A man who survived being shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during the 2020 Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots has filed a lawsuit against the 20-year-old and multiple police departments and officials.
Gaige Grosskreutz, who was shot in the arm by Rittenhouse after pointing a gun at the then-teenager, is seeking &#8220;damages for emotional distress, humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life, and other pain and suffering on all claims,&#8221; as well as economic losses and punitive damages, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/kyle-rittenhouse-hit-lawsuit-man-he-shot-2020-kenosha-clash-little-bit-shock">reported</a>. Grosskreutz filed the lawsuit on February 14.
&#8220;Astonishingly, the Kenosha Police Department, Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department, their supervising officials and police officers, and law enforcement officers from surrounding communities did not treat Defendant Rittenhouse or any of the other armed individuals patrolling the streets as a threat to the safety of themselves or the citizens they were sworn to protect,&#8221; the lawsuit says.
&#8220;Instead, the law enforcement Defendants deputized these armed individuals, conspired with them, and ratified their actions by letting them patrol the streets, armed with deadly weapons, to mete out justice as they saw fit,&#8221; the lawsuit adds.
Grosskreutz admitted to pointing a gun at Rittenhouse when he testified at the latter’s trial in 2021. Rittenhouse, who was charged with murder after fatally shooting two men and injuring Grosskreutz, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-kyle-rittenhouse-found-not-guilty">found not guilty</a> in November 2021 following a contentious trial.
On August 25, 2020, when Rittenhouse was 17, he and others armed with rifles began patrolling downtown Kenosha in order to protect a used car dealership from the looting and vandalism taking place during the riots in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white police officer.
While guarding the car dealership, rioters began chasing Rittenhouse, and “[u]pon the sound of a gunshot behind him, Kyle turned and was immediately faced with an attacker lunging towards him and reaching for his rifle. He reacted instantaneously and justifiably with his weapon to protect himself, firing and striking the attacker,” a 2021 statement from his attorneys said.
“In fear for his life and concerned the crowd would either continue to shoot at him or even use his own weapon against him, Kyle had no choice but to fire multiple rounds towards his immediate attackers, striking two, including one armed attacker,” the law firm added.
A jury acquitted Rittenhouse of all charges.
Rittenhouse told Fox News that he would &#8220;prove my innocence again&#8221; during the lawsuit, but said he knew it would cost a lot of money to defend himself.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> woman charged with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">murdering</a> her boyfriend and mutilating his corpse physically attacked her own attorney during a court hearing on Monday.
Taylor Schabusiness, 25, went after her defense attorney shortly after a judge delayed her trial, which was supposed to begin on March 6, WLUK <a href="https://wcyb.com/news/nation-world/woman-charged-in-grisly-murder-corpse-mutilation-attacks-her-lawyer-during-court-hearing-green-bay-wisconsin-taylor-schabusiness-mental-disease-health-insanity-plea-courtroom-attack?fbclid=IwAR10zU5TVzyLVGYld0cIFX5E5Jc8VOGstyGGjcXTCkFxYl0LfuNHTOSOeu4">reported</a>. Schabusiness faces a charge of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and third-degree sexual assault for allegedly murdering her boyfriend Shad Thyrion nearly one year ago. She has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Schabusiness also needs to be deemed competent to stand trial, and the defense has hired an expert to complete a review of her mental state, which isn’t finished. Because of this, defense attorney Quinn Jolly asked Judge Thomas Walsh on Tuesday for an additional two weeks to wait for the expert’s testimony. Walsh agreed, and Schabusiness promptly attacked Jolly before being subdued by a deputy.
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WATCH: Murder and dismemberment suspect Taylor Schabusiness attacks defense attorney in court. <a href="https://t.co/IKxjcjqGw2">https://t.co/IKxjcjqGw2</a> <a href="https://t.co/G6uhzfdH07">pic.twitter.com/G6uhzfdH07</a>
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The courtroom was cleared for a few minutes before the hearing resumed, with Walsh proposing a new trial date of May 15.
Jolly said he would file a motion to withdraw as defense attorney.
The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/have-fun-trying-to-find-all-the-organs-woman-kills-man-puts-severed-head-in-bucket">reported</a> that police in Green Bay, Wisconsin, said they responded to a call from a mother who said she found her son’s head in a bucket in their basement. When they arrived at the home, police found the head in a bucket with a towel on it, along with dried blood on a nearby mattress. The mother told police that her son and Schabusiness had been in the basement earlier that day while the mother and her boyfriend were out of the house. The mother further told police she woke up around 2:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning after she heard a storm door slamming. She assumed Schabusiness left. She then went down into the basement, where she found her son’s severed head in a bucket.
Schabusiness allegedly told police she went “crazy” while having sex with the victim, who she said put a chain around his neck as part of a sex act. Schabusiness claimed she didn’t intend to kill the man but enjoyed choking him and kept doing it until he died, according to police. The police complaint said:
<blockquote>Schabusiness stated she then began to choke the Victim, and she described it as the Victim lying face down on the bed with her on top of him pulling on the end of the chain. The Victim coughed up blood and she was just waiting for him to die while she was watching his face. Schabusiness made the comment that she was “already this far” so she just kept on, referring to choking the Victim. Schabusiness said in a lower tone of voice, “Ya I liked it,” and Detective Graf believed her to be referring to when she was choking the Victim. Schabusiness stated she thought it took 3-5 minutes for the Victim to die. Detective Kempf clarified with Schabusiness that when the Victim began to cough up blood she just did keep on choking the Victim because she wanted to see what happens. Schabusiness made comments that she blacked out while choking the Victim but when she woke up that the Victim was already purple, so she kept on going. Schabusiness stated she enjoyed choking him and made comments to detectives asking if they knew what it was like to love something so much that you kill it.</blockquote>
Schabusiness also allegedly told police she engaged in sexual activity with the victim’s corpse for two to three hours before dismembering his body with a bread knife.
“Schabusiness responded that the police were going to have fun trying to find all of the organs,” prosecutors wrote. “Schabusiness stated all of the body parts should be in the basement. Schabusiness stated there should be a foot or a leg in the minivan. Detective Graf asked Schabusiness what she did with the head, and Schabusiness stated she had put the Victim’s head in a black bucket and put a blanket over it.”
Schabusiness allegedly told police that the knives she used to dismember the victim’s body would be in a black bag in the basement along with the man’s body parts.
“Schabusiness indicated that she would use whatever bags she found in the basement to place the body parts into. Schabusiness made the comment that, at one point, she did get paranoid and lazy and that she thought it was the ‘dope that was making her paranoid,” prosecutors wrote.
Schabusiness also allegedly told police she planned to take all the body parts with her but got “lazy” and only managed to take a “leg/foot.” She allegedly told police she forgot his head.

