Jared Cain, a special education teacher and media entrepreneur, is seen near the intersection of West Center Street and North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milwaukee on March 11, 2021. That’s where he filmed and livestreamed a video showing protests against the police killing of George Floyd and property damage just after midnight on June 1, 2020. Police later cited the video as proof that he was in public after a 9 p.m. curfew kicked in part of an emergency order aimed at curbing unrest. The ticket was later dismissed. “To me it’s just systematic racism, and something has got to change,” Cain said of Milwaukee’s curfew enforcement. (Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch)
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New policy will likely bring the sheriff s office before the board to explain overtime expenditures. By Graham Kilmer - Apr 26th, 2021 08:02 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Courthouse. Photo by Sulfur at English Wikipedia (GFDL) or (CC-BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia CommonsThe Milwaukee County Board recently adopted an ordinance that has its origins in Supervisor
The resolution does not reduce funding for the MCSO or any other county departments. Instead it creates a new oversight mechanism for the board that will likely require reporting on overtime throughout the year, not just during the budget cycle in the fall.
The envelope looked like any other â slightly wrinkled, a handwritten address scrawled across the front.
But Jared Cain said he felt violated after looking inside. He saw a ticket for breaking the curfew Milwaukee adopted to regulate protests after a May 25 murder in Minneapolis seen around the world: When police officer Derek Chauvin knelt for more than 9 minutes on the neck of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man.
Cain did not interact with Milwaukee police during local protests the night of May 31 and early morning June 1, but police cited a video he streamed on Facebook as proof that he was out past 9 p.m. The listed penalty: $691, nearly the median monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Milwaukee.
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A proposed ordinance change would have given the board final authority over major trail alterations. By Graham Kilmer - Apr 22nd, 2021 07:54 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Oak Leaf Trail – Zip Line. Photo taken October 20th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene.
A controversial change to the way Milwaukee County Parks manages bike trails was narrowly voted down Thursday by the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.
The proposed legislation would have given the board the final approval of any major alterations made to bike trails in Milwaukee County.
The resolution was originally written in 2019 by Supervisor
John Weishan, Jr. in response to changes the parks department was planning to make to the Kegel-Alpha Trail, which runs through Whitnall Park and the historic Mangan Woods.