A retired Milwaukee rabbi and his son have been sentenced in the Riverwest mural case that set off weeks of outrage, debate and neighborhood drama. On Wednesday, 74-year-old Peter Mehler pleaded no contest to misdemeanor criminal damage and was fined $50, while his son, Zechariah, who pleaded guilty in December, was ordered to complete 25 hours of community service. The judge also ordered the pair to pay a total of $1,000 in restitution to the mural’s owner.
According to FOX6 Milwaukee, court records from Wednesday’s hearing detail the pleas and sentences and confirm that Judge Jack Davila presided. The station reports that the Mehlers’ attorney said the men were motivated by what they viewed as threatening imagery, while prosecutors pushed back that whatever the…..