in the commitment to bring every eligible voter to the polls. The event followed strict COVID-19 prevention protocols, providing masks and markers for social distancing. “This election is a matter of life and death to all of our people. Early voting is a safe and secure way to make sure our voices...

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Wisconsin offers more financial support to stabilize businesses and families affected by COVID-19

Wisconsin offers more financial support to stabilize businesses and families affected by COVID-19

Posted by | Oct 15, 2020 |

Governor Tony Evers announced two major investment programs on October 6 to aid the state’s recovery from the pandemic, a $47 million investment to support for child care, healthcare navigators, and energy and rental assistance to Wisconsinites, and a $100 million investment plan aimed at providing additional economic stabilization for small businesses and communities hardest hit by COVID-19. The efforts will be funded in part through the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF). The new infusion of funds includes an additional $50 million for “We’re All In Grants,” an economic development...

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Miller Park site to take over as centralized hub for COVID-19 testing in Milwaukee

Miller Park site to take over as centralized hub for COVID-19 testing in Milwaukee

Posted by | Oct 15, 2020 |

The City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and the Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) announced on October 6 the transition toward a centralized community COVID-19 testing site as the deployment of Wisconsin National Guard troops to assist with testing winds down. As the National Guard begins its planned drawdown of COVID-19 testing personnel in Milwaukee, a consolidated, centralized community testing location will begin offering COVID-19 viral testing at Miller Park beginning October 19. The current National Guard testing facilities will conclude testing on October 17. The central community testing site at Miller Park will be staffed...

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Wauwatosa police retaliate against Cole family with violent attack that sends mother to hospital

Wauwatosa police retaliate against Cole family with violent attack that sends mother to hospital

Posted by | Oct 10, 2020

Milwaukee Independent · Arrest of Tracy Cole Press Conference Under the questionable legality of an ambiguous curfew order, Wauwatosa police violently arrested the mother and sisters of Alvin Cole on October 8 while they sat in their vehicle at the end of a peaceful demonstration. Wauwatosa police arrested Tracy Cole, and her daughters Taleavia and Tristiana, about two hours after a curfew for the suburb of Milwaukee took effect. The arresting officers were part of a supplemental force reportedly from Waukesha County, but took their direction from Wauwatosa officials. The incident happened on the second night of demonstrations, that...

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Brutality by Design: Wauwatosa shows that curfew policy is intended to terrorize civilian population

Brutality by Design: Wauwatosa shows that curfew policy is intended to terrorize civilian population

Posted by | Oct 10, 2020

After the October 8 assault on the family of Alvin Cole, which sent his grieving mother Tracy Cole to the hospital with injuries, Milwaukee County Supervisor Ryan Clancy had a simple message for City leaders: Stop using curfews. Supervisor Clancy said that criminalizing the mere existence of people within municipal borders had no place in civil society, and curfews without explicit exemptions for the presence of people whose presence could reduce police violence and document their actions: legal observers, press and elected officials, was inexcusable. “Every curfew in recent memory – Wauwatosa, Kenosha, and Milwaukee before that – has...

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