Updates in the dassey case, you can be among the first to hear about it if you have the fox6 news app on your mobile device. Well send an alert. Plus, like the fox6 News Facebook page for updates and live reports as this process unfolds. Its a 8 and a half Million Dollar lawsuit. A woman is accusing the Milwaukee County sheriff and his staff of mistreatment that caused the death of her newborn baby inside a jail cell fox6s Angelica Sanchez sat down with her attorney. Distraught. Ive never seen anybody break down that emotionally as she went through the story. The emotions attorney Jason Jankowski says his client 30yearold shade swayzer has been going through since the loss of her child over the summer. On july 6 2016, she was arrested after an altercation with police. She was eight and a half months pregnant. Prior to being booked into the county jail she was taken to a local hospital for progressing normally at the time. Despite this and a history of mental illness, swayzer was placed inside the maximum Security Unit also known as the special needs unit. She alleges she was given prenatal vitamins only once and for days received zero medical attention. Then on midnight of july 14th, she went into labor. She says she tried to alert guards that her water broke and was laughed at. She went into labor inside her cell. She says her child was alive long enough for her to breast feed, but later died. Swayzer claims guards checkedi hours after she gave birth. The medical examiner has not ruled if the child was a still born or not. Jankowski says hes tried to obtain documents from the Sheriffs Office but his requests have gone unanswered. Our client lost her child. I dont think she would come here and lie to us. An update in the search for a west allis shooting suspect. These are surveillance photos from the area around the Cricket Police say the suspect had either, a sawedoff shotgun, or a shortbarreled long gun. They say the suspect asked for money but then a customer intervened and was shot in the arm. The injury is not lifethreatening. We want people to be good witnesses, but we, certainly, dont want them to put themselves in harms way for , for, for property being stolen. This Cricket Wireless shooting suspect is described as an African American male, in his late teens, or early 20s. He was wearing a black hoodie with some sort of red logo on the front, along with dark jeans, and tan boots. Allis police. An update on a Fatal Shooting on 68th and congress. Police say 18yearold jahlin lopez was shot yesterday after an argument. A second gunshot victim arrived at a nearby hospital a few hours later injured in the same shooting. Police are still searching for a suspect. And Milwaukee Police investigating a double shooting near 36th and mt. Vernon. A 21year old man and a 20year old man, both suffered nonlife threatening injuries. Police the classroom. We first told you last week about a mothers concerns about an mps teacher sharing his political views in class. Now students at that same school. Are uniting for a different message. Fox6s bret lemoine is live outside Ronald Reagan high school with new details. Several dozen students joined an afterschool rally today. Trying to promote unity and peace. Of a Ronald Reagan high school student. About her daughters teacher. Anon the teacher said, if anybody is not taking part in this discussion, people will assume you hate just like donald trump. the parent. Who wishes to remain anonymous. Says political views are being imposed on her daughter in the wake of president elect trumps victory. Last week, a spokeswoman for Milwaukee Public Schools said nat spread love not hate. on thursday after class, students rallied on behalf of the reagan others a nickname coined for the minority groups who now say they feel marginalized after mr. Trumps election. Dm were not trying to be antianything. Political beliefs or people. We just want to be told and ensured that everyone will be safe here. several dozen walked up and down the sidewalk in front of the school, chanting things like chant jr we want unity, love between everybody. 17year old Lesley Morales says the timing to do with the alleged incident involving a teacher. She says thursday is admissions testing for incoming freshman. And upperclassmen want to let potential students know about reagans diverse background. Lm ever since i stepped foot into reagan, i realized there were a lot of ethnicities and people around me. I see that as a very good thing. but as a debate is now sparked about the role of politics in the classroom. Anon the political views of any teacher should never be interjected. these students hope their message of peace. Can have an impact on bringing people together. Jr all the time, people are negative. I feel like when you are negative positive. we reached out to mps for comment on todays rally. A