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Johnson</a> (R-WI) sent a letter to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/federal-aviation-administration-faa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Aviation Administration</a> (FAA) on Friday asking if the agency would investigate reports from pilots who have claimed they had an adverse response to COVID vaccination. 
Johnson, a strong opponent of vaccine mandates, asked in the letter for more information about recent medical testing decisions from the FAA and if it was aware of any adverse events related to COVID vaccination. The letter was sent to Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen and Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup. 
“The vaccine injured deserve to be seen, heard &amp; believed,” Johnson said on Twitter. “@FAANews – are you aware of the COVID-19 vaccine injuries in the aviation industry?”
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The vaccine injured deserve to be seen, heard &amp; believed. <a href="https://twitter.com/FAANews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FAANews</a> – are you aware of the COVID-19 vaccine injuries in the aviation industry?
My letter highlights five of these severe adverse events experienced by pilots &amp; an air traffic controller.<a href="https://t.co/BBVaxjBTkA">https://t.co/BBVaxjBTkA</a> <a href="https://t.co/NVOFQwqgPi">pic.twitter.com/NVOFQwqgPi</a>
&mdash; Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1619124289503903745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> Republican’s <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23589048/2023-01-27-rhj-to-faa-re-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-events.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> covered a variety of topics related to the COVID vaccine, including a question about new parameters adopted by the FAA in October related to AV block. AV block occurs when the heart cannot pump blood effectively because the electrical signal controlling the heartbeat is blocked, or partially blocked, <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17056-heart-block" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Cleveland Clinic. This can cause dizziness, fainting, tiredness, and shortness of breath.
Some had <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-faa-pilots-heart-covid-373861551871" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speculated</a> that the new parameters might be linked to COVID vaccination. According to Johnson, a representative from the FAA told him last week that “the change has nothing to do with Covid vaccinations.” 
“New scientific evidence enabled the FAA to safely raise the tolerance used to screen for a certain heart condition. The update was an effort to save pilots the expense of an unnecessary cardiac evaluation that did not contribute to a fly or no-fly decision,” the FAA rep said. 
Yet Johnson said in the letter that “questions still remain regarding the FAA’s decision to issue this change and its awareness of adverse events connected to the COVID-19 vaccines.”
Johnson’s letter also included a list of five pilots who he said had adverse events related to COVID vaccination. The reported reactions of the pilots included erratic heart rate, chest pain, and high blood pressure. 
“It remains unclear what, if anything, the FAA has done as it relates to these individuals’ experiences or if it is actively monitoring COVID-19 vaccine adverse events in the aviation industry,” Johnson wrote. 
The senator later asked the officials if they were aware of any pilots who had &#8220;COVID-19 vaccine adverse effects,&#8221; or were investigating any incidents of adverse effects. 
The FAA <a href="https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/pilots-and-air-traffic-controllers-may-receive-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-appropriate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on December 12, 2020 that it had “determined that pilots may receive the vaccine under the conditions of their FAA-issue airman medical certification.” Johnson asked for records on how this decision was made. 
Johnson, who has been <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/technology/581360-youtube-temporarily-suspends-johnsons-channel-over-covid-19-misinformation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> from YouTube in the past for vaccine “misinformation,” wants a response to his inquiry by February 10.

