When I awoke Saturday morning and made my way down to the Steaming Cup in downtown Waukesha I spotted the headline in the Journal newsbox and hy heart sank. “Not Guilty” screamed the headline. I couldn’t believe it. Nine people were so stupid or lazy that they found the officers accused of beating Jude not guilty. If ever there was a clear cut case this was it. I wonder if this will finally be the wakeup call that the conservative talk show hosts need to stop defending the police under any circumstance. Just last week you could hear Belling trying to find reasons for defending the officers when discussing the discrepancies in the missing wallet story. While I don’t think he can defend this outcome, I guess I will have to wait until this afternoon to find out.

Every year there is a very questionable police killing of an African American male and every year an officer gets off scott free. The conservative talkers are so predictable after a police shooting. There is never a question in their mind that the officer acted in self defense. Lets hope they finally see the light and realize that the police in Milwaukee have a huge credibility problem. And they wonder why so few African Americans trust or cooperate with the police. When the cops don’t even cooperate with the prosecutors when their fellow officers break the law, how can they complain when citizens don’t rat out their neighbors? I am not defending the “no snitching” movement but I understand.