Matthew Wilks
Posted on 09/05/2019 5:34:10 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
A Wisconsin mom died in a suspected road rage incident over the weekend while teaching her teenage son how to drive, authorities said.
Tracey Smith, 46, was giving her 17-year-old son a driving lesson on Friday evening when the pair got into what investigators described as "a minor accident," according to the Milwaukee Police Department.
Things took a tragic turn when Smith, a sergeant with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, got out to confront the driver who ran into them. The two exchanged words and Smith was shot during the encounter, according to police.
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Matthew Wilks
“Got out to confront the driver...” Unless thereis clear evidence to justify it, that is very loaded language.
Milwaukee has turned into Chicago/North. A nasty city.
Exactly, We all have to get out to talk to the other party and exchange info.
Well,the 17 year old son saw the whole thing go down.
Loaded language, it's from ABC Noose.
Schittwaukee
I agree.....How about "got out to see if there was any damage"
Most everything north of Chicago is beautiful, Glennview-Northfield-Northbrook-DeerfiedlEvanston-Wilmette-Winnetka-Highland Park-Glencoe-Lake Forest-Lake Bluff-
But not Milwaukee!
She should have known.
Calling it road rage masks what it really is. An American who thinks that violence is the right response to any slight, no matter how small.
Very limited information in the story.
I’ll hold for more.
Milwaukee Mile race Track,
Older than the Indy Track,
IIRC.
.
Rat hole at best
30 yrs ago.
Young black men:. 3% of the population. 50% of the murder.
Dreadful. RIP.
Corrections officers carry the necessary and mandatory corrections demeanor. However, this does not go down well outside of the work walls. If she acted like the off duty prison workers I’ve interacted with, then she likely overplayed her hand outside of her normally controlled environment but with an armed punk. I’m betting that if some of his future officers get word about this, they’re gonna give him “special attention”.
Fifty years ago I'd bicycle into that town without a second thought. Had fond memories, moved back in the 90's. Wow - sea change. Left. Never going back.
I get the feeling that the deceased mom was dressed in uniform when she got out of the car, and that is what got her killed. Otherwise, the perp would have thought he was just dealing with another woman he could verbally push around.
I’ve seen this sort of thing happen on three different occasions to two female security guards and one female deputy. The perps saw the uniforms and immediately thought they were going to jail. Though none of those women were killed, they all three spent some time in the hospital.
I would suggest to all law enforcement that if you’re going to advertise that you’re a peace officer, then be ready to use the gun that goes with it. I’m not saying that’s what happened in this case, but I would bet my nickel on it.
“In Milwaukee it’s a serious crime to “confront” a member of the protected class, and the penalties are obviously severe.”
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Absolutely right. Safari rules are required for this class. Stay in the car...do not make eye contact. This class cannot refrain from violent attacks when dissed in any way. She was definitely at fault.
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