Tag: David Clarke

According to a unanimous ruling form a federal appeals court, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke was wrong when he forced his deputies to listen to a Christian-themed presentation during roll call in 2006. The appeals court ruled that in doing so, Clarke violated the constitutional separation of church and state….

Yeah, right. Let’s not forget David Clarke is the same guy who ran an epic failure of a mayoral campaign in 2004, and he’s done nothing since then to prove a gubernatorial campaign would be anything but another epic failure.

Remember when the state’s DNA backlog first came to light? At the time, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said of the situation, “This isn’t a mistake, this is an abomination. Let’s go ask the victims of unsolved sexual assaults or other crimes if they feel anybody needs to be held…

In what has to be a clear-cut instance of hell freezing over, Chris “Capper” Liebenthal and Owen “Boots and Sabers” Robinson actually agree on something, and that something is a proposal to collect DNA samples from every individual arrested in the State of Wisconsin, whether those individuals are actually convicted…

Thwarted in his effort to unilaterally overhaul a county program that helps inmates make the transition from jail to job, Sheriff David A. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., who was given control of the Milwaukee County House of Corrections earlier this year, wants to take over the Community Justice…

Just a few random thoughts after a long, hectic day: The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted 16-0 last week to request Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen open a fraud probe to investigate whether administrative fraud has occurred in Milwaukee County’s operation of several social safety net programs. Not surprisingly, Walker…

In January 2007, Christian Colon and Joel Rivera robbed Marty’s Party, a tavern on 37th and National Avenue in Milwaukee. During the robbery, Rivera shot and killed customer Nicholas Knutowski, and Rivera was subsequently charged with the robbery and shooting. However, in a stunning turn of events, the first-degree homicide…

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, noted for his top-notch managerial skills, has come under fire from the union representing corrections officers at the Milwaukee County House of Corrections for his attempts to enact staffing changes in violation of negotiated labor agreements (emphasis mine): Clarke said he decided to use the…

I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I’m far from being a fan of Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. Putting aside the fact that he’s a conservative masquerading as a Democrat for political expediency, I’ve never been impressed with Sheriff Clarke as a crime fighter. His GRIP program…

As first noted by capper over at whallah!, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is playing the blame game once again, and this time he’s blaming everyone but himself (conveniently enough) for the recent spate of shootings in Milwaukee. In an email to Chuck Sykes, Clarke blames Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett,…