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Wauwatosa protester list, open records Dropbox restricted by court order
Wauwatosa police have been barred by a federal court order from sharing a list of protesters compiled during demonstrations in October 2020. Both the protester list, which the Wauwatosa Police Department (WPD) created to monitor Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020, and a Dropbox that the department used to release unredacted documents and videos to […]
She helped create The Big Lie. Records suggest she turned it into a big grift.
Republished from Reveal Over the last two presidential election cycles, True the Vote has raised millions in donations with claims that it discovered tide-turning voter fraud. It’s promised to release its evidence. It never has. Instead, the Texas-based nonprofit organization has engaged in a series of questionable transactions that sent more than $1 million combined […]
Contradiction raised in Wauwatosa curfew lawsuit ruling
A motion was filed in federal court Friday to restore claims that were dismissed in a federal lawsuit filed over the city of Wauwatosa’s handling of protests in 2020. Claims raised by 17 of the lawsuit’s plaintiffs argue that Wauwatosa police Lt. Joseph Roy violated the Drivers License Protection Act (DPPA) by sharing personal information […]
Emotional testimony quashed during Day 3 of protester list trial
A third, emotion-filled day in a federal court case on Wauwatosa police surveillance of protesters began with testimony from Lt. Joseph Roy, who oversees WPD’s open records requests. Both Roy and Dominick Ratkowski, the department’s only crime analyst, are defendants in the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that both men violated the Drivers License Protection […]
Wauwatosa protester ‘target list’ trial begins
“This case is not about politics, it’s about privacy,” said attorney Kimberley Motley during opening statements Monday on the first day of a federal trial over measures the City of Wauwatosa and its police department took against protesters who were part of a nationwide movement beginning in 2020 against police brutality. Curfews were enacted as […]
Will November’s election show the hidden potential of young voters?
With the November election just weeks away, communities are working to ensure that neighbors, friends, and loved ones are ready when the polls open. Milwaukee youth are not only working to prepare city residents to navigate the voting process, they also represent a powerful voting block all their own — something that members of Leaders […]
‘Reforming’ Wisconsin elections: from jail time to more voting time
The long promised — or threatened, depending on your views — spate of election bills that would make it harder to vote in Wisconsin was unveiled by Republicans on Monday. Speaker Robin Vos had labeled such restrictive measures among his top priorities for the session, although these came from the Senate and Vos told reporters […]
Karofsky asks court to stop misleading ads
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Jill Karofsky filed suit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Friday, seeking an injunction to stop TV ads the campaign describes as false and defamatory. Karofsky had already sent a cease and desist letter on March 27 to the parties responsible for running the ads: WMC Mobilization Council, Inc. (the political […]