Why There Are So Many Bad Sheriffs
In a job with tons of power and practically no oversight from voters, law enforcement or politicians, corruption can be easy to get away with.
March 22, 2018 •
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No matter how tight the food budget, you can always find ways to cut corners. The state of Alabama sends counties a paltry $1.75 per day to feed each inmate locked up in jail, but sheriffs often manage to spend a good deal less than that. They have a strong incentive to do so. The sheriffs get to keep whatever they don’t spend, which in some cases has reached well into the six figures. Daily ration money adds up.
A 20-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide after telling police he shook his 2-month-old son more than a day before he died of blunt force trauma to the head.
If convicted, Jakob Ivy faces up to 60 years in prison, according to court documents. He is in the Milwaukee County Jail with cash bail set at $5,000.
His son has been identified as Kai Ivy by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office. He died in the early morning of April 26 after his father reported he was unresponsive and not breathing, police said. First responders were able to locate a pulse, but he died after being hospitalized.
Milwaukee activist Khalil Coleman in custody at Milwaukee County Jail
“On February 15th I was arrested in Kenton county accused of a crime I did not commit,” Coleman said in a Facebook post.
Coleman missed a scheduled court date and as a result a warrant was issued. He was booked into Milwaukee County Jail on April 26. He said he is awaiting extradition to Kentucky.
Last summer in Milwaukee, Coleman was one of the main organizers for marches against police brutality after George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A 29-year-old pregnant woman was doused in rubbing alcohol and set on fire by her boyfriend on Milwaukee’s west side Sunday, according to charges filed Thursday.
Quinterrius L. Jones, 32, of Milwaukee, has been charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless injury to an unborn child and attempted arson.
The victim suffered burns on 50% to 60% of her body, with her face, chest, arms, thighs and abdomen suffering third-degree burns, leaving her in critical condition, according to the criminal complaint.
Court records do not indicate how many months pregnant the woman is, nor the extent of injury the unborn child may have suffered.
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