#everett mitchell

Now all she needs is to actually get elected. Hot button issues like abortion, legislative redistricting, and Act 10 limits on government employee unions are on the ballot in less than four weeks. Get ready for the supposedly non-partisan election for state supreme court! The New York Times today says that election “carries bigger policy stakes than any other contest in America in 2023.” Which…

We got to elect better judges

The definition of insanity How many times can you blow bail and still get a free pass? Six times, judging by the case of Andre Miller.  Miller is the 21-year-old hard case who was arrested for dealing crack cocaine and heroin and for car jacking. Stole very nice cars. Accused of carrying a 9 mm. handgun with an extended magazine, illegally modified to be sweep the streets with one squeeze of…

‘Living on borrowed time’ before someone killed by teenage burglaries, car thefts

Restorative justice not reaching hardcore grip of 32 juvenile delinquents Dane County may have to build a long-term juvenile lock-up ‘Liberal Madison is racist’

Ald. Skidmore

Congrats to Ald. Paul Skidmore for hosting Monday night’s public safety meeting at Blackhawk Church off Mineral Point Road. Guessing a very engaged crowd of 400 to 500, with a significant representation from black and white. 

Police Chief Koval: ‘the juvenile justice system is failing’

“What about accountability?” Police Chief Mike Koval asks

This blog continues to hear rumblings that much of the juvenile crime wave in Dane County can be laid at the lenient feet of Juvenile Court Judge Everett Mitchell.

Mitchell is on record that car theft should be left up to insurance companies to deal with, not the courts, and “I just don’t think that they should be prosecuting cases … for…

What We Learned at Platteville: Part 4 of 5

Rev. Everett Mitchell, Director of Community Relations, Univ. of Wisc., and Pastor of Christ the Solid Rock Church in Madison.

“Police Use of Deadly Force: Legal, Moral and Minority Perspectives” Rev. Everett Mitchell: Graduate of Morehouse College with multiple academic awards in mathematics and religion; Masters of Divinity from Princeton Seminary. Graduated from UW-Madison Law School with…