MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Assembly judiciary committee has approved a package of legislation designed to crack down on riots. The bills define a riot as a public disturbance during a gathering of at least three people that includes intentional violence or an intentional threat of immediate violence. Participants could be charged with a felony. Anyone who uses a dangerous weapon during a riot also could be charged with a felony. Blocking a thoroughfare during a riot would be a misdemeanor. The committee approved the Republican bills Thursday despite warnings from the panel’s two Democrats that the language is too broad and could lead to prosecutors charging peaceful prosecutors. Rep. John Spiros and Sen. Van Wanggaard, both former police officers, introduced the bills in response to riots that followed a police shooting in Milwaukee last year.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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