Milwaukee Shootings

[real chili 83]

You are luckier than James Schoemperlen was.

That's a blast from the past.

Along with him, we also had the Ernest Lacy deal too.  I remember vividly the protest on Wisconsin avenue as it passed Schroeder.  The MPD were a bunch of sh1t kickers back then.  You did not mess with the MPD.  Period.  Chief Brier (sp) ran a very tough department.  Curious if it's changed.

[4everwarriors]

Of course, part of da pussification of America, ai na?

[rocket surgeon]

You are luckier than James Schoemperlen was.

yeah, last time he pee'd standing up, eyn"a?

[The Lens]

Why would a college student possibly be driving on Halloween night?

Never drive anywhere  on Halloween, NYE or St. Patrick's Day. That's just common sense.

Why drive any where / any time at MU? 

The downside of MU cleaning up campus and buying out all the bars, kids moving down to Water, Brady, North for their fun.

[warriorchick]

Why drive any where / any time at MU? 

The downside of MU cleaning up campus and buying out all the bars, kids moving down to Water, Brady, North for their fun.

The majority of the recent MU students I know take Uber if they are leaving campus to party.

There is no excuse ever to drink and drive.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

He was so messed up he didn't even remember it happening.

[The Lens]

The majority of the recent MU students I know take Uber if they are leaving campus to party.

There is no excuse ever to drink and drive.

I will never be a credit card parent but my Uber account is the one thing I might let my kids abuse.  Of course by then Uber will probably be delivering kegs, pizza shuttle and Northface fleeces (they were the cool jacket in 1997) so I will end up being a credit card parent.

[mu03eng]

I will never be a credit card parent but my Uber account is the one thing I might let my kids abuse.  Of course by then Uber will probably be delivering kegs, pizza shuttle and Northface fleeces (they were the cool jacket in 1997) so I will end up being a credit card parent.

What the F is a credit card parent?

[The Lens]

What the F is a credit card parent?

A parent who every month pays the credit card bill of their college aged son or daughter.  I didn't know a ton of their kids when I was in school, but I knew enough to get drunk even when I was broke.

[jsglow]

What the F is a credit card parent?

Speaks the rookie dad of a 9 month old!  What Lens said. 

[brewcity77]

BC77, professionally speaking, are you still running with pd on your apparatus?   Are you housing them at the stations?  Our police and fire administrators are watching and taking notes to plan for when something inevitably happens here.

I do not believe we are anymore. We had officers riding along with us the first night and from the second night on had officers either riding along or following in squad cars for any runs in the vicinity of the unrest. Lack of security is why BP was allowed to burn. The next three fires (O'Reilly, Jet Beauty, BMO Harris) all took place within a block of each other, so once O'Reilly was secure, it was relatively easy for MPD to contain the area. Though with an auto parts store, it still took hours to fully get under control.

I sent you a PM with more specifics, let me know if there's anything else I can pass on.

[mu03eng]

A parent who every month pays the credit card bill of their college aged son or daughter.  I didn't know a ton of their kids when I was in school, but I knew enough to get drunk even when I was broke.

God I hate millenials 

[Benny B]

God I hate millenials 

I'm a bona fide Gen Xer, yet one of my best buds in college was a credit card kid.  Sadly, this phenomenon is not limited to Millennials.

[naginiF]

God I hate millenials 

CC parents were alive and well in the late 80's. I do acknowledge us old GenX'ers suck too but coddled kids have been around forever (or so I've been told  )

***Ooops, what Benny said

[brewcity77]

God I hate millenials 

Just read an article today explaining that millennials actually have less credit card debt than other generations at a comparable age, but only because they are so frequently declined for credit cards. Instead, they are racking up debt from check cashing places, with is multiples worse than CCs.

[rocket surgeon]

My reaction last night was .. welp, it's just Milwaukee's time.  I mean, statistics tend to show MKE has huge issues with poverty, disparity, segregation, showing the city is one of the worst places to be an African-American in the US.   We're due for "unrest."

Reaction today?  Really, far above expectations.  Prayer circles, community gatherings, volunteers cleaning up the streets, pastors preaching to decent crowds .. and the "big crowd" protesting right now near a police station is about 50 people, at the moment, without incident besides blocking an intersection.

With other big cities "unrest" incidents in mind .. MKE is currently dealing with it unbelievably well.  (Admittedly the circumstances are different, but still..)

Sorry to change the subject from the previous posts, but I just got to thinking.  If the guy that was shot by the police, (I don't care what ethnicity the police were) had the background/rap sheet this guy had and it were a Caucasian, I wouldn't be burning down my city.  If the police were ridding my neighborhood of Caucasian scofflaws and miscreants by any method, I am content with that as everyone's life becomes more safe.  These dudes are killing innocent people. Children sitting on their porches, watching tv, etc.  they are enslaving the innocent law abiding people and that just ain't right in my book

[Coleman]

A parent who every month pays the credit card bill of their college aged son or daughter.  I didn't know a ton of their kids when I was in school, but I knew enough to get drunk even when I was broke.

