After years of making inflammatory statements about poor people, people of color, and women, and managing one of the deadliest jails in the country, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is under fire from a fed-up Wisconsin lawmaker. On Monday, State Rep. David Crowley (D)
submitted a letter to Governor Scott Walker (R), asking for Clarke to be removed from his position at once.
“The duty bestowed upon law-enforcement officers is to protect and serve. Unfortunately, that is not what the Sheriff of Milwaukee County is most concerned with,”
Crowley wrote. “Today I call on you to remove Sheriff David Clarke from office for his willful neglect of duties, repeated inappropriate and incendiary comments, his promotions of violence, and use of intimidation against innocent civilians.”