As the Common Council prepares to vote tonight on whether to terminate Interim Independent Police Monitor Aeiramique Glass, three developments in the ongoing dispute between the council, the Police Civilian Oversight Board (PCOB) and the Office of the Independent Monitor have come to light:
- Glass released confidential communications to a member of the Common Council, who posted them on Facebook
- Glass has appointed an attorney to represent the grandmother of Tony Robinson in a forthcoming complaint before the Police and Fire Commission
- MPD has stymied Glass’s attempts to obtain additional records regarding the conduct of Officer Matthew Kenny, who shot and killed Robinson on March 4, 2015
Here’s executive editor Rob Chappell explaining the whole story:
Confidential communications
Glass disclosed privileged records to a member of the Madison Common Council, according to a memo provided by City Attorney Michael Haas to the Common Council Monday.…