At what level of intelligence does it become abundantly clear that resisting or assaulting officers is not a good idea? I’m thinking it is about a 76 IQ.
I lived in Madison for 20 years and left there 31 years ago, before this problem became widespread. My explanation is that it was a community confronted with a problem it had never seen before and reacted according to the predominant liberal/progressive mindset there. It’s not just crime, but the failure of the public schools to deal with minority students. Initially they called it the “achievement gap”, but after finding it immutable, they stopped talking about it. In terms of crime, there have been a number of incidents like this, and the way the law enforcement folks get subjected to trial by ordeal really cannot help with retention or recruitment.
Very glad to have that vexing place in the rearview mirror.
I had a much shorter stay but overlapped your time there. Worked on the Emerald City Chronicle and Madcity Music Guide. I still miss the music scene and the Cookie Man on the State Street Mall.