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Drivers in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/milwaukee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee</a> area were feeling a little bit corny after 20 tons of the vegetable spilled onto an interstate highway Thursday night.
In a Twitter thread Thursday evening, the Milwaukee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said that traffic had to be blocked on Interstate 41 southbound outside Milwaukee because a tractor-trailer overturned and spilled the vegetables onto the road. Crews had to block the highway even further in an effort to salvage the truck. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
&#8220;TRAFFIC ALERT: Please exercise caution in the area of S/B I-41 @ Florist Ave., where an overturned semi carrying 40,000 lbs of 🌽 is blocking lanes 2 and 3,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/MilwCoSheriff/status/1616267354366947328?s=20&amp;t=_E49dTZphDFCF0aRbZ_fjg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MCSO tweeted</a> around 9 p.m. local time. &#8220;The semi driver suffered just minor injuries. The circumstances of the crash/turnover are under investigation.&#8221;
The road had to be completely closed about an hour later. &#8220;UPDATE: The partial freeway closure at this rollover site is now a full freeway closure, as salvage efforts continue, with all southbound traffic diverted off of I-41 at Good Hope Road.&#8221;
The tweet included a photo of the crash site. The tractor-trailer lay on its side, with the truck on the shoulder and the trailer in a ditch off the road. The shipping container had slid off the trailer frame.
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UPDATE: The partial freeway closure at this rollover site is now a full freeway closure, as salvage efforts continue, with all southbound traffic diverted off of I-41 at Good Hope Road. <a href="https://t.co/WNRyicd0xO">pic.twitter.com/WNRyicd0xO</a>
— Milwaukee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (@MilwCoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/MilwCoSheriff/status/1616288623044997120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
Crews had to redirect traffic again shortly afterward. &#8220;UPDATE 2: Traffic is now being diverted off of S/B I-41 @ Appleton Ave,&#8221; MCSO <a href="https://twitter.com/MilwCoSheriff/status/1616289440263188480?s=20&amp;t=c4QmeugG3atH6zO_zv2-Vg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
According to local radio station <a href="https://wtmj.com/traffic/2023/01/20/40000-lbs-of-corn-flood-milwaukee-roadway-in-semi-rollover-crash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WTMJ</a>, it took several hours for crews to remove the truck and clear the roadway. The truck was the only vehicle involved in the accident. The driver&#8217;s condition was unclear, and no details about the crash were available Friday.
I-41 is a major arterial highway that connects Milwaukee and Green Bay with the cities on the Fox River. It runs North-South, beginning just south of the Wisconsin-Illinois border and ending north of Green Bay.
Last month, another truck carrying <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tractor-trailer-spills-40000-pounds-of-meatballs-onto-virginia-highway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 tons of meatballs</a> overturned onto a highway in rural southern Virginia. Traffic was shut down for about four hours after the big rig jackknifed, spilling more than 40,000 pounds of frozen meatballs onto I-95 South. Police charged the driver of the rig with a traffic violation.
According to Norfolk-based news station WAVY, the tractor-trailer ran off the road and struck a guardrail when the driver overcorrected. The vehicle jackknifed, causing the trailer to break away. Another big rig traveling in the same direction could not avoid the trailer and collided with it, spilling the frozen meatballs onto the highway. Officials said that it took more than two hours for rescue crews to free the driver of the second rig from the cab of the truck. The driver was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital with only minor injuries. The driver of the meatball truck was not reported injured; he was charged by police with failing to obey a highway marking.
In August of last year, two tractor-trailers overturned on opposite ends of the country, spilling other staples of Italian cuisine onto highways in California and Texas. First, a tractor-trailer carrying more than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chain-of-car-crashes-caused-by-300000-tomatoes-rolling-onto-california-highway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">300,000 tomatoes</a> collided with another vehicle and plowed into a center divider, spilling the fruit onto the opposing lanes of traffic, which caused a chain reaction of crashes.
Then, another big rig overturned on a highway in Tennessee outside Memphis, spilling gallons of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alfredo-sauce-spill-in-tennessee-follows-california-tomato-crash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alfredo sauce</a> and creating a huge mess for drivers and work crews.

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A Green Bay Packers player was ejected after shoving a Detroit Lions trainer on the field as he attended to an injured player.
Rookie Packers linebacker Quay Walker was kicked out of the game Sunday night after the incident, marking the second time he has been ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct this season.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Packers</a> first-round rookie LB Quay Walker has been ejected for shoving a member of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lions</a> training staff. 
Clear and obvious.<a href="https://t.co/qxm9ycHt8I">pic.twitter.com/qxm9ycHt8I</a>
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Walker was captured on video pushing the Detroit athletic staff member who had run onto the field to care for an injured Lions player.
“That’s ridiculous,” NBC analyst Mike Tirico said during the game&#8217;s broadcast as the replay showed the reason for Walker&#8217;s penalty and ejection.
The action led to a detrimental penalty against the Packers during the fourth quarter. The Lions soon scored a touchdown to put the team ahead 20-16, defeating the Packers and ending their hopes for the playoffs.
“I’ve got a much higher standard for our players than to do silly things like that,” Packers head coach Matt LaFleur <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/08/packers-quay-walker-ejected-after-shoving-lions-athletic-trainer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> following the game. “I mean, we’ve had a guy get ejected twice. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that in my career. And we’ve got to be much more mentally tough.”
Walker later took to Twitter to issue an apology for his actions.
&#8220;I want to apologize publicly about what happened Sunday night. I reacted off of my emotions again and take full responsibility of making another stupid decision. Since then I’ve questioned myself on why did I do what I did when the trainer was doing his job!! I was wrong!!&#8221; he tweeted.
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I want to apologize publicly about what happened Sunday night. I reacted off of my emotions again and take full responsibility of making another stupid decision. Since then I’ve questioned myself on why did I do what I did when the trainer was doing his job!! I was wrong!!
&mdash; Quay (@QuayWalker_) <a href="https://twitter.com/QuayWalker_/status/1612458206759878664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I understand I have to face everything that comes with the decision I’ve made and I’m definitely paying for it now,&#8221; Walker shared in another tweet.
LaFleur also referred to Walker&#8217;s first ejection of the season on October 30 against the Buffalo Bills. After tackling running back and fellow former Georgia Bulldog James Cook out of bounds, Walker stood up and shoved a Bills assistant coach, leading to a 15-yard penalty and ejection.
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Quay Walker was ejected for this interaction with the Bills sideline…thoughts? 🤔 <a href="https://t.co/PLsH6vqqg1">pic.twitter.com/PLsH6vqqg1</a>
&mdash; OddsChecker (@OddsCheckerUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/OddsCheckerUS/status/1586892432007987201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Walker was a 2022 first-round draft pick from the University of Georgia who quickly became a starter for the Packers. His most recent ejection, however, comes with much criticism in a week following acts of heroism by athletic staff on the playing field.
Buffalo Bills assistant trainer Denny Kellington performed CPR on safety Damar Hamlin during their game against the Cincinnati Bengals on January 2. His quick response has been noted by many as potentially saving the player&#8217;s life.

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A Patti LaBelle concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was evacuated on Saturday night following a bomb threat.
A security team interrupted the singer as she spoke to the crowd and quickly escorted LaBelle, 78, off the stage of the Riverside Theater. Attendees seemed unaware of the threat and soon began to grow concerned, with some screams heard.
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&mdash; Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) <a href="https://twitter.com/shanermurph/status/1601787151917932544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Another video showed concert-goers outside the venue as police secured and searched the theater.
&#8220;We do not know if we can go back inside to the venue. It is up to the Riverside Theater if we can go back inside,&#8221; the person taking the video added in the video. &#8220;But right now, everything&#8217;s on halt.&#8221;
The Milwaukee Police Department provided a brief <a href="https://twitter.com/DrakeBentleyMJS/status/1601795352818249728" target="_blank" rel="noopener">update</a> following the clearing of the venue, stating &#8220;all patrons have been safely evacuated&#8221; and that the &#8220;investigation is fluid and ongoing.&#8221;
&#8220;The building was searched by K9 units. No explosive devices were discovered. There is no threat to the public at this time,&#8221; a later statement, released at 1:13 a.m. CT on Sunday, added, <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2022/12/11/patti-labelle-audience-evacuated-from-riverside-following-bomb-threat/69718360007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The Pabst Theater Group later announced the postponement of the event.
“We are working with the artist to reschedule the show,” the group <a href="https://twitter.com/PabstTheaterGRP/status/1601820873060515840" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>.
LaBelle has not posted about the threat on her social media platforms as of publication.
LaBelle has been a well-known R&amp;B musician for decades. She began as the lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles in the 1960s. The group changed its name to Labelle and released the hit single &#8220;Lady Marmalade&#8221; in 1974. LaBelle has <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479458/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sold</a> more than 50 million albums during her career.
She has also been an actress in several TV shows and films. LaBelle recently appeared in a 2022 episode of &#8220;The Neighborhood&#8221; and was featured in the 2022 holiday film &#8220;A New Orleans Noel&#8221; on Lifetime and the 2019 film &#8220;A Family Christmas Gift.&#8221;

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A veteran postal worker was fatally shot while delivering mail in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/milwaukee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee</a> on Friday, according to police.
The letter carrier has been identified as Aundre Cross, a 44-year-old father of four. Milwaukee police said they are looking for suspects with the help of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the FBI in a homicide investigation.
At around 5:59 p.m., officers responded to an injured person on the 5000 block of North 65th Street, the Milwaukee Police Department <a href="https://atlasone.app/alerts/7a90d45b-61e8-47ba-8b37-4565b7a2553b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement</a>. The victim had sustained a gunshot wound in an incident a little more than an hour earlier and he was pronounced dead at the scene by the Milwaukee Fire Department.
&#8220;The Milwaukee Police Department sends our sincere condolences to the victim&#8217;s family and to the USPS for the loss of their member,&#8221; the department said.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/us/milwaukee-postal-worker-killed/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which stressed</a> that the &#8220;safety and security of Postal employees is a top priority,&#8221; is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any suspects.
Milwaukee police said the <a href="https://atlasone.app/alerts/6d5f319e-c10c-427a-83a0-275f73119dea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspect vehicle is described</a> as a silver Audi Q5 SUV with tinted windows, and the suspect or suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.
Cross was an on-duty U.S. postal carrier with more than 18 years of service, according to authorities.
&#8220;The shooting death of a Milwaukee postal worker is alarming. My thoughts are with the victim&#8217;s family and colleagues,&#8221; Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfMKE/status/1601427804603953152" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a tweet</a>. &#8220;The postal worker in this homicide was a public servant, which makes this crime even more disturbing.&#8221;
A former co-worker to Cross, who asked to be identified as Tia R., spoke fondly of him in <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2022/12/10/milwaukee-postal-worker-shot-and-killed-friday-identified-as-aundre-cross/69717526007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an interview with</a> the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
&#8220;He was a mentor to everybody,&#8221; she told the news outlet. &#8220;He was always ready with a prayer, a joke or a story. He never let anybody leave (any situation) without a smile on their face.&#8221;

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Children’s Wisconsin hospital, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has engendered anger after hiring as a chaplain an activist who has shared a poem titled “Jesus at the Gay Bar” and started a GoFund me page for her partner to have her breasts removed.
Fliers were posted reading “Meet Your New Chaplain: Kate Newendorp” with her pronouns listed as “she/her/hers” and her partner’s listed as “they/he.”
“Working in a pediatric hospital is a dream come true!!” Newendorp states on the flier, as <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2022/11/28/wisconsin-childrens-hospital-is-stacking-its-bench-of-chaplains-with-trans-activists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Federalist</a> reported. “I am so excited to be working alongside everyone and am pumped to be part of the team. Think of me as your friendly next-door neighbor!”
“We have already seen that Children’s holds little value for respecting deeply held religious beliefs, given their recent COVID Religious Waiver Committee. But this feels like a step too far. This feels like they have actively recruited activists into this field to further their progressive agenda,” a former Children’s Wisconsin employee told The Federalist. “I think this situation really calls into question who do we want guiding the spiritual development of our children — especially children who are stuck in a hospital, isolated, sometimes alone, and extremely vulnerable and easily impressionable.”
The reference to Children’s past history vis-à-vis religious beliefs revolves around fellow chaplain Ian Butts, who interviewed Children’s staff members who had submitted religious exemption requests to avoid getting the COVID vaccine.
“The questions included the specifics of the employees’ personal religious convictions and their vaccination record, with Butts pressing on what he considered to be contradictions,” Kylee Griswold of The Federalist <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/24/premier-childrens-hospital-fires-unvaxxed-nurses-after-questioning-and-rejecting-their-religious-beliefs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> in February 2022. “Two particularly leading questions regarded the specifics of how the employees would keep their patients safe without being vaccinated, implying a moral implication of refusing a vaccine, as well as how they could square working for a hospital that mandated something so contrary to their personal convictions as a condition of employment.”
Last June, Newendorp enthused on Facebook, “Love Jesus. Be gay. Get ordained. What better way to celebrate Pride than being ordained?! Many thanks to my church and classes for being willing to stand for queer folks being included in ministry and for allowing me to follow God’s call.”
In October, she wrote, “Also your casual reminder that my validity as an ordained minister is currently under review by my denomination because of the love I feel for my fiancé. Do better Church, because I’m not going anywhere. I was called.”
Children’s also issued a flier presenting a “Spiritual Care Intern” named Meg Trimm. The Federalist noted:
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Trimm has shared numerous TikToks of herself “<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thefragglewhithin/video/7135561514152365358?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deconstructing my white supremacy</a>,” explaining that “<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thefragglewhithin/video/7033105745835019566?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender is infinite</a>,” proclaiming, “<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thefragglewhithin/video/7160142761801338158?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">God is TRANSGENDER!!!</a>” and saying, “God has a purpose for your life, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thefragglewhithin/video/7106539836307246382?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">it might be fricken queer</a>!”
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The former Children’s employee told The Federalist:
<blockquote>
I am deeply concerned with this new infiltration of trans activists into our chaplain and faith-based services. We have already witnessed the erosion and lost of public trust in fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work and general mental health counselors due to the rise of activists in these areas. Now parents have to worry about this as well?
We have many parents and families at Children’s who are deeply religious and hold traditional Judeo-Christian values. Will these new chaplains be able to serve the need of these families objectively? How will they properly support a grieving parent who is dealing with a child’s traumatic injury? How will they properly counsel a child who may be alone in the hospital due to a single parent working to make ends meet and maintain insurance?
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Children’s Hospital Slammed For Hiring Transgender Activist As A Chaplain

