Milwaukee Police Viciously Beat Bi-Racial Man

Frank Jude Jr. suffered a brutal beating on a street in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood early Oct. 24. Surrounded by a dozen men, he was kicked repeatedly in the head, stripped naked and threatened with a knife, his attorney said.Authorities knew right away who was involved, but more than three months later no one has been charged or even arrested. The suspects? Off-duty Milwaukee police officers who claimed Jude stole one of their badges. The officers said they had to subdue Jude because he fought with them. Witnesses tell a different story - that Jude didn't steal anything, that he wasn't resisting, and that the some of the crowd dragged him out of a truck and beat him maliciously. Jude was arrested and taken by police wagon to the hospital - no ambulance was called. Prosecutors did not file charges against him, instead focusing on the off-duty officers' actions. In connection with the incident, four off-duty officers were suspended by Chief Nannette Hegerty, who declined to comment on the pending matter. The investigation has been slowed by some officers who aren't fully cooperating, the district attorney said. A secret John Doe investigation was launched in an effort to get witnesses to talk. Jude, 26, has been interviewed extensively but can't identify his attackers, said Deputy District Attorney Jon Reddin, the lead prosecutor. "He is very little help of telling us what happened," he said. "He was beaten within an inch of his life." Many officers won't tell all they know, some because they committed crimes, others because of "misplaced loyalty" to colleagues, said District Attorney E. Michael McCann, who called Jude's case "horrendous" and compared it to the 1981 beating of James Schoemperlen, whose skull was fractured by Milwaukee officers after a car chase. [more] and [more]

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[Chhiristine]

I think every officer involved in the incident should be charged criminally no matter how insignificant they feel their involvement was. The one police officer who resigned and admitted that he kicked jude should be tried as well. His actions contributed to Judes injuries.I further think that the female officer who was suspended for 2 60 days.should be fired as well. I have a real problem with an officer who has watched this innocent victim get his faced kicked in suggest to the responding on duty officers to spray the victim with pepper spray when his face is obviously beaten in. How out of control could he have been at that point. He probably wasnt even moving. All officers involved are party to a crime at least and should be undergoing psych evaluations along with prosecution. I think the sergeant should be reinstated to his rank prior to this incident.He seemed to be trying to help and knew these officers were trouble.I will be thinking twice before I pull my vehicle over for any officer especially the woman officer who thinks it appropriate to pepperspray victims when there down and bleeding.