Americas most radical law enforcement figure is headed to the Trump administration

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

On Wednesday afternoon, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced he is leaving his current position to take a job in the Trump administration.

Link to tweet

During the presidential campaign, Clarke was one of Trump’s most vocal supporters. But as he traveled the country speaking on Trump’s behalf and made regular appearances on Fox News last year, four inmates died at the Milwaukee County Jail he oversees.

The family of Terrill Thomas, a mentally ill inmate who died of dehydration after officers reportedly shut off his water, has since sued. A prosecutor’s inquest recently resulted in charges being recommended against seven jail employees involved in Thomas’ death. But when Clarke was asked about Thomas’ death in March, he criticized the media for not devoting more coverage to his crimes.

“I have nearly 1,000 inmates. I don’t know all their names but is this the guy who was in custody for shooting up the Potawatomi Casino causing one man to be hit by gunfire while in possession of a firearm by a career convicted felon?” Clarke told the AP. “The media never reports that in stories about him. If that is him, then at least I know who you are talking about.”

Last month, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved spending $35,000 to sue Clarke for blocking an investigation.

Clarke’s office was hit was a separate lawsuit earlier this year by a woman named Melissa Hall who claims she was shackled before, during, and after childbirth at a local hospital in 2013. A newborn baby was among the four people who died at Clarke’s jail last year.

https://thinkprogress.org/david-clarke-department-of-homeland-security-job-5e8584b3212a

[flotsam]

1. I think the Arizona clown is worse.

But this guy violated human rights and he directly caused multiple deaths. I have to believe that if I knowingly caused the death of multiple people nobody would suggest a promotion. This is the difference between republican public figures and human beings...

[Bayard]

2. Don't trip over the bodies on your way out the door