Crime & Safety
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Racine Takes First Steps Toward Police Reform
A bevy of actions announced, but none with immediate reformative effects.
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America’s Top Military Official: ‘I Should Not Have Been’ at Trump’s Photo Op
Army Gen. Mark Milley said he was wrong to have accompanied the president on his June 1 walk through Lafayette Square to St. John’s Church, where Trump held a bible aloft in an awkward publicity stunt.
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Replace Cops With Social Workers and Nurses? That’s What These Schools Might Do
Madison, Milwaukee School Boards consider removing school resource officers, a sign of progress for protesters.
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Trump Tweets Conspiracy Theory About 75-Year-Old Man Assaulted by Police
Hundreds of videos show police escalating violence at protests, yet the president is still trying to blame antifa.
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‘Rubber Bullets Have Replaced German Shepherds’: Milwaukee Police Feel Heat for What They Did to Protesters
Chief says police are being ‘crucified’ by complaints in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
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Video Confirms No Knock Before Guns Drawn
Monona police briefly handcuff the Black man who was the rightful resident.
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What Defund the Police Really Means
Rebuilding departments and moving money from weaponry to prevention.
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ACLU to Evers: Release Prisoners to Prevent COVID Outbreaks
The organization fears the pandemic’s risk to prisoners will be forgotten amid protests.
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Former President Obama Addresses George Floyd’s Killing for First Time on Camera: How to Stream Live
The Wednesday address will be a part of the former president’s “My Brother’s Keeper Alliance Town Hall” series.
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Bishop Who Oversees St. John’s Church: Trump Trampled On The Bible With Teargas Photo Op
Top leaders of the church that President Trump used as a photo backdrop after tear-gassing peaceful protesters are outraged at the president’s callous action. “There was no reaching out, no sense that it would require some sort of authorization before using the church as a backdrop in that way,” Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, told NPR.…