spokeswoman tells us mps believes that schools are places of healing where we can have respectful, Safe Conversations about issues that are important to our students and our community. Our students at reagan were peacefully demonstrating their support for diversity. The rally was over in about an hour. Reporting live from reagan hs, bl, fox6 weve tied our record High Temperature for today very windy tomorrow with highs in the middle 60s early then falling into the 50s by dinner time. A few showers are possible in the afternoon. There is the chance for light rain and snow mix at night and into early saturday. Tonight partly cloudy. Low 55 tossed in the back of a squad car. Not a criminal. Someones grandparent. Fox 6 investigators expose why its happening handcuffing the elderly. A giant plane. Landing at mitchell. The reason this big bird will be flying over milwaukee for a couple weeks. And later on the eve of the gun deer season a warning walk in the park. That turned to illustrate just how big this problem is, theres an estimated 48,000 People Living with alzheimers in southeastern wisconsin alone. Half havent even been diagnosed yet. And nearly all of them will need care. As fox6 investigator meghan dwyer reports maybe not the the baby boomers are aging. People are living longer than ever before. And as a result, more people are getting alzheimers a form of dementia. Figuring out how to care for these people is complicated. But what youre about to see might make you wonder is it a crime just to grow old . As any good dancer can tell you and where youre going. But in the dance of life, whats coming next can be totally unpredictable. that was just the beginning. her kids say she was a great mom. And by all accounts, shannon wittal was a fiercely independent woman. She supported herself, us kids, had her own life and her own activities. Paid her own bills, had a job, always did her own finances. a few years ago her behavior started night. Shed be up wandering around. Her family chalked it up to old age. She still could recognize people, still could figure out what season it was, when christmas was coming, all of that. Now, three years later, its a whole different story. Shannon, in her early seventies, was diagnosed with dementia. The awardwinning dance routines now cant even read a clock. she can no longer read a calendar, read dates. Doesnt know what day it is. Her family sent her to an assisted living facility in Waukesha County one that advertised it specialized in dementia care. And then, on march 25, 2016, a nurse called 911. 10 43 13 elderly woman with dementia, was handcuffed and put in the back of a squad car after she slapped a caretaker. it was just like, oh my gosh, how can this be happening . its called an emergency detention or emergency protective placement. A caregiver calls 911. The police take the elderly person to a hospital or a Mental Health facility. But only when they are why people put older adults in handcuffs ill never know. Its a practice the Alzheimers Association of southeastern wisconsin has been working to eliminate. there are other ways of intervening. police were called on shannon because the 73yearold who had a urinary tract infection at the time got aggressive with nursing home staff. Brenda says caretakers at the nursing home, if properly trained, should have been able to calm her mom down. Trained to handle dementia patients properly and when theyre not handled properly it causes aggression. they utterly failed him. caregivers couldnt calm down 100 yearold ken leque, either. all of a sudden we had gotten these calls that he was being transported that he had hit one of the hospice staff. The nursing home called 911. Police cuffed him and put him in the back of a squad car. devastated. I mean. How was detained in the name of getting him help. and i did not know where he went. leque was transferred in and out of 14 facilities in three months. She shakes her head, speechless the bruises up and down his arms proof he had been restrained by the very people tasked with taking care of him. this should not be happening. These are the people who built the road that we walk on, and this is not how we should still being treated this way five years after this very issue was highlighted in Milwaukee County. it was awful. Richard Peterson became the face of the problem in 2010. He was 85years old with late stage dementia when he was handcuffed and bounced around from facility to facility. it was terrible. His family he died soon after. something really, really needs to change. a taskforce met. A report was written. Petersens family spoke out about their experience hoping it would never happen again. there are more people like my dad. My dad is not alone. Six years later, our invt happening. Elderly patients with dementia are still being handcuffed. Sometim es even spending