Cop shot somewhere in SE Wisconsin

[MU82]

According to some, we should relish the crime, and perhaps encourage it.  Part of the experience, eh?

Said zero Scoopers. But you knew that.

According to some, Marquette is a violent, crime-infested battle zone that is keeping enrollment numbers down (despite evidence to the contrary). That's actually a real narrative really being pushed by real Scoopers. But you knew that, too.

[Newsdreams]

According to some, we should relish the crime, and perhaps encourage it.  Part of the experience, eh?

Nope, but the perception that everything is much worse, not really true, things have gone a bit worse the past couple of years compared to previous, a cycle, but in the age of immediate information all seems worse. Heck back then if MU wasn't ranked during Christmas break it would take over 24 hrs to find out the score, obviously I wasn't anywhere near WI.

[The Sultan]

According to some, we should relish the crime, and perhaps encourage it.  Part of the experience, eh?

No one has said that.

[wadesworld]

The same people who claim that a virus that has killed nearly 900,000 Americans and over 5.5 million people world wide in under 2 years is just fear mongering for political purposes are the ones scared to go into Milwaukee/onto campus because of crime. Go figure.

[Hards Alumni]

According to some, we should relish the crime, and perhaps encourage it.  Part of the experience, eh?

According to the some, we should put up a wall around campus and stare into the past with rose tinted glasses.  Part of getting old, eh?

[Hards Alumni]

The same people who claim that a virus that has killed nearly 900,000 Americans and over 5.5 million people world wide in under 2 years is just fear mongering for political purposes are the ones scared to go into Milwaukee/onto campus because of crime. Go figure.

The world is a scary place for former students.  They're dying by the hundreds to gun crime on campus all the way in Mequon, East Troy, Madison, etc.

[reinko]

According to the some, we should put up a wall around campus and stare into the past with rose tinted glasses.  Part of getting old, eh?

*or move it to Mequon like some brainiac suggested yesterday

[The Sultan]

https://www.slowboring.com/p/all-kinds-of-bad-behavior-is-on-the

Thought this was an interesting read about how the rise is violence is a sign of a larger issues of self-destructive and anti-social behavior that started at the beginning of the pandemic.  Not only are shootings up, but drug overdoses, car deaths, school behavior issues, etc.  The conclusion:

"The true toll of the pandemic, in other words, goes well beyond the official death toll of the virus. American society is actually fraying at the seams in some pretty significant ways. And this to me is fundamentally part of the argument for federal leadership in setting some terms around a "new normal" of endemic SARS-Cov-2 rather than continually shifting the terms of a national state of emergency. Respiratory viruses (mostly flu but also some RSV and for the very elderly even some common cold) killed non-trivial numbers of people before the pandemic, and it's truly tragic that we're going to be seeing more deaths than that going forward. But what we didn't have pre-covid was a sense of all these spillovers and disruptions into other areas of life. With vaccines in hand, we really need to be trying to address the full range of harms that have accrued over the past two years."

[MUBurrow]

With vaccines in hand, we really need to be trying to address the full range of harms that have accrued over the past two years."

nm sorry - realized my post would have been better on the covid board

[Billy Hoyle]

Want to decrease crime? Increase economic conditions for all, but especially the poor/lower class

There is also a controversial hypothesis about decrease in crime and access to abortions

you should run for DA in Portland or San Francisco. "Was the criminal poor or from a marginalized community? Released, no bail. The rich small business owner should just suck it up and appreciate her privilege and give back a little."

I'm sure the dude who has been arrested and released 21 times for assaulting Asians and Pacific Islanders was only doing it because he was poor.

[4everwarriors]

Just another day in paradise, hey?




The Marquette University Police Department is investigating the incident below. If you have more information, please contact MUPD immediately at (414) 288-6800.
Initial Incident Report
Incident type: Shots fired
Incident location: 21st and Clybourn
Approximate time: 3:58 p.m.
Victims: One female Marquette student
Physical injuries: No physical injuries were reported.