Children's Hospital Slammed For Hiring Transgender Activist As A Chaplain

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A judge sentenced the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/waukesha" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Waukesha</a> Christmas killer to life in prison without parole Wednesday for killing six people and injuring dozens more after he drove his SUV into a crowd at the Waukesha Christmas parade in the Wisconsin suburb last year.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow sentenced the 40-year-old man, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, on 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and 61 counts of reckless endangerment, with each homicide count carrying a mandatory life sentence.
The six victims were identified as Jackson Sparks, 8; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; LeAnna Owen, 71; Virginia Sorenson, 79; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81.
&#8220;You have absolutely no remorse for anything that you do,&#8221; Dorrow said, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-milwaukee-homicide-sentencing-treatment-of-prisoners-4b7164afac40dda0acad30a19e3b9ea6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Associated Press</a>. &#8220;You have no empathy for anyone … no one is safe from you.&#8221;
The defendant drove his red Ford Escape into the crowd gathered to watch Waukesha&#8217;s annual Christmas parade on November 21, 2021. According to the police, the alleged attacker used a &#8220;zigzagging motion&#8221; as he drove through the crowd, seemingly indicating an intentional targeting of people.
In a criminal complaint, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/us/darrell-brooks-waukesha-sentencing/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that an officer said the defendant looked &#8220;directly at him, and it appeared he had no emotion on his face&#8221; when he stepped in front of the vehicle, ordering him to stop.
The defendant apologized to the victims and the Waukesha community when he spoke for more than two hours in court.
&#8220;I want you to know that not only am I sorry for what happened — I&#8217;m sorry that you could not see what&#8217;s truly in my heart,&#8221; he said, according to The Associated Press. &#8220;That you cannot see the remorse that I have.&#8221;
The defendant told the judge he grew up poor, hungry, and without a father in rat and bug-infested apartment buildings while struggling with mental health issues since he was young, and experienced physical abuse. His mother and grandmother asked the judge to place him in a mental institution rather than prison, claiming he has been bipolar since he was 12 years old.
Dorrow cited passages and opinions from four mental health evaluations from the defendant&#8217;s doctors and concluded &#8220;that mental health issues did not cause him to do what he did&#8221; during the parade, &#8220;and frankly did not play a role.&#8221;
Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper told the judge that the defendant deserves the &#8220;absolute maximum sentence on all counts, consecutive.&#8221;
&#8220;You saw the videos,&#8221; Opper said, according to CNN. &#8220;This wasn&#8217;t him plowing into one large group of fifty people at one time and hitting them — it was linear. He hit one, kept going. Hit two, kept going. Hit three, kept going. All the way down the street. That&#8217;s consecutive sentences, your honor.&#8221;
Opper added the defendant&#8217;s actions were &#8220;intentional, willful, volitional conduct that warrants consecutive sentences stacked one on top of the other just as he stacked victims up as he drove down the road in complete disregard for any other person whatsoever.&#8221;
The Associated Press reports Chris Owen, whose mother was among those killed in the attack, told the defendant, &#8220;All I ask is you rot, and you rot slow.&#8221;
According to CNN, Alisha Kulich, the daughter of 52-year-old Jane Kulich, who was killed attending the parade, said her mother &#8220;won&#8217;t get to see me say my vows or get married to the love of my life.&#8221;
&#8220;And she won&#8217;t ever get to see my future kids, and they won&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to have a grandma who spoils them,&#8221; Kulich said.
Ashe Schow contributed to this report.

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Waukesha Christmas Parade Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Parole

