Rally Urges (WI SC Judge) Prosser Leave of Absence

Wisconsin Radio Network ^ | July 13, 2011 | Bob Hauge

[Politicalmom]

If Laz had a dime for every time he heard that, he could fund the FReepathon all by himself. :p

[fwdude]

When Judge Prosser is cleared, I hope he sues them ALL!

You and every other sane American as well.

[Trajan88]

WI democraps are a bunch of sissies... my 11 year old niece has more maturity than these tools.

[101voodoo]

First accounts of the accusers were that Prosser's hands went towards her neck after a heated verbal exchange, then he "may" have applied "slight pressure" and now it was a full choke-hold?

Actually this is wrong. First accounts of a witness on the scene said up in defense of a charge by the lib. She basically moved into his hand and when she made contact she yelled, "He choked me". One of the witnesses there said "You weren't choked" The incident was wholly fabricated and the police were never called until well after the fact. No charges have been pressed because nothing happened and Bradley actually admitted she wasn't choled when the witness said "you weren't choked" she responded with, "That's only because you pulled him away" Case closed.

[Cboldt]

Let me get this straight. Prosser files a complaint with the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, relating to being attacked, so he is the one who should step aside until the investigation is completed.

[Cboldt]

First account was that Bradley told Prosser to leave, whereupon he put his hands on her throat, in a chokehold, in anger.

Later reports were that Bradley told Prosser to leave (he didn't, discussion continued), Prosser expressed a lack of confidence in Abrahamson, whereupon Bradley rushed at Prosser (who was some feet away) with her fists raised, and got in his face. Prosser raised his arms at some point, and Bradley was pulled away from Prosser by yet another justice.

[Cboldt]

-- All of the witnesses to this were on our side. --

I think Abrahamson and Bradley are sticking to the theme that Prosser choked Bradley because he was angry at being ordered to leave.

-- They're keeping their mouths shut in case `Barbara' actually files assault charges. --

According to her allegations against Prosser, made to the press, she has a slam dunk civil battery case. As you point out, she won't bring it, because her story is fiction by omission (she started it) and false attribution (how does she know his "arms raised" maneuver was in anger, rather than defensive?)

If Prosser raised his hands as a function of instinctive defense to avert unwelcome contact, then he has a a good civil assault case against Bradley.

Although some liberals will argue that rushing at a coworker with fists raised is acceptable conduct in a professional workplace, in light of Prosser not leaving when Bradley ordered him out.

[Impy]

Somehow I missed this story till now. What a pant load.

[voteNRA]

Thank you both for the explanation.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Bradley filed, not Prosser.

[Lancey Howard]

Ironically, it is this drunken skank Ann Walsh Bradley who needs a “leave of absence” for some serious psychiatric help.

[Cboldt]

-- Bradley filed, not Prosser. --

Thanks for that information.

Do you know when she filed the complaint?

[kevkrom]

“The alleged physical assault by Justice Prosser is completely unacceptable,”

I agree. These unfounded allegations are 100% not acceptable, and repeating them in public as if they were true is reprehensible.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Ten days AFTER the fact; she didn’t call the cops immediately. *Rolleyes* This ‘situation’ was ‘leaked’ to a local lefty blogger who stuck a stick in the hornet’s nest and stirred...

The Dane County Sheriff was asked to investigate, but there was such a stink made that he stepped down - he was CAMPAIGNING for chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson last time around, who is best-o-friends with Justice Bradley.

It’s really a cluster. BUT, Judge Prosser will be cleared and if not, Governor Walker will appoint a judge that’s 10x MORE conservative than he is, so it’s a win/win for our state, though a good man has to take it on the chin. :(

Man, I hate this town some days. And it IS a ‘town.’ Madistan likes to THINK it’s so classy and cool, but it’s just filled with America-Hating, Liberty-Loathing ‘RATS...and sadly, at the HIGHEST levels!

[Cboldt]

I'd more or less "calculated" that Prosser filed the complaint. My hunch was that if Bradley had filed the complaint, that fact would have been part of Lueders' June 25 report; and/or part of Bradley's public accusation of Prosser, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel.

