Mini McGee Will Have His Day in Court
This is good news.
Judge refuses to drop McGee chargesLawerly nitpicking is not the sole refuge of elected officials, but it sure is irritating when they engage in such behavior. Fortunately, the judge would have none of this nonsense.
Wauwatosa - Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee Jr. will go to trial April 19 on charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after Wauwatosa Municipal Judge Richard J. Baker refused to dismiss the citations against him today.
Attorney Glenn O. Givens had filed a motion to dismiss, saying police lacked probable cause to arrest McGee and that the complaint outlining the charges was defective. Givens argued Wednesday that citation didn't adequately spell out the offenses, identify the arresting officer's place of employment or make clear that the arrest actually occurred in Wauwatosa.
Baker rejected the arguments, saying "City of Wauwatosa" is printed on the citation, the officer is clearly identified and, because these are municipal and not criminal charges, they're not bound by the statute cited by Givens that requires offenses to be spelled out in language "readily understood" by the defendant.
McGee's trial date was pushed back from April 12 because of a scheduling conflict. If convicted, he faces fines of up to $269.50.
McGee was arrested Nov. 8 outside the Blockbuster video store at 6102 W. North Ave. after shouting an obscenity at employees inside the locked business.
I wonder if McGee will convene a session of the cowardly Mayor Estnes' racial sensitivity task force before or after his court appearance.
8 Comments:
"Mini" McGee? What's that mean?
Michael McGee, Junior. Son of former race-baiting rable rousing Alder Michael McGee.
Why'd you call him 'mini' instead of his name McGee,jr.?
Dude, if you can't stand hearing from people with a different perspective than yourself like, oh let's see, black people, move your ass up north somewhere.
Where do you get your info about either McGee? Have you ever spoken to either?
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Dude,
I've lived in Milwaukee County most of my life. The Mini Me reference is common, and not racial.
I refuse to accept the notion that everytme a person of color is criticized, it is racially motivated.
And how do you know I am NOT a black person? Have you met or spoken to me?
Actually, one of your recent posts put you in DC for a long while.
Disagreement doesn't equal racism; but the ease with which you simply dismiss, belittle, trash, demonize some people -- there's a serious pattern -- and ignore others' issues is a real pattern.
Come on baby -- hold forth on Walker's ethics issues - screel as you do about others that he should be run from town. Show that I am wrong. And how about Green? etc. and so forth. You aim narrow and bluster much but there is a serious pattern.
But, by the way, what were the grounds for McGee's motions and why was it proper to deny them? Clearly no one with integirty would publish the judgments you did without this detailed knowledge.
I get this feeling anonymous is Mini McGee. Either that or someone just landed their flying saucer and picked up a newspaper without having any context for what he or she was reading.
uh, ok. not real great on substance.
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