Milwaukee Police Chief Blasted by Police Union for Blaming CCP Law for Violence

By Jenn Jacques

Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn is at it again.

On Monday night, attendees of a town hall meeting to discuss violence in Milwaukee at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society were encouraged to submit written questions for members of the panel, which included Arizona-based policing expert Michael Scott, Chief Flynn, and Mike Crivello, president of the Milwaukee Police Association.

Following the panel’s discussion, a caring audience member teed up a perfect question for Flynn, asking if he thought Wisconsin’s Concealed Carry Law was contributing to Milwaukee’s rampant gun violence. Flynn said yes, ‘because only convicted felons are barred from permits while “human holsters” with cleaner records hold guns for big-time drug dealers.’

“It’s an irresponsible law passed by irresponsible legislatures who are more interested in ideological points and I’d sure as hell like some more community outrage about that because that’s what driving the violence in this city and too many public officials are silent on it,” Chief Flynn said.

Crivello was quick to address Flynn’s comment, and stated,”I have never had a conversation with you, chief, relative to you displaying that we are arresting an overwhelming amount of people, or even one person, who’s committed a crime while …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms