WPPA: Statement following shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha
(MADISON, Wis.) – Following the shooting of Jacob Blake by officers in Kenosha, the executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA), Jim Palmer, issued this statement: While the WPPA represents more than 10,000 members from over 300 local association affiliates, the officers in the Kenosha Police Department are not among them. The WPPA’s legal and field staff are not involved in the investigation being conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, and as such, we are limited as to what we can say about the incident at this early stage of the investigation. On behalf of Wisconsin’s law