the night in jail. its like a guaranteed way to make it worse. we reviewed hundreds of 911 calls from Nursing Homes to see just how often police are called to deal with dementia patients. We found dozens of reports where elderly people suffering from the disease were causing problems and behavior wanted them relocated to other facilities. So they called the cops. You might think handcuffing such Vulnerable People is not the way to handle these situations. The experts agree. It just doesnt feel right. Handcuffs are for punishing people, or for people who have done something wrong and you cant trust them. Theyre not for dad who is having a medical issue. Rob gundermann, Public Policy director for the alzheimers and Dementia Alliance of wisconsin, says people with dementia can fe and often cant verbalize how theyre feeling. And you reach the point where you cant ignore them anymore because theyre acting out, theyre doing things you just cant ignore. it just snowballs. Because nobodys handling them properly. So what are Staff Members supposed to do if a dementia patient gets out of control . Experts say they should be trained in how to calm the patient down. And if theyre caring for them properly, it should never get that bad in the first place. Be able to care for people with dementia. i know that i cant change things for my mom. After brendas 73yearold mom was handcuffed, she was put in the back of a squad car and taken to a facility more than an hour away. she didnt understand that they were trying to help her. She literally thought that she was in jail. Brenda says her mom deserves better. And she shouldnt be punished just because she got old. I just hope it can change for someone else. That they dont have to go through sniffles you might be wondering what the Nursing Homes and assisted living facilities have to say about this. We tried to talk to Industry Leaders about the challenges they face, but nobody got back to us. One of the things weve heard through our reporting is that Nursing Homes and assisted Living Communities have to keep everyone safe by law, so if one resident is violent they sometimes have no other choice then make a decision on whether to take them. Theres certainly liability issues at play and facilities say they can get in trouble for keeping someone who might have challenging behaviors, especially if they are violent. Other places tell us calling police is a last resort other places say they never call police. Do they really have to be handcuffed though . Thats a liability issue too. Police are in a tough spot. They tell me anytime someones in a have to be cuffed no matter how old they are. Dementia advocates say there are other ways putting someone in an ambulance instead for example but that gets expensive. There is some progress being made. Some counties are working on mobile crisis units that can be called to come calm someone down, so they dont have to be taken away from their home. But thats all still a work in if your family is struggling to figure out how to care for a loved one with dementia we have a ton of resources on our website fox6now. Com. You can also call the help line you see on the screen right now 24 hours a day. Thats 8002723900. Still to come her car was stolen. She found it, called police but it was taken again before Police Showed up. Tonight though her story has a different ending and youll see it only on fox6. Plus, more crime equals a need for more police. At least thats what some milwaukee aldermen claim. Why the Common Council president is 9. Weve tied our record High Temperature for today very windy tomorrow with highs in the middle 60s early then falling into the 50s by dinner time. A few showers are possible in the afternoon. There is the chance for light rain and snow mix at night and into early saturday. Mph car jackings. Just a few of the crimes neighbors on milwaukees south side say they are dealing with. How their aldermen are responding. And why theyre getting scolded from a higher was gone, though, by the time Police Showed up. But this time her story has a different ending this time she got it a. J. Bayatpour has the update youll only see on fox 6. Those are their slippers and their odor eaters, trust me. Inside marie cunninghams toyota corolla. Worlds finest chocolate, made in the usa. The thieves leave behind trash and some parting gifts. They left me a full unopened can of coke. Where did she find her car this my brain. A south side tow lot. A driver towed the car from an apartment complex in west allis and called marie once the company ran the vin number. At first, marie says she got a bill for about 700 bucks. I said google fox6, blah blah blah, so within 5 minutes, she calls me back, shes like oh my god, i watched it with the owner, were gonna waive your fees. Last month, we met marie when she first found her car on the north