What was supposed to be a youth anti-violence summit in Milwaukee ended up producing the kind of headline that writes itself, and not in a good way.
In a report for WISN 12 News, Emily Pofahl said sheriff’s deputies arrested a man attending a Milwaukee County youth violence prevention event after they determined he had driven a stolen car there and was illegally possessing a firearm. Liberty Doll, covering the same story from a more skeptical angle, called it another example of an anti-violence mentor figure getting caught up in the very kind of criminal behavior these programs claim to steer people away from.
That is what makes the story so striking…