At approximately 3:58 p.m., MUPD responded to a report of shots fired near 21st Street and Clybourn Street. A suspect fired shots from a white sedan at a vehicle driven by a student in an apparent road rage incident. No individuals or vehicles were struck by the gunfire. The university is providing support services to the student. No physical injuries were reported. Milwaukee Police Department is investigating. There is no active threat to campus.

This update is available online.

[rocket surgeon]

well come on!  gotta give credit for the 4 day "cease fire"  carry-on...

[tower912]

 

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I'm sure your law enforcement counterparts would be thrilled to know your views on crime and policing.

[Pakuni]

I'm sure your law enforcement counterparts would be thrilled to know your views on crime and policing.

You should report him to his employer, nerd.

[tower912]

I'm sure your law enforcement counterparts would be thrilled to know your views on crime and policing.

We chat about it frequently as they come into the station on a daily basis.    As well as at joint events.  You might be surprised to learn theirs.    Get out more.

[wadesworld]

Simple solution. Everyone get a gun, hey?

[Galway Eagle]

Simple solution. Everyone get a gun, hey?

We're all good guys with a gun till someone's driving obnoxiously, then we turn into someone who shouldn't have had a gun in the first place.

[4everwarriors]

Yeah, pretty sure the MU coed deserved to be shot at for her pussay driving by these fine, upstanding ass holes.
If looks like an ass hole and smells like an ass hole. Its an ass hole, gun or no gun, aina?

[The Sultan]

The problem with the "good guy with gun" mantra is an inability to realize that many of the guns end up with bad guys.  Which just makes the violence worse.  And the problem with these discussions is that they are always binary.  But it's not just guns that are the problem, and it's not just bad people that are the problem.  Both need to be dealt with.

[dgies9156]

Simple solution. Everyone get a gun, hey?

We have tried that in Chicago. Worked out well, huh?

[lawdog77]

Just another day in paradise, hey?




The Marquette University Police Department is investigating the incident below. If you have more information, please contact MUPD immediately at (414) 288-6800.
Initial Incident Report
Incident type: Shots fired
Incident location: 21st and Clybourn
Approximate time: 3:58 p.m.
Victims: One female Marquette student
Physical injuries: No physical injuries were reported.

At approximately 3:58 p.m., MUPD responded to a report of shots fired near 21st Street and Clybourn Street. A suspect fired shots from a white sedan at a vehicle driven by a student in an apparent road rage incident. No individuals or vehicles were struck by the gunfire. The university is providing support services to the student. No physical injuries were reported. Milwaukee Police Department is investigating. There is no active threat to campus.

This update is available online.

That would never happen in Mequon.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/northshore/crime/police-reports/2019/08/06/road-rage-oak-creek-man-accused-pointing-gun-driver-mequon/1936865001/

[Pakuni]

The problem with the "good guy with gun" mantra is an inability to realize that many of the guns end up with bad guys.  Which just makes the violence worse.  And the problem with these discussions is that they are always binary.  But it's not just guns that are the problem, and it's not just bad people that are the problem.  Both need to be dealt with.

Also, plenty of "good guys" can easily turn into bad guys when their wife dumps them, or they get kicked out of a bar, or their neighbor's dog craps on their front yard one too many times, or they get cut off in traffic, or someone insults them on social media, and so on and so on.

And, of course, you're right that the problem isn't binary. Guns, poverty, drugs, mental illness, lack of family support/structure, lack of education, etc. all have a hand. And very few people want to deal with any of them in any serious way.

[Galway Eagle]

Yeah, pretty sure the MU coed deserved to be shot at for her pussay driving by these fine, upstanding ass holes.
If looks like an ass hole and smells like an ass hole. Its an ass hole, gun or no gun, aina?

I agree, I'm when he got in the car he was just a guy who wanted to protect his property that was having a bad day. 

[Pakuni]

I agree, I'm when he got in the car he was just a guy who wanted to protect his property that was having a bad day.

Maybe the shooter was standing his ground.