Scott Walker – Cutting Wisconsin prison population 50% wouldn't 'require' release of thousands of violent felons

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Cutting Wisconsin prison population 50% wouldn’t ‘require’ release of thousands of violent felons So, are some of the Democrats running for governor planning to open prison doors to release thousands of thugs? It’s a picture Republican Gov. Scott Walker painted with a tweet on Aug. 7, 2018, one week before the primary election that will determine which one of eight Democrats will run against him in the fall. Walker issued more than a dozen tweets on prisons that day, including this one: A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%. That would require the release of thousands of

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FBI raids hit Milwaukee area drug ring

Some 200 FBI agents and other law enforcement personnel took part in simultaneous raids in Milwaukee and Ozaukee Counties Wednesday. Seven people were arrested. The FBI’s Jason Soule said the raids targeted the top heroin distributors in southeast Wisconsin — the local subset of a national gang known as the Vice Lords. “This particular group […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Marcus Theatres not showing ‘Slender Man’ movie at some Wisconsin locations

Marcus Theatres locations in Madison and Sun Prairie do not plan to show the upcoming “Slender Man” movie, according to movie listings on its website. Earlier this week a company spokesperson confirmed that the movie would not be shown at Marcus Theatres in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties. The movie is about girls driven to kill on behalf […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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