Last Sentencings in Wis. Police Beatings

[951-Riverside]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Two former police officers were each sentenced to more than two years in federal prison Thursday for their roles in a racially charged attack involving a group of white, off-duty officers.

The sentencings are the last of seven in a case that has haunted the city since February 2005, when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a front-page photo of Frank Jude Jr.'s swollen, misshapen face.

Jon Clausing pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to violate the civil rights of Jude, who is biracial, and Lovell Harris, who is black. Clausing admitted cutting Harris' face during the conflict in which Jude was severely beaten outside another officer's housewarming party.

Joseph Schabel admitted stomping on Jude's head two or three times and kicking him while Jude was being held down. He had pleaded guilty to depriving Jude of his civil rights and use of intimidation.

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[sasquatch]

1. Jesus those cops are like the fucking mafia

"After three former officers were acquitted in a state trial, black and white residents, including the mayor, expressed their outrage at community meetings."
They rig juries, operate outside the rule of law, torture and abuse innocent people. Here's a picture of one of the victims below.

[T Wolf]

2. Typical and not uncommon police behavior. What is not typical is that, for

once, they were actually held accountable for their crimes. Wearing a badge is a license to kill in this country.