John Chisholm’s epic smackdown of Sheriff David Clarke: “Get off your high horse, Sheriff, and get your office back in the fight”

On May 30, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke wrote a letter (preceded, of course, by a press release) to Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Milwaukee County Circuit Court Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers calling for the District Attorney’s office and all branches of Milwaukee County Circuit Court to suspend the use of deferred prosecutions, plea negotiations, read-in charges, and imposed but stayed custodial sentences for all Part 1 offenses (aggravated assault, forcible rape, murder, robbery, arson, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft).

In his response to Sheriff Clarke, District Attorney Chisholm made it clear he has no intention of suspending the use of deferred prosecutions, plea negotiations, read-in charges, and imposed but stayed custodial sentences, and he also noted his office’s efforts to prosecute serious crimes without the help of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. Here’s what Chisholm wrote to Sheriff Clarke regarding Clarke’s failure to be an actual leader in efforts to fight crime in Milwaukee County.

“I know this does not affect you. Your agency does not investigate homicides, nor does it have the capacity to do so after long years of neglect at your hands. Nevertheless, such measures would directly detriment the budgets of every other major police department in the county, which do investigate and help us prosecute violent offenders.”

The rest of Chisholm’s letter to Sheriff Clarke is worth a read. It’s six pages long, but it’s six pages full of epic smackdowns of the myth of David Clarke as a crimefighter.

Here’s the full letter from John Chisholm to David Clarke.

Press release from Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm to Sheriff David Clarke

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2 thoughts on “John Chisholm’s epic smackdown of Sheriff David Clarke: “Get off your high horse, Sheriff, and get your office back in the fight”

  1. “I know this does not affect you, (Sheriff Clarke). Your agency does not investigate homicides, nor does it have the capacity to do so after long years of neglect at your hands.”

    And the last line is a killer-

    “Get out of the announcer booth, Coach, and get your team on the field.”

    WOW. Not only is it great to see that clown Clarke get what’s long been coming to him, but this letter gives me more confidence that Walker will get what’s coming to him in John Doe as well. Strangely, the pro-Clarke and pro-Walker Journal-Sentinel don’t have much to say on this letter today…

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