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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor anyone who knows the area, what is Kenosha like, and why do they have a racist police chief?
I'm just curious as to what kind of city and city government would have a cop who thinks it's OK for a cop to shoot an unarmed black man seven times in the back while letting a white kid who openly shot and killed people walk?
Is the town generally racist?
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)WI is basically a 47%-47% state.
Local politics are gerrymandered to favor Republicans. So the red neck level is very high.
aeromanKC
(3,324 posts)And had significant voting irregularities during Scott Walker's recall and an important state Supreme Court race in the early 2010's.
https://scottwalkerwatch.com/2011/09/30/waukesha-county-clerk-kathy-nicklaus-learns-valuable-lesson-break-the-law-again-and-get-away-with-it/
NNadir
(33,525 posts)...the abyss of blank racism in the Republican party.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)make me think if he's not racist, he's attracted to vigilantes.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)But long term, my impression of it has long been that it's pretty run down and on the sad side.
I don't know anything about the top cop other than he seems to be a real piece of work.
brush
(53,787 posts)The sheriff is the other uniformed officer on the podium with the police chief. I imagine they both have similar views.
"Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth, now in the spotlight amid civil unrest in Wisconsin, previously called five Black people arrested for felony shoplifting trash who should be locked in a warehouse.
Lets put them away. At some point we have to stop being politically correct. And I dont care what race, I dont care how old they are, if theres a threshold that they cross, these people have to be warehoused, no recreational time.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-kenosha-county-sheriff-called-black-suspects-trash-to-be-warehoused-20200827-3cwuwimsjnd2xjcjobdkh6a3yu-story.html
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)In this case, they both happen to be total shitheels.
brush
(53,787 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Blecht
(3,803 posts)I grew up there. Full of division -- very tribal. White vs. black, Italian vs. Polish, WASPs hating everybody.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)brush
(53,787 posts)Beringia
(4,316 posts)There is a lot of farmland, most men are hunters.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)abound in Wisconsin...