side. It was stolen when her son left it running at a wauwatosa gas minutes to respond. They told me they would make this an emergency. Maam, i already put it in as a higher priority. The police log shows marie called mpd at 9 20 am on october 22nd. She said her car was already used to steal someone elses vehicle in brown deer. By 10 02, no one had shown up. I called it in and the police never responded so now my vehicle, that stolen vehicle i was sitting by, got up and moved. Ab later, police saw the car but canceled the pursuit as the thieves drove recklessly. Mpd tells us the district captain is still working with marie to figure out what happened that day. Its kind of nice. Im getting the feel. Marie is glad to have her car back. It s pretty important since shes an uber driver. But she doesnt think theres any way way she can keep it. I dont, you know . Its creepy. People were in it, its a violated feeling. Its creepy. Marie says shes now arrange some kind of tradein. She confirms she has been talking to the captain in district five, adding she still wants to know why it took 40 minutes for police to respond. Aj bayatpour fox 6 news. A plea for more police. Four alderman on milwaukees south side want more officers to keep their neighborhoods safe. About 220thousand people live in the five aldermanic districts on the citys south side. Currently there are 215 officer assigned and 6 and some aldermen say thats simply not enough. They say Emergency Response times are lacking and patrols are minimal. So theyre asking Milwaukee Police chief ed flynn to reassign officers to their districts. Sot without a doubt. Take for example Police District 6, running from cleveland to college, the lake to 100th street and they have 84 officers assigned there, keep in and every shift. Common Council president Ashanti Hamilton is criticizing the aldermen tonight. He wants them to rescind their letter saying they should represent the Public Safety concerns of the entire city. No comment from Milwaukee Police. The Waukesha West High SchoolFootball Team has been successful for a long time. The fabric of that relationships. Tom pipines goes beyond the game. Hsfb 10 28 watertown at waukesha west 20 42 03 we love having our family out here on friday nights. This is just what we do on fall fridays. We come out and we watch football, and we play football. 20 42 09 the waukesha west Football Team is a family. Within that family, you have the the macudden family. Theres tony, a wolverines assistant coach. And his 4 sons 20 42 13 it started a long time ago with my son anthony, kevin, great experience here at waukesha west. Kevin, and thomas played at west. Peter, just a junior, is a star running back and linebacker anthony, the oldest, wore the original number 22 when he played youth football. The original 22 youth fb 20 43 33 its just really cool to start something. Your brothers follow suit. Started with kev. Ends with pete. Ya know tommy was right there with him. Im just proud. 20 43 42 kevin maccudden went on to play college ball at uw oshkosh; hell be returning to his alma mater to join his dad on the waukesha staff. 20 44 05 i love this place. I had such a good experience here. Coach rux. The entire west family. They really kind of embraced our whole family. Thats what they do here at west. 20 44 12 and the maccudden family embraces one another. Theyre tight. 20 43 47 tights an understatement. Peters been to every one of our sporting events. This is where im supposed to be. Its where i want to be. Its what its all about 20 43 56 the older brothers are proud of peter. Even with a year of high school left, hes being looked at by the badgers to pass on. Anthonys helped me, peter. Hes been to so many of our events, its crazy how much hes learned from all of us, and hes exceeded all of us, i think. He has, huh. He has. He may not be the best looking, but i think thats up to debate. 20 44 49 20 45 02 its great. Im probably the most proud. Because i got to play with him in 8th grade. He was suiting up, playing at a young age. I take most of the credit for all his success. Ha ha like kevin said. He makes us proud. Hes surpassing us and thats what we want. We couldnt be more happy for him all up for me. I cant thank them enough. Kevin hit it right on the head. I went to all their sporting events. I learned everything i could from them. And i couldnt be more thankful for them showing up to my stuff and helping me out as much as they can. Being an inspiration to me and helping me along my journey 20 45 40 20 45 59 its really exciting to see my dad there on the sidelines share a quick word before it starts. Knowing how much he loves me. I just cant thank him enough for that, and i know hes always going to be there for me. , 20 46 10 20 43 11 m just group than just themselves. They dont play for themselves; they dont play for this