Milwaukee Police Chief Alleges Racial Bias
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December 4th, 2002 at 10:45 am
I feel that he has done his job and know matter what kind of plan you draw up it will not reduce to guns. Today people have minds of their own and are going to do whatever they choose. If the crime rate was 127 last year and is at 105 then something has been done. And one man can not do this impossible tasks on his own it takes the whole community and the support of are government. A black man will never have a fair chance to succeed in this natural world. The task your asking Jones to do is impossible for man but not for GOD. So we as a society need to work together. And Jones posed a fair question what has the other chief’s done before him to reduce crime. Keep on fighting Mr. Jones ,the African-Americans support you 100%. The problem starts with the parents if you do what God said in bringing up your child(ren) “Proverbs 22:6″ than maybe crime would be down. Now that’s my opinion. God Bless American
December 10th, 2002 at 8:26 pm
I think that alot of black officials have been targeted in the last few months including Gary George, and Arthur Jones to name a couple. Chief Arthur Jones is not making these things up, racisim exists whether you want to admit it or not, and just because someone is in a government position does not exclude them. Mayor Norquist is being very petty in his complaints against Chief Jones. I live in a predominantly black neighborhood and all though there is crime, Chief Jones CANNOT stop any particular person from committing a crime. Crime is obviously elevated by the need or poorness of a neighborhood, maybe we should try harder to do what we can for our people who are less fortunate instead of blaming ONE man for the actions of others. Get off his back and let our Cheif do his job! By the way Mayor, any affairs lately? No ones closet is exactly clean huh?
January 8th, 2003 at 8:01 pm
REPRINTED FROM DREW’S NEWS ON NOVEMBER 30, 2002
A WHITE MAN’S VIEWS ON PROBLEMS
IN MILWAUKEE’S BLACK COMMUNITY
THIS IS FOR ANYBODY THAT’S INTERESTED, WHATEVER THEIR
RACE IS. I DON’T SUGGEST THAT I’M AN EXPERT. I THINK
THAT THE ONLY REAL EXPERTS ARE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE TO
LIVE IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY AND ADVERSITY. I LIVE
IN AN ALL WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT, I GREW UP IN LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. AND ABOUT HALF OF MY COMPANY’S
CUSTOMERS LIVE IN MILWAUKEE’S WORST NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, I’VE GOT SOME INSIGHTS.
THE MAJORITY OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE RACISTS. MOST OF
THEM DON’T KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT BLACKS THAN THEY
SEE IN MILWAUKEE’S WHITE RACIST NEWS MEDIA. AND WHAT
THEY HEAR FROM THE WHITE POLITICIANS THAT SQUEEZE
ELECTION CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM US BY TELLING US THAT
THEY’RE PROTECTING US FROM CRIME BY KEEPING THE
CRIMINALS CONFINED TO THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS.
MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS FIND IT HARD TO GRASP THAT MOST
BLACKS ARE WORKING OR LOOKING FOR WORK AND MANY WORK
TWO JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET. MANY GO TO SCHOOL TO
BETTER THEIR CHANCES OF GETTING WORK. THEIR KIDS GO
TO SCHOOL. THEY GO TO CHURCH AS FAMILIES. THEY HAVE
THE SAME WISHES AND DREAMS THAT WE HAVE. THEY WANT
THE SAME PROTECTION FROM CRIME THAT WE HAVE.
IT’S EVEN HARDER FOR MY NEIGHBORS TO BELIEVE THAT
THERE ARE WILLFUL ATTEMPTS TO KEEP BLACKS DOWN. THEY
CAN ACCEPT THAT SOME WRONGS HAVE BEEN DONE. BUT, THEY
BELIEVE THAT AMENDS HAVE BEEN MADE.
SOME OF THEM MENTIONED MILLIONS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS
THAT THE STATE OF WISCONSIN RECEIVED TO TRAIN LOW
INCOME WORKERS FOR BETTER PAYING AND MORE SECURE JOBS.
