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A woman in 2006 told investigators that Kapusta, while driving his personal truck and not wearing a uniform, forced her to pull over on Milwaukee s southwest side in predawn hours while she was helping her boyfriend deliver newspapers. The woman said Kapusta drunkenly approached her car, pointed a gun at her head and yelled Put your hands where I can see them! and I m the (expletive) police!” He did not fire and left after she said she would call police. The woman’s boyfriend told a similar story to investigators but said he did not see Kapusta point the gun at her head. ....
A Milwaukee police sergeant who was once accused of participating in a “code of silence” regarding the brutal 2004 beating of Frank Jude is up for promotion to lieutenant. The Fire and Police Commission is scheduled to consider Sgt. Bradley Blum’s promotion Thursday, which would be his second in the last six years. Blum was fired in 2005 by then-Chief Nannette Hegerty for gross neglect of duty and failing to protect Jude while off-duty officers cruelly beat him outside a Bay View party. But the commission eventually overturned Blum’s firing and instead gave him two 60-day suspensions. Chiefs of the fire and police departments nominate individuals for promotion, which are then approved by the commission. ....
Milwaukee’s system of policing has been broken for years. We need to rethink it. //end headline wrapper ?> File photo by Edgar Mendez/NNS. I sat down to write an opinion piece on what characteristics Milwaukee should look for in its next police chief, but before I can get there, I need to reflect. For almost two decades I’ve worked with different communities to advocate for our rights and liberties with local and state governments, the police, commissions and civilian oversight in Milwaukee and other cities. I’ve learned quite a bit. One of my earliest memories of Milwaukee, after I moved here in 2006, was marching in the protests following the acquittal of the Milwaukee police officers who savagely beat ....