Wisconsin city refuses to arrest rioters, but hands out hefty fines to churches with more than 50 worshipers

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There have been violent riots in Wisconsin’s capital of Madison, where a group of about 150 demonstrators threw rocks at police officers on Saturday night, according to WITI-TV. At least 75 stores were damaged or looted overnight. Despite the bedlam and property damage, the Madison Police Department only made three arrests.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel politics and statehouse reporter Patrick Marley tweeted, “Police chief says they aren’t arresting people tonight.” Interim Madison Police Chief Vic Wahl said his officers stood back during the protests.

While Madison didn’t do much to prevent the barrage of looting in the city, officials want citizens to know that church services of more than 50 people will absolutely not be tolerated.

According to the City of Madison’s website, Mass Gathering inside a commercial facility is permitted with fifty (50) individuals or less. Individuals must maintain physical distancing.”

Wisconsin priests were reportedly warned by health officials from Madison and Dane counties that if they opened their churches and had crowds of more than 50 people at their religious services, they face a fine of $1,000. The letter sent out to religious leaders allegedly threatened that there could be “government watchers” present at church services.

However, hundreds of people protesting and rioting will not warrant any fine whatsoever in Madison.

It doesn’t appear that people are practicing social distancing in Madison.

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34 Comments

  1. Liberalism at it’s typical best…Well, if they don’t fine the good, church going people of Wisconsin, where will they get the money to support the government… and the “Protesters”…

    1. In other news, the mayor of Minneapolis was warning the protesters to wear masks and practice social distancing. How absurd can you get!????

    1. That’s right. Madison has long been run by leftists in the local government and at the University. Anybody else noticing that all the places that are having problems are all Demoratically controlled areas? Hmmm

  2. Then maybe the business owners and property owners that were affected by the rioters and looters should sue the government for their damages and lost of property that the police did not even try to protect. they let the rioters run amuck through the cities and not stopping them from damaging and looting private property, public property is being damaged also and the taxpayers are having to pay to fix these properties.

  3. it is plain to see, the police, police chief and the Mayor are too afraid to arrest
    lawbreakers, WHY because they are breaking the law themselves. Or are they just cowards??
    I think they are both. if you can go into a store and take property, walk past cops and
    the Police chief standing by, what does that tell you? it tells me they are cowards, they
    do not care what you do so you can do whatever you want. These actions are the normal
    one that the Democrats want, they give sanctuary, they release criminals out of jail so
    they can go and commit more crimes, they refuse to prosecute people stealing if the
    value is less than 900 dollars. Democrats do not want law and order, they want to be the one to make the law and it favors the illegals, the criminals, the drug dealers and it is the
    Americans citizens who have to pay the price.

  4. Since when is a church a “commercial facility”????? A commercial facility has the intent of making a profit, yet churches are tax exempt (501c), non-profits!!!!! So all of the churches have no limit on number of people who may attend!

    1. I just could NOT stand to live in a democrap state! Look at what California has done! VW diesels were tested and passed the strict Euro standards. BUT, Callifornia made regulations that the VW couldn’t pass. Why could my 1988 VW Rabbit get 65 mpg on a trip from Toronto to Ft. Walton Beach, Florida? Now with EPA regulations, only gets 40 mpg! Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, and Hyundai build cars here in Alabama. Only M-B will build a “California CARB compliant” vehicle! Skrew CA, let them try to get any automobile manufacturer back to California? Only Tesla still builds cars in California! And I’ll try to get them to move to Alabama!

  5. This good for nothing police chief, the mayor and governor needs to be replaced. Yes the business owners need to sue the city mayor and police chief and city council. Target stores should permanently close all their store in the city, use the city government and move all merchandise to other store in different states. Fining churches and restricting people to 50 violates the 1st Amendment. I wonder if the city has a 50 participation at the department stores such as Walmart and Target? AG Barr recently informed cities they cannot violate the Constitution. When is he going to take action again this cit’s officials a well s the governors of several states and tht useless mayor of Chicago? He needs to get busy and follow through ;with his warnings.

  6. Madison is a liberal progressive run city and with Democrats it’s all about their pushing their power against anything they don’t agree with. They don’t agree with Christianity so they push them around. They agree with the anti social and terrorist groups like Antifa and BLM so they allow that. This is where your choice this November is critical as to where you want our country to go. Anarchy or law and order? Without law and order all you have is chaos and every person for themselves. If you vote for this then don’t look for protection when there is none. It will be gone. The killing of this black man was wrong. We all know that. But to destroy cities, property and steal another persons belongings is criminal behavior and has nothing to do with this mans death. Use whatever intelligence you have left to see ahead. A country without law is a country run wild. None of you really want that. Believe me.

    1. That dead man was braking the LAW and resisted arrest. The press didn’t report what he was doing to summon a response from the Police. The men that are called upon to enforce the law will apply enough force to make the the criminal comply with arrest without getting injured. The lawman is entitled to go home an the end of his tour. The city government threw those officers under the bus.
      I hope their union does everything they can to defend these men. They may lose their job and may have to find another line of work. They should be protected civilly and criminally.
      The Government is appeasing the mob that voted them in office.
      If in was up to me I would seal off the area. No one gets in. The GUN SHIP helicopters are dispatched to the area. The mob doesn’t comply with the dispersal order and leave the area the GUN SHIPS open fire until the rest of the mob leaves and loaded into busses and trucks and brought to a secure area and processed for arrest.
      That is probably why I could never be elected to a political position.

