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Listening session attendees call for civil rights investigation of MPD
Many participants at a recent U.S. Department of Justice Listening session expressed lack of confidence in the DOJ and called for a “patterns and practices” investigation into the Milwaukee Police Department.
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New Fire and Police Commission head seeks to bolster confidence in police
Community activists are taking a “wait and see” attitude about the new executive director of Milwaukee’s Fire and Police Commission, who says she wants to hear from citizens with ideas for improving city safety.
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Favorites of 2015: ‘Do Black Lives Matter?’ lectures and Safe Zones initiative
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service covered a wide range of stories focused on central city neighborhoods during 2015. NNS reporter Jabril Faraj explains why the two stories republished here are his favorites of those he wrote this year.
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Favorite of 2015: Residents of poor neighborhoods see more than their share of costly municipal citations
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service covered a wide range of stories focused on central city neighborhoods during 2015. NNS reporter Brendan O’Brien explains why the story republished here is his favorite of those he wrote this year.
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Former sex offenders left out in the cold by city residency restrictions
A new law, passed in 2014 to restrict where former sex offenders can live, is creating a homeless population of recently released offenders who are harder to track and have nowhere to go.
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Ex-convicts advocate for restored rights, prison system reform
Formerly incarcerated individuals are working to change how inmates are treated in prison and increase their successful re-entry into society.
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Community involvement, more dialogue with police key to public safety
Community organizers gathered recently to discuss crime, policing and local organizing at the Neighborhood Safety Symposium held by LISC Milwaukee.
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Defendants who can’t afford attorneys pay a steep price
Most defendants in Municipal Court don’t have a lawyer because they say legal representation is too expensive. Those who are represented by counsel fare much better. Between 2011 and 2014, only 8 percent of cases without an attorney were dismissed, while 57 percent involving an attorney were successfully defended.
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Special Report: Residents of poor neighborhoods see more than their share of costly municipal citations
The Milwaukee Police Department writes a disproportionate number of citations in the poorest areas of the city, where many residents do not have the means to ever pay their fines.