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A former student at Viterbo University in La Crosse, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, who set a fire in a residence hall and claimed it was a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hate-crime">hate crime</a> against her, has had her single misdemeanor charge dismissed.
Victoria Unanka, who is black, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/student-who-set-fire-in-residence-hall-as-part-of-hate-crime-hoax-charged-with-misdemeanor">initially arrested and charged</a> with arson as well as a misdemeanor count of negligent handling of burning materials, but La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke dropped the arson charge in June 2021, saying he didn’t think it applied. On October 28, 2022, the misdemeanor charge was dismissed following the prosecution’s motion regarding a diversion agreement, WXOW <a href="https://www.wxow.com/news/crime/former-viterbo-student-charged-with-starting-fire-in-residence-hall/article_c4c4f554-a869-5e4e-bc09-08d6c993a615.html">reported</a>.
Unanka, in November 2021, pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor, which carried a maximum penalty of nine months in prison or a $10,000 fine, or both.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/student-claims-she-is-victim-of-hate-crimes-including-a-fire-video-shows-she-set-the-fire">reported</a>, Unanka reportedly texted a friend on the night of April 18, 2021, to say that a small fire that began in her residence hall must have been targeted at her because it started next to her room. Unanka had previously claimed to be the victim of a hate crime as well, and even after she was arrested for the fire, Viterbo president Glena Temple said that the university was still investigating Unanka’s earlier claims of victimhood.
“This is a complex situation that involves a series of concerning incidents,” Temple said, <a href="https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/viterbo-student-faces-charge-for-residence-hall-fire/article_91b72191-d5fc-55a0-aa2d-08d8ebacc9db.html">according to the La Crosse Tribune</a>. “We continue to investigate the incidents earlier in the semester and any potential link between them and this fire.”
The La Crosse Fire Department arrived on campus around 2:30 a.m. on April 18, where a fire had been reported at Marian Hall in the second-floor lounge. The fire was easily put out with a fire extinguisher, though the fire department said there was a “fair amount” of smoke damage and that ventilation was required. The department also reported minor damage to a wall and a bit of carpet. The fire was small enough not to trigger the sprinkler system.
Unanka allegedly told police she had been with her friends the night of the fire and returned home around midnight, at which time she made some food and went to the lounge to wash her hands. She said she didn’t go anywhere else in the residence hall before returning to her room. She also told police she didn’t see anything suspicious prior to the fire. Once the alarm went off, she said she and a friend knocked on doors to get other students out of the building.
When police reviewed security footage of the residence hall, however, they noticed inconsistencies in Unanka’s claims. Surveillance footage showed Unanka left her room at about 2:09 a.m. and began checking to see if other people were present. In the next five minutes, Unanaka goes into the lounge area and a bathroom before returning to her room. At 2:14 a.m., smoke could be seen on the camera footage. Unanka then began knocking on residents’ doors and pulled the fire alarm herself.
It was a resident adviser who told police that Unanka texted a friend to say the fire was yet another hate crime against her.
When police noted the inconsistencies between Unanka’s version of events and the security footage, she changed her story and admitted she intended to set the fire. She claimed she quickly decided against the fire and went back to the lounge after she went to the bathroom and attempted to clean up the smoking remnants of old food on the stove. She said the paper towels she used caught fire, and she shook them out to try to extinguish the flames. She then tossed them in the garbage can.
She told police she was frustrated that “no one was listening to me anymore,” purportedly about her other claims of being the victim of racist incidents.
Unanka left campus shortly after the fire incident.

Fire in a wastepaper basket

Misdemeanor Charge Dropped Against Student Who Set Fire In Residence Hall As Part Of Hate Crime Hoax

Misdemeanor Charge Dropped Against Viterbo University Student Who Set Fire In Residence Hall As Part Of Hate Crime Hoax

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Republican Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Johnson</a> has defeated Democratic candidate Mandela Barnes in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> Senate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-election">election</a>, according to a projection from DecisionDeskHQ.
Decision Desk made the <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590243871685910528">projection</a> at 2:23 a.m. EST on Wednesday. Hours later, other outlets projected Johnson as the winner as the Republican was ahead by just over 27,000 votes out of over 2.5 million ballots cast.
Prior to most outlets calling the race, Johnson declared victory saying that it was not mathematically possible for Barnes to make up the difference.
&#8220;The corporate media is refusing to call a race that is over,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;Truth has prevailed over lies and the politics of personal destruction.&#8221;
Barnes conceded the race Wednesday saying that he was &#8220;disappointed,&#8221; but that he had &#8220;fought the good fight.&#8221;
Polls for the race, which was one of the most closely watched midterm races, <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/senate/wi/wisconsin_senate_johnson_vs_barnes-7758.html">flipped</a> in the months leading up to the election with Barnes leading in many polls early in the summer, but Johnson jumping into the lead during the fall. 
The Wisconsin race was seen as critical for both parties, with it being a must-hold seat for Republicans to have a chance to gain control of the chamber, which is deadlocked at 50-50. Democrats saw the seat as a possibility to build on the technical majority they held with Vice President Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes. 
During the campaign, Johnson focused on inflation and crime, accusing Barnes of being soft on law and order and pointing to his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-candidate-critical-of-over-bloated-police-budgets-has-expensive-police-security-bill">links</a> to groups that support defunding the police. Republicans in the state also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-senate-candidate-who-posed-with-abolish-ice-t-shirt-under-scrutiny-for-immigration-positions">pointed</a> to a photo of Barnes holding an “Abolish ICE” T-shirt, though Barnes’ campaign claimed he did not support ending the immigration enforcement agency. 
Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-political-exercise-ron-johnson-say-democrats-are-using-jan-6-hearings-to-distract-from-policy-failures">told</a> The Daily Wire in July that he expected the race to come down to the wire and said Republicans would focus on stopping the “Biden agenda that is destroying our country” if they should take power.
The Wisconsin Republican has been a favorite target of many on the Left, as he has been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/troubling-track-record-ron-johnson-questions-youtube-over-covid-censorship">frequent</a> critic of tech censorship, gone after Hunter Biden, and promoted alternative treatments for COVID. 
Throughout the campaign, Barnes, Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor, portrayed himself as a progressive who touted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-makes-endorsement-in-senate-race-crucial-for-majority">endorsements</a> from far-Left figures like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). 
He made abortion a centerpiece of his campaign, pledging to fight for “reproductive justice” and cited his mother as an example of a woman who needed to have an abortion. 
“I’m an only child, but I’m not my mother’s only pregnancy. Before I was born, my mother had a complicated pregnancy, and she had an abortion. She shared her story because she wanted others to know that they aren’t alone and then it was her decision to make,” Barnes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/only-child-senate-candidate-defends-abortion-says-mother-had-one-before-he-was-born">said</a> during a debate with Johnson. 
Barnes has criticized Johnson, 67, a former plastics company executive, for his wealth and took aim at the Republican over the January 6 Capitol riot. 
During the campaign, the lieutenant governor came under scrutiny for his stance toward ICE and the police, his expensive security detail, and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-senate-candidate-mandela-barnes-repeatedly-criticized-police-russian-propaganda-outlet">appearances</a> on Russian television where he criticized the police. 
His path to the Democratic nomination was ensured after his major opponents, including Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry and State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski dropped out before the primary. Both Democrats endorsed Barnes following the suspension of their campaigns.

