It is of my opinion that David Clarke is the perfect candidate for the job. He prides himself on law and order, and protecting Americans from those who wish harm amongst us. Weather it be terrorists from afar or citizens here in the homeland. Clarke upholds the law and enforces it with no equivocations. He sees the division amongst Americans and is deeply troubled. All he wants is a nation that can unite, come together for the better of America. A man of integrity, braveness, courage, great intellect, honor of duty, well spoken, leadership, oathkeeper, common sense, and a man who upholds, defends, and protects the constitution. In all actuality, these traits are traits we should look for in our president. As President-elect Donald Trump continues to flesh out his cabinet, rumors continue to swirl about the possible selections for various positions. The New York Times is reporting that Trump may choose a prominent African-American to the role of Secretary of Homeland Security. The choice of a minority should please liberals far and wide. Just kidding, it’s David Clarke, a staunch conservative and man who kicks a** and takes names when it comes to far-left rioters and radical Islamic terrorists. A perfect choice for American law and order http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/sheriff-clarke-vetted-major-role-trump-white-house/
Why would you want a man who works in a city with such a high per capita violent crime rate? There are 76 cities with more than 250,000 people in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. Big Cities With The Highest Violent Crime Rates Detroit, Michigan 1988.63 Memphis, Tennessee 1740.51 Oakland, California 1685.39 St. Louis, Missouri 1678.73 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1476.41 Baltimore, Maryland 1338.54 Cleveland, Ohio 1334.35 Stockton, California 1331.47 Indianapolis, Indiana 1254.66 Kansas City, Missouri 1251.45 ucr.fbi.gov/ucr
` ` I lived in Milwaukee and visit there often. Sheriff David Clarke's position has very limited scope. His three main duties are a) maintaining the courts and the jails. b) patrolling the Milwaukee county freeway system and c) assist with patrolling Milwaukee county parks. That's it. He talks a mean law and order but in reality, he gets carried away at times with his antics but the courts and jails are secure and the freeways, well patrolled.
I disagree he'd be a good choice. I think it's above his pay grade. He's a tough guy and I like him. I just don't think this is the job for him. I'd rather see a career federal prosecutor or a judge.
That's the Sheriff in the country where people keep dying in jail, right? The one where the deputies didn't call for medical help when a woman was giving birth resulting in the baby dying?
According to his org chart, the sheriff's department has a criminal investigations unit, a drug unit, SWAT. I'm sure they're involved in more than just the jails. Jails are a function of every county, by the way. http://county.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/cntySheriff/documents/2015/ORG2015.pdf
` Like I said, they are called "occasionally" by multiple municipalities (outside of Milwaukee) to assist with patrolling country parks and property which includes a bomb disposal squad and SWAT team but they don't see much action. Clarke maintains a long standing tradition of using horses during the summer months, to patrol the county parks. He has dreams of turning his office into a county wide police department. He is quite a character.
I feel like Sheriff David Clarke should stay in his range and Rudy Giuliani would be a better choice for the position of Director of Homeland Security. Don't get me wrong, I admire both men but I feel Former Mayor Of NYC, Rudy Giuliani would be a better choice than Sheriff David Clarke.
I'll drink to that! I'd like to see Trump find him a position where he can have an impact, I think he'd be a damn fine person for the job.
If your using this to mock him, just think, the celebrity apprentice destroyed the democratic nominee!
Was the deputies found guilty, and if so, why are you holding Clarke responsible? If the deputies was not found guilty, what's your point?
Goes to show he doesn't run from the numbers. He only wants to help! If somebody commits a crime, it's not the sheriffs fault. Whoever committed the crime, better watch out for this sheriff. High crime rates per capita are a result of the peoples principalities or lack thereof. That's why some areas of similar or same population have less crime. Their discipline of their principalities is strong. Has nothing to do with one individual.
. Being you're good at research, give us a breakdown on the political parties of the listed cities leadership, Democrat or Republican?
Trump should go with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, aka "America's Sheriff" who has military and federal law enforcement experience, knows the borders and knows how to deal with illegal aliens, and the drug cartels. Jihadist are scared (*)(*)(*)(*)less of pink underwear and green bologna sandwiches. But they do fancy living in tents out in the middle of the desert when it's 115 degrees in the shade.
