Alderman Says MPS Broken, Should Be Dismantled

If MPS is broken, tell me how to fix it? More social workers? More advocates? More excuses for a community and parents who expect MPS to be the caregiver? You can make every school a K-8 or "small" high school, but until the community that MPS students come from decide that they are ready to start living up to their responsibility as parents and citizens, any restructuring or tax increase will be wated.

Response from Michael McGee Sr. & Jr. about the Bradley Tech brawl

from badger blogger:

The McGee’s chime in today by claiming that this is all over blown, Michael McGee Sr. said that at Packers and Brewers games, 50 to 60 people get arrested each week… “But they ain’t black,” Alderman McGee adds.
But in my search of the news, it seems that the most I can find is a reference to a story out of Minnesota that claims that a Vikings vs. Packers game at Lambeau set a record with 16 arrests. There was also a mention at PackersNews.com of a 12 arrest day being a busy day for Lambeau Field. compare Lambeau’s 60,000 seat capasity and this basketball game with only 1,100…
As for the arrests during the Brewers games, the first game at Miller Park, with the huge crowd they had and all of the extra things that go on at the first game of the year, not to mention the opening of a new stadium, there were only 11 arrests among the 41,544 fans.
So yes Mr. McGee, this was a big deal.
Listen to the McGee’s claims of the coverage being overblown because of the race of those involved.

This is a PERFECT example of why things are the way they are in the inner city, why things may NEVER get better. Theses are the "leaders" of the black community.

Disturbance after Bradley Tech basketball game injures 6 (with video in updates)

As usual, the paper does a poor job of reporting a story, so I'll help them.

I was at this game, so I can fill you in a bit.

First of all, the WIAA lists the official capacity of Bradley Tech at 1500. The story says 1000 tickets were sold, and one TV news station reported 1100. If there were 500 empty seats it did not look like it. Maybe the obesity problem has entered the world of overcrowding at gyms. Maybe too many students need to seats to sit down.

In the fourth quarter and overtime, no seats were needed because the focus of the crowd was not on basketball, but dancing in the isles. For the last 3 minutes of regulation and all over overtime, the gym became more and more out of control. I was siting three rows up behind the Tech bench, and just about the entire floor behind the Tech bench was full of students. Many of them girls yelling at other people in the crowd about how they were going to shoot them after the game.

As soon as Shane Woods missed a three pointer for the win, I was headed for the door. Somehow, the Tech students broke through the police tape stretched out to stop them from running on the floor. I told my friend that the 15 or so cops in the gym were not going to be able to do anything to stop what was going on as we left. I guess I was correct.

As I drove down National Ave. I saw 15 squads going toward Bradley Tech. That was in a 5 minute span from 3rd to 27th street. In all, around 50 squad cars were eventually on the scene.

As far as the actual brawl, I was smart enough to have left, probably about one minute before it started.

UPDATE:
Kevin Fischer adds his touch on the issue. Says things much better than myself

UPDATE: noon
video of fight
Tech, Bay View fans banned from games