family. They play for that school waukesha west, and thats what were proud of. The wolverine. The wolverines family; thats us 20 43 22 for the maccudden clanit all starts and end with the mom. 1 20 47 19 watching all my boys on the field just warms my heart every week. And the special moments i see them have together. And with their teammates is just amazing. Gods blessed us abundantly and we are just so grateful, and just want to share all the love and support that everybody has here. Gun deer hunting season kicks off this weekend and a Menomonee Falls man has a warning for all nonhunters. His scary encounter with a hunter while walking his dog on public land. And shes only 2 months old but is she wise beyond her years . Will sandy pick the packers for a win this sunday we hit another record high in milwaukee today, but the big after 9 games the pups have a better record than the packers so far, theyre 5 and 4. But like the pack they are on a losing streak. Hello again everybody. Its time to regroup for the packers and the pups from the Wisconsin Humane Society. The pups have been wrong the past two weeks, while the pack has lost their last 3. Allie christman from the Wisconsin Humane Society joining us with sandy for this weeks pick. As the pack stay on the road to play washington on sunday night. Tell us about beautiful sandy. Isnt she gorgeous . Shes only 2months old. Shes made a lot friends here in the studio. Granted she was even born yet when the season started, but i think it givers her a nice fresh perspective on the game. She seems to have kind of a low key demeanor but once the whistle blows. Shes a bit of an athlete. She looks like she could help a little bit in the backfield for Mike Mccarthy and company. You can learn more about sandy and all of the other pets available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society on our website. Fox6now. Com. Alright washington or are you going packers . Its up to you sweetheart. She seemed a little reticent just before the game started, lets see here. Oh, shes taking a pass on washington. Come on back here young lady, theres still time to salvage this. Dont fum trevor davis last week. Yea, you think so . Maybe we do. You know what thats what our executive sports producer said matt that unless you go for the pack right now we are going to have to go washington. We are. It looks as if it will be washington. Alright maybe thats a good luck charm for the packers as they try to snap that 3game losing streak. And dont forget, with the packers game on sunday seen at a special time, 11 05 on sunday. We look forward to your company and sandy thanks a bunch for helping us out. Get out your winter coat weather expert tom wachs is coming up with the forecast. An unusual sight at mitc why this mega plane is in milwaukee. And worry about the water why kids at two schools in Menomonee Falls are now only allowed to country. An argument alon gthe train tracks ends with a devesatating injury. Why the man accussed might only face months behind bars. Thats new at ten also wheres wisconsin in all this . Its not something were putting back in the bottle. This is something coming our way i think theyre making a mistake why wisconsin probably wont be joining them any time soontonight at ten. Weve tied our record High Temperature for today very windy tomorrow with highs in the middle 60s early then falling are possible in the afternoon. There is the chance for light rain and snow mix at night and into early saturday then expect decreasing clouds plus blustery and cold conditions. Wind chills saturday and sunday will stay in the 20s. Tonight partly cloudy. Mph friday mostly cloudy with a few afternoon showers possible. High 65 wind sw 2030 mph saturday lingering rain snow mix then decreasing clouds. Very windy with wind chills in the 20s. Am low 34 high 38 wind nw 2535 mph sunday mostly sunny and chilly. 25 high 38 wind nw 515 mph monday mostly sunny. Am low 24 high 43 wind sw 812 mph tuesday increasing clouds with rain at night. Am low 32 high 46 wind sse 510 anchors thanks weather froedtert and Medical College of wisconsin reveal details for the drexel town Square Health center. The oak creek location will offer services ranging from primary and urgent care to outpatient surgery and cancer treatment. 