Was BBC Doc ‘Murder in Milwaukee’ Actually a Fair Portrayal?
Cream City citizens criticize filmmaker Louis Theroux’s documentary focusing on Milwaukee gun violence.
Watch: Third Ward Carjacking Thwarted in Viral Video
An attempted carjacking in broad daylight is stymied by this Milwaukee woman’s unconventional reaction.
The High Cost of Milwaukee’s Gun Epidemic
Gun violence follows epidemiological trajectories much like an actual virus, according to the research of Yale sociologist Andrew Papachristos. Both victims and perpetrators tend to belong to a tightly linked social network where transmission bounces from person to person, a process Stephen Hargarten, a professor and gun violence researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin, likens to a “bio-social disease.” As such, it’s easy to fall into the illusion that unless you live in a dangerous neighborhood, you’re inoculated from the problem of gun violence. But no one can escape its economic effects, which ripple societywide and cost the average…
Case Closed
Milwaukee homicide clearance rates, charted.
Highway Robbery
Car thefts have exploded, and victims are paying a steep price.
The Next Chapter in Frank Jude’s Complicated Life
Tough times continue for Frank Jude, the Milwaukee man who was the victim of a brutal police beating in 2004.
Hot Potato
Food and drink is now the leading form of cargo theft.
Out of Mind
What if you were stolen away, and no one came to your rescue?
Dark Side
The rise and fall of a suburban hacker.
Idle Hands
Staying busy and well-connected to rehabilitative services is a luxury in Wisconsin’s prison system, not the rule.