While Madison attempts to respond to the police killing of Corey Ruiz on July 22, a dispute has emerged within city government over the authority of the city’s independent police monitor to subpoena materials related to the incident from the police department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice.  In the weeks since Ruiz was killed, […]

Madison city workers, police and state patrol officers cleared protesters from the intersection of Williamson and South Baldwin Streets early Tuesday morning, putting an end to the encampment that had blocked off the major east side intersection since a Madison police officer shot and killed Corey Ruiz there July 22.  Starting around 5 a.m., officials […]

Madison city officials attempted to hold a press conference Thursday after a police officer shot and killed a man, identified as Corey Ruiz, at a busy intersection on Williamson and Baldwin streets Wednesday. The briefing was derailed by a group of protesters who arrived and took over the podium, sparking a verbal altercation with Madison […]