150 people will work there including 14 doctors and 10 specialists. The drexel town Square Health center opens next fall. The safehouse is expanding to chicago. The Marcus Corporation will open another version of the popular spythemed restaurant in the new location opens in january. Marcus corp purchased the original safehouse last year and reopened the venue earlier this year. For more Business News go to fox 6 now dot com for a link to the business journal. The biggest food holiday of the year is next week but more people in milwaukee than you may think wont be able to put food on the table this thanksgiving. Deandra corinthios shows you how hundreds of Milwaukee Public Schools students. Are trying to change that. Academy. Taking steps to solve hunger in milwaukee. So they can have something to eat, so they wont be hungry or begging people for money on the streets this is the annual walk for hope. Its a community, its a neighborhood coming together to support our neighbors. There is a high need right now in our neighborhood, 53205 and 53206 zip codes the whole school held a food drive. Collecting canned goods and experiences that families can be hungry and not have the food they need to provide for a full family thursday. The students walked the items across the street. To feeding america. They work with more than 200 organizations to coordinate the distribution to families in need. In milwaukee 1 in 4 households where children are present suffer from Food Insecurity feeding america typically collects about 800 lbs of food through the walk for hope which is approximately 650 meals the walk for hop. Feeding americas food for the holidays campaign. The goal is to raise enough food and funds to provide one million meals this winter. It teaches generosity not just to them and their families but to the whole community in milwaukee Deandra Corinthios fox6 news. Meantime a huge thank you to everyone who donated to the fox6 and feeding America Eastern wisconsin food for the more than 28thousand dollars you can drop off non perishable food items at any associated bank branch or make a cash donation. We also have a link to donate fox6 now dot com and the fox6 news app. Statewide School Report cards are out and theres good news for Milwaukee Public Schools. Nearly one third of the schools are doing better academically thats about 50 schools. They all placed in a higher performance category. The district is now category up from the fails to meet expectations category. The superintendent says its a good start. We have some progress people can feel good about the direction we are moving in but we still have that call tro action the urgency to continue. Once you are able to feel what success is what it feels like you want to keep going and continue that momentum driver says the goal is one hundred percent efficiency across the board two separate schools in Menomonee Falls. They are valley view elementary and ben franklin elementary. Students and staff at both schools will be using bottled water for now. At valley view a classroom sink showed a positive test for copper. Then at ben franklin tests showed coliform in the water. Its a bacteria thats found in people, animals, plants, and soil. But were told theres no Public Health risks associated with it. Is in the skies above mitchell airport. The ac 380 will fly out of mitchell for the next 2 weeks, testing out a new jet engine. The plane can carry up to a whopping 366 passengers and will be used for longhaul routes like shanghai to boston or paris to santiago. The ac 380 and its new engine also burns 25 percent less fuel than with gun deer hunting season kicking off this weekend in wisconsin. A Menomonee Falls man has a warning for all nonhunters. This after he says he had a scary encounter with a bow hunter while walking his dog in a county park. Fox6s madeline has the latest. A walk in the park sunday morning for neil fleischhacker and his dog brutus. Turned out to be anything but, we encounter a hunter in his stand on the north property line. He got very upset that we were there and was telling me that i have to leave the area immediately, i dont belong there, and im infringing on his hunting zone. Menominee park stretches more than 460 acres. But private homes surround the land. Creating some conflict between hunters and park goers about who can claim the area along the property lines. So who was in the says the response he got from the dnr i cant tell you you cant walk in the park, but if you walk back there, you know whats going to happen. So it might be better just to avoid conflict. Waukesha county also sent a statement to fox6. It reads in part quote we want to remind hikers that they should be aware of their surroundings at all times, especially during the hunting season. With no clear answer. Fleischhacker hopes his experience will at least help both hikes coexist. If youre walking in public parks, and you think youre safe from hunters, you might not be. So be aware. If youre a hunter. Not everybody thats coming up on you has the intent of wrecking your day. You have to have some compassion for the people who are walking in the parks. The wauskesha county Parks Department says if park goers do have hunting concerns. They should contact the sheriffs department. Reporting in Menomonee Falls. Madeline is he threatened by you . Is he jealous of you . 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