THEY ASSUMED THAT THE MONEY WENT TO INNER CITY JOB
PROGRAMS. THEY WERE SHOCKED WHEN I SHOWED THEM THAT
TOMMY THOMPSON USED THE MONEY TO PAY THE TRAVEL
EXPENSES FOR LOW INCOME WHITE WORKERS FROM EUROPE TO
COME TO WISCONSIN AND WORK FOR WISCONSIN CORPORATIONS
THAT COULD AFFORD TO PAY THE TRAVEL COSTS THEMSELVES.
MOST OF THOSE WORKERS ARE ON WELFARE NOW.
WHEN MY NEIGHBORS CHECKED IT OUT, POLITICIANS LIED TO
THEM WITH THE EXCUSE THAT BLACKS DIDN’T WANT THE JOBS
WHICH WERE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TRAINING PROGRAM. I
TOLD THEM TO FIND OUT HOW MANY BLACK ORGANIZATIONS
KNEW ABOUT THE FEDERAL MONEY. THEY WERE SHOCKED AGAIN
WHEN THEY FOUND THAT NO BLACK ORGANIZATION HAD BEEN
TOLD OF THE MONEY.
MY NEIGHBORS THINK THAT ALL BLACK POLITICIANS ARE LIKE
GARY GEORGE, WHO BROKE THE SAME RULES THAT ALL
POLITICIANS BREAK BUT WASN’T SMART ENOUGH TO COVER HIS
BACK FROM THE ROTTEN PLOTS OF THE CHUCK CHVALA / LYNN
ADELMAN / TOM BARRETT CAMP. THEY LOOK AT ROSA CAMERON
AND THINK THAT BLACKS SHOULDN’T HAVE THEIR OWN
POLITICIANS SINCE THEIR NOT SMART ENOUGH TO BE CROOKED
WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT. BUT, IF NOT FOR THE WORK BY
SOME BLACK POLITICIANS THE WHOLE OF MILWAUKEE WOULD BE
EVEN WORSE OFF THAN IT IS.
SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS GOT A DOSE OF REALITY WHEN I
SHOWED THEM THAT THE THREE GROUPS THAT WERE ALLOWED BY
THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
DEMONSTRATE ON THE STEPS OF THE FEDERAL COURT HOUSE
(THE KKK, THE NAZI PARTY AND A RACIST GROUP DISGUISED
AS A CHURCH) ON NOVEMBER 23rd, 2002, ARE ON THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S “DOMESTIC TERRORIST LIST”.
THEY WERE STUNNED TO SEE HOW DISAPPOINTED MILWAUKEE’S
WHITE NEWS MEDIA WAS THAT LESS THAN 50 OF THE
PREDICTED 300 TERRORISTS SHOWED UP. THEY WERE EVEN
MORE STARTLED WHEN THE MEDIA DOWNPLAYED THE SIZE AND
COMPOSITION OF THE ANTI-KLAN RALLY ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE TERRORIST DEMONSTRATION. THE MEDIA PICTURED
IT AS A SMALL GROUP OF MOSTLY BLACKS, AS IF THAT
WOULD HAVE MADE IT LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE WHITE POWER
TERRORIST DEMONSTRATION. BUT, FACTUALLY, THE ANTI-KLAN
MARCH CONSISTED OF ABOUT A THOUSAND FOLKS FROM MANY
RACES.
WHAT SHOCKED MY NEIGHBORS MOST OF ALL WAS THAT THE
MEDIA FALSELY PICTURED A GROUP OF ANARCHISTS AT THE
RALLY AS BEING A VIOLENT FACTION OF THE ANTI-KLAN
MARCH. BUT, THE ANTI-KLAN MARCHERS HAD ALL TAKEN
NON-VIOLENCE OATHS BEFORE THE MARCH.
THE ANARCHISTS THREW SOME EGGS AND A BEER BOTTLE AT
THE POLICE. THEY WEREN’T PART OF THE ANTI-KLAN MARCH
BUT HID BEHIND IT WITH SOME WHITE REPORTERS, PLACING
CHILDREN AND OTHER INNOCENT FOLKS IN DANGER. THE
ANARCHISTS WERE ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO MARCH WITH THE
KLAN AND THE NAZIS. BUT, THE NAZIS THREW THEM OUT
WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THE ANARCHISTS WAS A
JEW.
