State pride, maybe...city pride, not so much...
So the two boys in Milwaukee have been found and it's a sad day because they were found dead, but there is closure in this case. The families know what happened (more or less), and now there is no just wondering what happened and where they are. There are answers.
But I'm disgusted at the other breaking news from last night that kept me up past midnight just watching the news (no tonight show at that point). I'm outraged and saddened. Apparently in Milwaukee, if you're a police officer, you can just go and beat the shit out of someone while off-duty, then have a nationally televised trial where you are declared not guilty. What, did Jude just beat the shit out of himself??
It doesn't matter that those three officers are never going to be MPD officers again (no matter that they're still on the fucking payroll almost a year since getting fired thanks to a stupid law). It matters that this shit can happen, and they can get off declared not guilty.
Yeah, I don't have anything else to say. I'm just blown away that this trial turned out the way it did. Yes, I know that one of the officers still faces another charge, but it's the lesser of the two charges, so big deal. Unbelieveable.
- posted by L. @ 5:40 PM