Here's more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ister-suffer-in-your-jail-sheriff-clarke.html INDEFENSIBLE Why Is My Sister Dead, Sheriff Clarke? The Milwaukee County sheriff might become Donald Trumps Secretary of Homeland Security. But the families of three inmates and one newborn baby cant get answers for why they died in his jailincluding a man who died of thirst. CASEY TOLAN 11.30.16 11:03 PM ET MILWAUKEEOn July 18, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. strode onto the stage of the Republican National Convention. In a fiery speech, he called Black Lives Matter protests anarchy, praised Donald Trumps belief in our American system of justice, and declared, I would like to make something very clear: blue lives matter. Four days earlier, Shadé Swayzer was giving birth in the jail that Clarke runs. She went into labor in a solitary confinement cell, and when she cried for help, according to a recently filed lawsuit, a guard laughed at her and left her alone. By the time medical staff checked on her the next morning, the lawsuit reads, her newborn baby was dead. Swayzers baby wasnt the only person to die in the Milwaukee County Jail. Since April, as Clarke has campaigned around the country for Trump, three other inmates have died in his custody. One was a 38-year-old with mental health issues who died of profound dehydrationthirstafter guards apparently turned off the water in his cell. Now Clarke, a darling of the Tea Party and Fox News and known for his inflammatory statements, is reportedly in the running to be Trumps Secretary of Homeland Security. He met with the President-elect at Trump Tower on Monday afternoon, decked out in his trademark cowboy hat. Kristina Fiebrink, 38, was found unresponsive in her cell on August 28. Inmates who talked to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel said they heard her screaming for help overnight but no guards came to check on her. Fiebrinks brother Leon Limon said it was hard to imagine Clarke running detention centers around the country. We cant even get any answers here, Limon told the Daily Beast. Hes not doing anything for the four families. It seems like he only cares about trying to help himself. He said sheriffs deputies investigating his sisters death had only called him twice in the last three months: One time to ask a few questions and another time when they accidentally dialed his number. Its so haunting to me because I wonder, Did she suffer all night long? he said. If he gets the Homeland Security job, Clarke would be in charge of the federal governments 111 immigration detention centers and the more than 42,000 detainees held in them. The families of the inmates who died in the Milwaukee jail say his disregard for their loved ones safety should raise alarm bells about that prospect. Sheriff Clarke needs to take responsibility for the people dying in his jail, said Erik Heipt, a lawyer for the family of Terrill Thomas, the inmate who died of thirst. Fellow inmates told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that guards shut off the water in Thomas solitary confinement cell and ignored him as he begged for water for days. The family doesnt understand how something like this could happen in an American jail, Heipt said. They want answers and they want accountability. Clarkes office issued a statement saying the sheriff would not comment (PDF) until the completion of all investigative and review processes, and any resultant civil litigation. Thomas was the first inmate to die this year, on April 24, and Swayzers newborn baby died on July 14. There appears to be an unfortunate and deadly pattern (in the jail), said Jason Jankowski, the lawyer representing Swayzer, who he said was depressed and distraught. It has basically compromised the health and safety of those unfortunate people who enter and receive inhumanely substandard care. Michael Madden, 29, died after having a seizure on October 28. A fellow inmate told a local Fox News channel that a guard had picked him up and then let him fall, hitting his head. The same day Madden died, Clarke tweeted Mrs Bill Clinton is an empty pantsuit. Why have there been so many deaths over a short time period? In each of the cases, investigations are ongoing and there are more questions than answers. But some observers point to its substandard healthcare. Since 2002, Dr. Ronald Shansky has been visiting the jail twice a year as part of a consent decree. When he visited earlier this month, 37 percent of the health care positions in the jails staff were vacant, up from 30 percent this spring, he wrote in a report. Theres been no improvement, Shansky told The Daily Beast. Questions certainly can be raised about the occurrence of these four recent deaths and the relationship to officer shortages, he wrote in the report. The increasing vacancies suggests a snowball effect, said Pete Koneazny, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee who has been involved in litigation over the prison for decades. He said the jail should improve training for staff about handling inmates with mental health issues. We see no signs that [Clarke] has taken any particular responsibility for these deaths, he said. The prisons healthcare is run by Armor Correctional Health Medical Services, a private company in Miami. The New York State Attorney General sued the company earlier this year, alleging that its neglect of inmates in a jail on Long Island had led to five inmate deaths. Since April, Sheriff Clarke has refused to publicly address the four deaths, leaving the inmates family members in the dark. Meanwhile, hes been traveling around the country to give speeches to conservative groups and at Trump campaign events. In 2015, he reported receiving more than $150,000 in free travel, speaking fees and gifts. If the criteria is someone who can face terrorists who want to appear on cable TV talk shows, then hes the guy, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett told the Daily Beast. Ive been mayor for 12 and a half years and in my 12 and a half years Ive never once seen him at the scene of a crime. Barrett said he was especially concerned that Clarke hadnt made public statements about the jail deaths, and suggested that state authorities should step in to investigate the facility. The fact that you would be stonewalling after four deaths at an institution under your command is extremely troubling, Barrett said. Christine Neumann-Ortiz, the executive director of Milwaukee immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera, said his leadership of the jail suggests that he wouldnt care about what happens to immigrants in detention centers. Hes too busy promoting himself to really care about what are the conditions and the treatment for the people within the jail, Neumann-Ortiz said. Her group is suing Clarke over his departments refusal to release information about which immigrants he refers to federal authorities. The sheriffs office referred a request for comment about the deaths to Milwaukee Countys counsel due to the pending lawsuits. The counsel did not respond to a request for comment. Armor Correctional Health also did not respond to a request for comment. Clarke isnt a shoe-in for Homeland Securityhis fellow hard-line Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz. is also seen as a contender. Some locals doubt that even a Republican-controlled Senate would confirm Clarke after hearing the long list of his more controversial statements. Hes called for American citizens to be treated as enemy combatants. Hes suggested sending up to 1 million people who useJihadi rhetoric online to the Guantanamo Bay prison. During the presidential campaign, he repeatedly referred to Hillary Clinton as Mrs. Bill Clinton and accused her of being a straight-up cop hater who is in bed with criminals. Last month, he tweeted pitchforks and torches time with a picture of an angry mob. But there are reasons to think Clarke could be high on Trumps shortlist. He was a vocal supporter of Trumps campaign, even while other elected officials were jumping ship. As an African-American and a registered Democrat, Clarke would also bring some diversity to a cabinet that is so far mostly white. And Clarkes worldview and demeanor seem to fit Trumps cabinet like a puzzle piece. Hes someone who is dangerous, divisive, has no regard for civil or constitutional rights and hes really driven by his ego, Neumann-Ortiz said. His temperament is a carbon copy of Trump himself.