Jessica Mcbride

You think things are crazy on Water Street in downtown Milwaukee? Check out this video. Wisconsin Right Now's Jim Piwowarczyk captured video on Friday, June 18, 2021, of Milwaukee police chasing a man down the middle of Water Street and then taking him into custody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDSah8TnrYs Milwaukee Police Foot Chase Video This video shows: How dangerous and chaotic things have gotten in Milwaukee's downtown bar district. The complete failure of city leaders to get a handle on it. How dangerous the jobs of police are, and how much we ask them. How the media aren't telling you what's really going on. There was not a word of this on any station. A source told us the Milwaukee Police foot chase started because police were spat on. We have a request to MPD for more details. This is all part of our mission to tell you the news the media won't. Read our fuller account with more videos here .

"She was running away and was struck in the back." - a witness. More than one person was shooting that night. A 24 year old woman, Diamond Arberry. was murdered early Saturday morning at Water and Michigan Streets after a wild fight involving multiple people spilled outside a nightclub, as the City of Milwaukee continues to fail to prevent the dangerous scenes unfolding in its popular entertainment district downtown. You can watch videos from the scene later in this article. The chaos was dangerous for police officers as well as the public. Now it's taken the life of a young Milwaukee mother. The victim was identified on social media by family and friends as Diamond Jakia Arberry. A woman wrote on Facebook, "Sending prayers love and hugs to my Arberry family for the lost of Diamond last night to senseless violence in our city. We need to do better Milwaukee all these shootings and taking ppl from there loved ones is sick. No family should not have to bury a lo...

There was a day in Milwaukee when injuries to police officers were treated seriously. That day appears to have passed. Here's the latest in the Milwaukee police explosives case: Two of the three men who are accused of throwing a powerful explosive at two Milwaukee police officers on Water Street, injuring them, were given signature bonds by two different Milwaukee court commissioners, David Sweet and Rosa Barillas. A third man accused of throwing an explosive in another incident not involving police was also given a signature bond, Wisconsin Right Now has learned. Signature bonds mean that a person can walk out of the jail without putting up any cash. Their signature is all that's needed to be released. It's part of a national trend toward "bail reform." There was a day in Milwaukee when injuries to police officers were treated more seriously. That day appears to have passed. According to a Milwaukee police press release, on July, 5, 2021, at approximately ...

We've obtained the 43-page criminal complaint charging Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis with four felonies relating to embezzlement and misuse of campaign finances. Prosecutors say the alderwoman, who has a history of anti-police rhetoric and is running as a Democrat for U.S. Senate against Ron Johnson, went on an illegal multi-year campaign finance spending binge, using donations and unlawful city expense reimbursements as her own personal piggy bank, for everything from meals at Waffle House and Hooters to trips to Las Vegas, Mt. Olympus in Wisconsin Dells, and a trampoline park. You can read the complaint in full here. Lewis is charged with four felonies for misconduct in office, theft in a business setting (embezzlement), making false reports and statements about campaign finances and accepting unlawful disbursement from campaign finances. She’s also charged with a misdemeanor for theft false representation. We've written about Lewis several times before; she joined a g...