SPEAKING OF NAZI TERRORISTS, I REMEMBER WHEN HAROLD
BREIER WAS MILWAUKEE’S POLICE CHIEF. BREIER SELDOM
CALLED ANYBODY BY THEIR RACE. WHITES WERE “THE GOOD
PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE”. BLACKS WERE “THOSE PEOPLE”.
AND, WHENEVER “THOSE PEOPLE” WOULD PROTEST POLICE
BRUTALITY AND HARASSMENT, BREIER WOULD USE MILWAUKEE’S
RACIST WHITE NEWS MEDIA TO HELP HIM REMIND THE PUBLIC
THAT “THE GOOD PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE SUPPORT THEIR
POLICE DEPARTMENT”.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE POLICE AND POLITICIANS TOLD BLACKS
THAT PREVENTING “BLACK-ON-BLACK CRIME” WOULD REQUIRE
BLACKS TO GIVE UP SOME OF THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS, AS IF
THEY ACTUALLY HAD ANY RIGHTS.
SINCE THEN, IT HAS BECOME COMMON PRACTICE FOR POLICE
TO STOP BLACKS ON THE STREET JUST BECAUSE THEY’RE
BLACK. ANY BLACK THAT QUESTIONS WHY HE’S BEING
STOPPED IS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT. IF THE
POLICE ARE HAVING A BAD DAY, THEY’LL BEAT HIM UP, PUT
A COUPLE OF MINOR BRUISES ON THEMSELVES AND CHARGE HIM
WITH BATTERY TO A POLICE OFFICER AND RESISTING ARREST.
THEN SOME PUBLIC DEFENDER WILL TRICK HIM INTO
ACCEPTING THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFER. IF HE SIGNS A
STATEMENT SAYING THAT THE POLICE DIDN’T BEAT HIM,
THEY’LL ONLY CHARGE HIM WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT EVEN
THOUGH HE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE.
EVERY YEAR, INNOCENT BLACKS ARE BEATEN AND EVEN KILLED
BY POLICE THAT KNOW THAT THEY’LL PROBABLY GET AWAY
WITH IT, EVEN WHEN THEIR CRIMES ARE WITNESSED OR
VIDEOTAPED. OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS A GUTLESS
STOOGE THAT KEEPS HIS JOB BY WHORING FOR CAMPAIGN
DONATIONS FROM THE RIGHT WHITE SPECIAL INTERESTS.
MANY INNOCENT BLACKS, INCLUDING HELPLESS CHILDREN, ARE
KILLED EVERY YEAR BY COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY HIGH SPEED
POLICE CHASES THAT YOU NEVER SEE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE POLICE ARE MORE CAREFUL FOR OUR CHILDREN. BUT,
THEY HAVE SMUG DISREGARD FOR THE LIVES OF BLACK
CHILDREN.
IN SPITE OF GIVING UP SO MANY RIGHTS, BLACKS STILL
HAVE TO DEAL WITH UNCONTROLLABLE CRIME AND A POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT KEEPS TAKING AWAY MORE AND MORE OF
THEIR RIGHTS.
I REMEMBER LISTENING TO WOODY WELCH ON THE RADIO.
BACK THEN, IT WAS ACCEPTABLE FOR WHITE RADIO AND TV
ANNOUNCERS TO USE RACIAL SLURS ON THE AIR. WELCH USED
HIS SHARE.
I REMEMBER THAT BLACKS WERE OFTEN CALLED “SPADES” AND
MALE BLACKS WERE CALLED “ACE”. WHITE POLICE QUICKLY
PICKED UP THE HABIT OF CALLING BLACK MALES “ACE”. I
REMEMBER WHEN THE MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOT
CAUGHT TRAINING ROTTWEILERS TO ATTACK DUMMIES DRESSED
WITH LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND
MILWAUKEE’S BLACK LEADERS. IT HASN’T SURPRISED ME TO
HEAR WOODY WELCH CALL HIMSELF “MAYOR NORQUIST’S
ROTTWEILER AGAINST ART JONES” AND REFER TO POLICE
CHIEF JONES AS “ACE”. WOODY LOVES TO RELIVE THE OLD
DAYS. IT WOULDN’T SURPRISE ME IF HE STILL USES HIS
CELEBRITY STATUS TO GET TEENAGERS HIGH AND HAVE SEX
WITH THEM.
