MILWAUKEE’S STATION 2 AT THE
DEPARTMENT’S HEADQUARTERS
DOWNTOWN, ADMITTED HE HUNG THIS
BLACK FETUS DOLL WITH A PINK
RIBBON AROUND ITS NECK.
>> HE DIDN’T TRY TO HIDE
ANYTHING, HE CAME FORWARD RIGHT
AWAY.
HILLARY: HE BROUGHT IT BACK AND
DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
>> HE WAS HOPING SOMEBODY MIGHT
KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
HILLARY: 11 OTHER MEMBERS ARE
FACING INTERNAL CHARGES.
>> THE MATTER THAT WAS MOST
DISHEARTENING WAS THE FAILURE OF
OUR OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO STATION
TO WEAR AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS
WOULD BE INSTANTLY STOPPED OR
QUESTIONS.
THE FIGURINE WOULD HAVE BEEN
TAKEN DOWN IMMEDIATELY.
HILLARY: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE SHOULD
BE?
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THAT TODAY.
HILLARY: DID THEY RETIRE DURING
THE INVESTIGATION?
>> WE HAD TWO THAT DID.
HILLLARY: HOW CAN THEY BE
DISCIPLINED?
>> THEY CAN’T.
HILLARY: ROHLFING SAID THEIR
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FOUND THE
INCIDENT WAS NOT RACIST, SEXIST,
OR AIMED AT ANYONE.
BUT FAMILY MEMBERS OF A FIRE
FIGHTER AT STATION 2 TOLD 12
NEWS THEY DISAGREE.
>> SHE WAS THE ONLY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE UNIT AND
SHE WAS THE ONLY FEMALE.
HILLARY: ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
WOMAN, A FIREFIGHTER WORKING AT
STATION 2, WHO BELIEVES SHE WAS
THE TARGET, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
>> NO, I DO NOT.
OTHERWISE, I WOULD NOT HAVE
STOOD HERE AND SAID TO YOU WHAT
OUR FINDINGS WERE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS EGREGIOUS AND
IT WAS WRONG, BUT I DON’T
BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS TARGETED.
JOYCE: THIS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY
BUT WE ARE JUST HEARING ABOUT IT
NOW.
DID THE CHIEF SAY WHY THE
INVESTIGATION TOOK SO LONG?
HILLARY: HE DID.
HE SAID WHEN THEY STARTED, THE
PANDEMIC HAD AN SLOW DOWN THEIR
INVESTIGATION, BUT THEY SAY
RIGHT NOW, IT IS ABOUT TO BE
WRAP