Also, Bradley being notified on authorization of an investigation could have been a trigger for her (or Abrahamson) to leak a story to a friendly reporter.

If at its initial review the Commission decides to authorize an investigation of the complaint, the judge will be notified of this fact, though notice may be delayed, for example, to permit monitoring of a judge's courtroom when the investigation concerns his or her temperament on the bench.

Wisconsin Judicial Commission

I figure Lueders' source was, at bottom, either Abrahamson or Bradley. His version of the events is totally lopsided, by omitting any allegation of Bradley rushing at Prosser. Lueders' and Bradley's angle and public case would have been further strengthened if the report had also said that Bradley had filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Judicial Commission.

Still, all I know about the involvement of the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, for sure, is that it authorized investigations (for its own internal deliberations) on Friday, June 24th; as it stated in its June 27 press formal statement.

-- ... she didn't call the cops immediately. --

She didn't call police or security to eject Prosser, but it appears she called Tubbs on the 13th. Tubbs came in to a meeting with the entire WI Supreme Court, the morning of Wednesday, June 15. That is the occasion of Abrahamson staging a re-enactment.

-- The Dane County Sheriff was asked to investigate, but there was such a stink made that he stepped down - he was CAMPAIGNING for chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson last time around, who is best-o-friends with Justice Bradley. --

There is basis for any criminal charge [no injuries, except ego], so neither Tubbs nor the county sheriff are going to come up with anything more than "no [criminal] charges."

The conclusions of the Wisconsin Judicial Commission are confidential, unless it chooses otherwise.

Prosser can make the issue fully public by seeking civil damages for assault; Bradley can do similar by filing a civil complaint for battery - she's alleged that Bradley committed a civil battery.

[Cboldt]

Jim Alexander, the Judicial Commission's executive director, told Wisconsin Public Radio that a complaint does not have to be filed before an investigation can be launched. He said he cannot say in this case whether a complaint had been filed, citing confidentiality rules, but added that if the justices or complainant would waive the confidentiality requirement, he could then reveal the complaint and who registered it.

Two Probes Launched To Investigate State Supreme Court Incident : June 29, 2011 : Bill Lueders

More on my "calculation." Prosser has been the most tight lipped on this incident, and Bradley has been the most particularly outspoken. If events were as she portrays (I don;t thenk they are) then she has every reason to waive confidentiality that she filed the complaint. Such news puts her "in the right."

A more mundane "calculation" is that Bradley knows she started it, or invited contact by rushing at Prosser with her fists raised. If that's accurate, then she has a risk of being found to be an aggressor, in an independent investigation; making her less likely to file a complaint. She has a pretty good handle on that after the June 15 reenactment, with her peers disagreeing with her (and Abrahamson's) characterization that Prosser choked her; and too, with the reenactment having Roggensack pulling Bradley away from Prosser.

According to Christian Schneider's "More Details Emerge in Wisconsin's 'Chokegate' (NRO, June 28, 2011), Bradley is the one who called Tubbs.

She can call Tubbs, who is known to be agreeable with Abrahamson's direction, without much risk. There is no crime, she knows that. But I don't think she is so confident there was no "office misconduct" on her part.

[Cboldt]

Special Prosecutor named, Sauk County District Attorney Patricia Barrett.

Attorney to probe judge altercation - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com (8/16/11 6:21 AM EDT)

I get a kick out of how WTAQ paints Bradley's conduct as "merely" putting up her fists.

Sauk Co. DA named special prosecutor for Prosser-Bradley incident - WTAQ News Talk 97.5FM and 1360AM (Monday, August 15, 2011 12:27 p.m.)

Bradley has said that fellow justice Prosser put her in a choke-hold in her office on June 13th, but other reports said Bradley merely put up her fists and Prosser moved them aside.

So, a Republican special prosecutor is named, and inevitably there will be a decision that no crime was committed, at which point the Democrats will claim the decision was a politically motivated one. But that's a bit of spin, because the local DA (a Democrat) can bring charges if the allegations merit.