      1. Lon James Loren you are either blind or a bigot. The film clearly shows murder in the second degree.
        The officer has had dozens of complaints filed against him in his 19 year career. The 3 other officers in the film are also guilty of second degree murder as accessories.

        1. Eeehhhh…. the cops are already found guilty by you and society, due to wonderful video editing and a media blitz of sensationalism BUT the dead criminal douch was a good, innocent, law abiding citizen?

          Hhmmm, lets ask the victims of the home invasion he was involved in while he lived in Houston,Texas (where he served 5 years as part of his plea deal to armed robbery).

          Oh, sorry, I’m being blind and bigoted as well because I’m sure that ol’ Floyd was a good, reformed, productive member of society who loved to help crippled kittens across the street.

  7. No one seems concerned about the hundreds of blacks killed every weekend in democratically controlled cities.

    1. They are killed by their own people. Outsiders aren’t going into these places and robing killing and raping the local population. That is the thirty percent that is responsible for the ninety percent of crime.

    2. correct —because left trash liberal democrats dont give a f– about that and along with race baiter Al S,Jessie J,BLM,NAACP because they cant blame the race play card against their own black people doing all the crime and shootings as that dont create riots (as of course trash looters but of course thats their get some free s–t card)plus that doesnt really bring in the money plus leftist trash CNN,MSNBC,NBC so on can play the political correct brainwashing tactic as usual on people but what a surprise just look at all this black crime in of course leftist run democrat police departments,cities,states but people to dumb to see

  8. How can people even think about voting for a Democrat who wants to destroy our beautiful country. We may not be perfect, but we are far better then anything the Democrats are for!!!

  9. “The letter sent out to religious leaders allegedly threatened that there could be “government watchers” present at church services.” Remember the “outrage” by the same government when agents were placed in mosques with radical imams??

  10. All these comments are spot on which tells me most people here get it. Madison, WI might as well be Madison, Russia. This shithole has always been a communist/liberal stronghold. Look at the cities, LA, Madison, Louisville, Chicago, etc. All Demoncrat controlled cities. When these asswipes ask for help after allowing this to happen, President Trump should tell them to piss off. I would. If the true patriots were in charge, this shit would not have happened. How much more will we take? It is coming. Prepare for it.
    We are divided and there is no resolution. Hitler did the same thing these asswipes do. Fear tactics. If they truly wanted to honor this man, it should have been done peacefully. They do not ever give a shit when blacks kill blacks by the thousands every year. What happened here was wrong. But what these thugs are doing is just as wrong. There is no honor here.

  11. Rioters Looters MO:
    o among said group are those with earbuds & radioes directing crowds
    o preplanned brick piles for use
    o unless cars with tinted windows loaded with bricks & guns for riot zone.
    All via Soros & allies.
    & DNC.

    Guess lockdown is over, cant shoot lockdown residents while looters Expand virus more. Make=, fair.

  12. The Left pushing to over throw the government. Under Obama people had to take down & move the cross & Christmas décor, could not be in public view.

  13. If they aren’t arrested and aren’t punished in any way, we are encouraging them to continue until people die. It will happen, people will die because as these crowds morph, they will enlarge and more property damage will be done. Then, someone is going to shoot them or that someone is going to get shot because these rioters haves some among them that are armed and they will have no qualms about shooting a White person-and they say we are racist and white supremacy reigns. If anyone of any other ethnic group wasn’t prejudiced against Blacks by now, I’m quite sure that they will reconsider their position after seeing the animal mentality as they destroy private and public property. And they want to be treated fair? If they were treated fair all the rioters would be in prison.

  14. I’m across the water from Seattle, and the officials there are giving the same leeway to the rioters. Mayor Jenny Durkan says she’ll strictly enforce a 5 pm curfew, then lets them carry on ’til the wee hours. I saw the police chief in Bellevue, WA says on camera he’ll arrest everyone after a 5:30 curfew, then goes out and takes a knee and exchanges phone numbers with the protest organizers. I just hope these pansy-ass officials are blowing smoke up the protesters ass as much as they’re blowing it up our law-abiding asses.

  15. Karma would be them all getting Covid-19 from the yelling and screaming. I’m not that good a person not to wish it on them…

  16. Here in Wisconsin our castle doctrine and stand your ground laws allow property to protect their property So business owners should be sitting in front of their businesses with loaded shotguns and/or handguns safely pointed in a safe direction and tell violent protesters “they didn’t have anything to do with what happened in Minn. and they are willing to protect their property” The only question for the violent protesters is “WHO WANTS TO DIE FIRST?” Than they will think twice

  17. I didn’t realize the Madison police were full of sissies? But brave enough to go after blue-haired old ladies at church.

  18. So if there are 50 or more “protesters” in a business looting will there be fines to the business? We should all remember they have a constitutional right to protest, remember, it right there with right to bear arms and right to worship without government control. If you follow one rule you have to follow the rules beside it, or at least that’s fare. I’m sorry I forgot fare doesn’t count any more. Many of or left-wingers claim to be religious and defenders of the constitution. The problem is, like their religious teachings, they pick and choose the parts of the constitution they like. Everything else is invisible. Oh yea, I almost forgot, when did a church become a “commercial facility”?

  19. They canceled our convention in Wisconsin, after the riots I’m glad they did , too bad the demos are in charge may be they can move it to Florida.

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