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A rape report set off a series of events that brought years of turmoil to the surface
Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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6:20 pm UTC Feb. 24, 2021
A leaked police interview set off more than a year of public infighting in Milwaukee, rooted in relationships and controversies going back years. The man police questioned, Kalan Haywood Sr., has repeatedly denied sexual assault allegations and has not been arrested or charged.
November 4, 2014: After losing consciousness during a date, a woman identified publicly only as Jane Doe believes the man she’s been seeing, Haywood, drugged her drink and assaulted her.
December 15, 2015: Carmen Pitre, executive director of Sojourner Family Peace Center, and Edward Flynn, then Milwaukee police chief, sign a “memorandum of understanding” that says suspects will never be interviewed at Sojourner.
The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission’s monthslong 3-3 tie between two candidates to be the city’s next police chief will extend well into March, Chairman Nelson Soler announced Thursday.
Despite now having a seventh member on hand to provide a tie-breaker, Soler said he is withholding another vote on the police chief selection until as early as mid-March while the city navigates legal entanglements with ousted Chief Alfonso Morales.
He also said he wanted a vote to come after an upcoming report is made available from the city’s inspector general examining the decision-making behind the commission’s legally flawed move to demote Morales from chief to captain last summer.