Senator Ron Johnson Holds Election Night Event In Neenah, Wisconsin

Republican Ron Johnson Narrowly Fends Off Democrat Challenger, Holds Senate Seat

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Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has defeated Republican candidate Tim Michels in the Wisconsin governor’s race. 
Michels conceded the race to Evers early Wednesday morning, <a href="https://twitter.com/CyreiaSandlin/status/1590227733304725505">according</a> to multiple reports. 
“I just called Gov Evers and conceded. I wish the Evers family well,&#8221; Michels said, according to WISN anchor Cyreia Sandlin.
Decision Desk HQ <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590233473549467651">projected</a> Evers&#8217; victory at 1:42 a.m. EST on Wednesday.
The race between incumbent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tony-evers">Evers</a>, a former public school administrator, and Michels, a construction company executive, was closely watched as recent polling between the two showed a tight race, with most pre-election surveys showing only about a one-point margin between the two. 
The strategies of the two gubernatorial candidates closely mirrored Wisconsin’s high-profile Senate race, with Evers focusing on abortion rights and painting his Republican challenger as radical, while Michels hammered Evers on rising crime and inflation. 
Evers, 71, who narrowly defeated former Republican Governor Scott Walker in 2018, was the state superintendent of public instruction from 2009 until 2019. Since his election, he has faced criticism over COVID lockdowns, the Kenosha riots, and criminal justice policies deemed soft by his opponents. 
His administration has been hamstrung by Wisconsin’s Republicans, who control the state’s Assembly and Senate. Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Evers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-governor-calls-special-session-to-repeal-states-abortion-ban-ahead-of-scotus-decision">called</a> a special session of the legislature to codify abortion into Wisconsin law, but the bid failed when Republicans in both chambers quickly gaveled in and out, refusing to seriously consider Evers’ motion. 
As governor, Evers has also vetoed Republican legislation regarding election integrity, abortion, and guns. 
Michels, 60, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-backed-construction-executive-tim-michels-wins-wisconsin-governor-primary">won</a> the Republican primary in August after positioning himself as an outsider. He defeated former Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and State Assemblyman Tim Ramthun. 
Michels <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/these-4-republicans-are-hoping-to-oust-wisconsin-democrat-governor-tony-evers-in-november">served</a> in the U.S. Army for 12 years before leaving as a major and the company he runs, Michels Corporation, currently employs about 8,000 people
The businessman earned the support of former President Trump and has adopted some of Trump’s messaging to take aim at the political establishment in Madison. 
“People are tired with politics as usual, tired of career politicians, they want an outsider, they want a businessman,” Michels told The Daily Wire in July. “That’s what I bring to this race.”
Throughout the campaign, Michels has said that he will turn the capital, Madison, “upside down,” decrease the influence of lobbying on state politics, uphold Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban, end “unmanned ballot boxes,” and scrap the Wisconsin Election Commission. 
During a Republican primary debate, he also indicated that he would support paid family leave, a unique policy for a Republican politician.
The two candidates have also clashed over education, with Michels promising to support universal school choice and the Evers pushing for increased funding for public schools. The two have also clashed over the issue of Critical Race Theory, and whether it is being taught in public schools. 
Marquette University School of Law’s <a href="https://www.nbc15.com/2022/11/02/mu-poll-evers-michels-all-tied-up-heading-into-election-day/">final poll</a> for the season showed the two tied, with each taking 48% among likely voters.

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Democrat Tony Evers Will Remain Wisconsin Governor: Projection

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