Milwaukee County Supervisor Ryan Clancy is suing the county and the city of Milwaukee, alleging his constitutional rights were violated during a May 2020 protest.
Milwaukee County Supervisor Ryan Clancy has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office over his arrest during protests last spring.
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Currently without a right to legal counsel, few Milwaukeeans are able to afford an attorney when facing eviction. A new proposal aims to change that.
There is an impending eviction crisis in the United States.
As eviction moratoriums end around the nation, many people are facing the reality of losing their homes. The impact can be devastating, not just to the families experiencing it, but to the greater community. But currently in Milwaukee and many places across the United States, residents are not guaranteed legal representation in non-criminal court cases including eviction cases.
A new resolution by Milwaukee County Supervisor Ryan Clancy would change that. The right to counsel program would give all Milwaukeean’s facing eviction or foreclosure access to legal counsel. Similar programs in New York and Cleveland have helped keep people in their homes and avoid the eviction process altogether.
Voces protests removal of immigrant-centered policies from state budget by Republicans
The Wisconsin State Capitol was closed to the public for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It only took four days after reopening for Republicans in the Legislature to draw a large group of protesters to the hallway outside the Joint Finance Committee meeting (JFC).
On Wednesday, JFC co-chairs Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) released their plan to gut hundreds of items from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal among them, provisions that would have restored access to driver’s licenses and state IDs for immigrants and provided tuition aid for immigrant students at Wisconsin universities.
Tony Evers’ budget proposal among them, provisions that would have restored access to driver’s licenses and state IDs for immigrants and provided tuition aid for immigrant students at Wisconsin universities.
Immigration activists unveil a banner in the Capitol rotunda. Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner.
By Thursday morning, protesters organized by Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights organization, had descended on the Capitol from across the state to protest the Republicans’ actions.
Dozens of protesters, chanting for justice and holding signs pleading for driver’s licenses, packed the hallway outside the committee meeting. Multiple Democratic legislators and elected officials from Milwaukee, including Milwaukee County Supervisor