A NUMBER OF MILWAUKEE’S BLACK LEADERS HAVE GOT
POLITICAL GOALS THAT REQUIRE WHITE VOTES. AND,
THEY’VE BEEN SAYING STUPID THINGS THAT PANDER TO WHITE
RACISM AND THREATEN THE WELLBEING OF THE BLACK
COMMUNITY. A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE CALLED
BLACK-ON-BLACK CRIME “URBAN TERRORISM”, WHICH SCARES
WHITE PEOPLE TO DEATH. TERRENCE HERRON WANTS THE
DEATH PENALTY IN WISCONSIN, IN SPITE OF THE TON OF
EVIDENCE THAT THE STATES WHICH HAVE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
HAVE USED IT AS A TOOL OF GENOCIDE AGAINST BLACKS.
MARVIN PRATT HAS BEEN FLOATING THE IDEA OF THE CITY
BUYING OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE POLICE CHIEF’S
CONTRACT. BUT, IF ART JONES LEAVES OFFICE BEFORE HIS
FULL TERM EXPIRES, BRAD DEBRASKA AND THE OTHER WHITE
POLICE THAT HAVE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO SABOTAGE JONES
WILL BE SO OVERJOYED WITH THEIR VICTORY THAT THEY’LL
QUICKLY STEP UP THEIR HARASSMENT AND BRUTALITY IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY. JONES SHOULD MAKE GOOD ON HIS VOW TO
SERVE “UP TO THE VERY LAST SECOND” OF HIS TERM. THEN
THE BLACK COMMUNITY SHOULD UNITE TO SUPPORT JONES OR
SOME OTHER BLACK CANDIDATE FOR THE NEXT TERM. ACE
SHOULD SPIT IN THE ROTTWEILER’S FACE.
MARVIN PRATT SHOULD WORK ON PROTECTING HIS OWN CAREER
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S WITCH HUNT CAMPAIGN TO
INTIMIDATE BLACK OFFICIALS.
THE SAME U.S. ATTORNEY THAT PROSECUTED ROSA CAMERON
WAS CLAIMING, ONLY A FEW MONTHS EARLIER, THAT HE
DIDN’T HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO INVESTIGATE AN OCEAN
OF CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AGAINST TWO WHITE ALDERMEN, JEFF
PAWLINSKI AND WAYNE HENNINGSEN, FOR TAKING BRIBES TO
MAKE SURE THAT A NUMBER OF WHITES WITH SEEDY
BACKGROUNDS GOT THEIR LIQUOR LICENSES.
MANY WHITES THINK THAT THERE MUST BE SOME MERIT TO THE
ATTACKS ON CHIEF JONES SINCE MAYOR NORQUIST, WHO
PLANTED JONES IN THE POLICE CHIEF’S SEAT, IS ALSO
ATTACKING HIM. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT NORQUIST’S
GOAL WAS TO USE THE MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS
HIS PERSONAL TOOL OF TERROR AGAINST HIS GROWING LIST
OF ENEMIES. WHEN JONES WOULDN’T AGREE TO BE THE
MAYOR’S STOOGE, NORQUIST DECLARED WAR ON HIM AND
OPENED THE DOOR TO THE DEBRASKA SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN.
WHITE POLICE THAT DON’T LIKE WORKING FOR A BLACK
POLICE CHIEF HAVE PURPOSEFULLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE
CRIME PROBLEM IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, BY NOT
RESPONDING TO CALLS THAT COULD PREVENT CRIMES FROM
TAKING PLACE. THAT WAS THE CASE IN THE BEATING DEATH
OF MR. YOUNG. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH FOLKS THAT HAD
CALLED THE POLICE TO REPORT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
ACTIVITY DURING A PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE THE
BEATING HAPPENED. I KNOW A POLICE OFFICER THAT
ADMITTED THAT THE BEATING PROBABLY WOULDN’T HAVE
HAPPENED IF THE POLICE HAD RESPONDED TO JUST ONE OF
THE PRIOR CALLS THAT NIGHT.