I am a millennial and have literally never heard of anyone who has this arrangement.

[muwarrior69]

The majority of the recent MU students I know take Uber if they are leaving campus to party.

There is no excuse ever to drink and drive.

Funny thing, back in my day those of us who lived on campus made friends with the commuter half of students (we called them townies) as they had the cars. Ironically I was usually the guy who was the designated driver. I was never one to get that warm fuzzy from too much alcohol but rather it made me sick. My limit would be about 4 beers, though usually 2, while my buddies just could drink all night. I would drive them all home and return their car the next day though on occasion their dads would drive me back to campus. Back then drinking and driving was not the taboo it is today, but we were mature enough to make sure one of us was "sober" enough to be behind the wheel.

[rocket surgeon]

I am a millennial and have literally never heard of anyone who has this arrangement.

I heard of it somewhat back in my day-80's. So it isn't all new, but maybe more prevalent today?  I don't have any stats, but if the helicopter parents are true to their game...wouldn't surprise me

[warriorchick]

I heard of it somewhat back in my day-80's. So it isn't all new, but maybe more prevalent today?  I don't have any stats, but if the helicopter parents are true to their game...wouldn't surprise me

I have an acquaintance whose Marquette student was basically a credit card kid.  She finally put it to somewhat of a stop when the kid was spending hundreds of dollars a month on takeout food even though she had a full meal plan.  Oh, and she was taking Ubers to get around campus instead of walking or using LIMO.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

God I hate millenials 

Don't blame us. All you gen Xers have to do is say "no, we won't be paying the credit card bill." Stop it real fast.

Also, I hate millennials.

[keefe]

A parent who every month pays the credit card bill of their college aged son or daughter.  I didn't know a ton of their kids when I was in school, but I knew enough to get drunk even when I was broke.

I cannot imagine that my father would have given me a credit card, much less paid it off for me.

I was expected to work construction and such during summers while at Marquette. I remember my old man visiting me at Camp Upshur during a 6-week PLC summer boot camp and telling me he lined up a gig for me working construction once I finished up at Quantico. I literally went form training to be a Marine Corps officer to digging ditches.

My sisters, meanwhile, got sent to Europe during their summer breaks. When I asked him about the disparity he simply said they were girls.

I mean, wtfo.

[Tim The Enchanter]

Yes.  A group of sheriffs who believe"their primary duty is to protect local citizens from the tyranny of the federal government."

http://archive.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/bicecol16-7l9v73c-207614191.html

He also won the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Association's Law Enforcement Leader of the Year, March 2016.

http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/milwaukee-county-sheriff-david-clarke-wins-fleoas-law-enforcement-leader-of-year-award


He continues to win re-election in Democrat primaries.  Then in the general. 

[jsglow]

I cannot imagine that my father would have given me a credit card, much less paid it off for me.

I was expected to work construction and such during summers while at Marquette. I remember my old man visiting me at Camp Upshur during a 6-week PLC summer boot camp and telling me he lined up a gig for me working construction once I finished up at Quantico. I literally went form training to be a Marine Corps officer to digging ditches.

My sisters, meanwhile, got sent to Europe during their summer breaks. When I asked him about the disparity he simply said they were girls.

I mean, wtfo.

I know hey.  It seems to get more difficult every generation to pass along the sacrifices of the past.  I won't go into detail here but our multi-generational story frankly on both sides of the family must seem alien to our kids despite the fact that chick and I have worked very hard to try to instill those working class values.  But they are surrounded by so very much affluence and materialism.  One thing I will say.  Both benefited from a high school experience that was multi-racial and covered a wide socioeconomic swath.  And as many of you know and as I've discussed previously, there's been a cultural shift that many of my generation wouldn't recognize at today's Marquette.  Chitown has chimed in on this more than once.  It's not everyone but...

[mu03eng]

Don't blame us. All you gen Xers have to do is say "no, we won't be paying the credit card bill." Stop it real fast.

Also, I hate millennials.

It was self loathing, depending on the definition I fall in the beginning of the millenial generation.

We also had our first kid later than most so where we run into other parents of babies/toddlers like day care they are solidly millenials and I just want to shot myself in the face with something the things that are getting passed on to the newest generation from the most entitled generation.

We got some toy or another from a rummage sale that my son loves, topic came up when we were dropping him off at day care and I said something like "yeah it's great, 10 cents at a rummage sale and he's endlessly entertained". Two of the moms also dropping off reacted as if I announced that I was in the most contagious stages of the bubonic plague.

I really hope I can prevent my kid from becoming a self-entitled, pretentious a$$hole

And to your point Aggie, I totally agree, the millenials aren't totally to blame....their parents were idiots.