After ProPublica found that a police investigation into a child’s death was mishandled due to language barriers, officials hope to improve how police interact with non-English speakers. Meanwhile, the boy’s family has settled a suit against the farm.
Tag: Deaths
Posted inJustice & Safety
A black teen who had tried to shoplift died from asphyxia. Why was no one ever charged?
Customers at a Wisconsin corner store subdued 16-year-old Corey Stingley, who died after allegedly being placed in a chokehold. A decade later, the youth’s father still fights for justice and awaits the findings from an unusual new inquiry.
Posted inEnvironment
Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story
Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they’ve located the Ironton, a freight schooner that plunged to the bottom of Lake Huron in 1894.
Posted inWisWatch Blog
Map: Wisconsin mass murders
In Wisconsin, guns were involved in all but four of the 29 multiple murders we know of since 1985. At least 105 people died in these incidents.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety
16 die, but boating safety stalls in Legislature
Despite the continued concern over preventable boating accidents and fatalities, Wisconsin lawmakers tried but failed in the last session to pass new laws mandating life jackets for children and cracking down on intoxicated boating.
Posted inHealth & Welfare
Wisconsin suicide toll rises, exceeds rates of neighboring states
Experts say Wisconsin’s high suicide rate, relative to those of neighboring states, could be linked to a high rate of binge drinking, easy access to firearms and lack of available mental health care, especially in rural areas.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety
Accidents in non-motorized boats often deadly
There are far fewer accidents involving canoes and rowboats than motorized boats, but those that are reported are far more likely to be deadly.