Count the Lies, as Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Columnist Engages in Reverse Reporting about Black Racial Violence

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

The bracketed numbers are my running count of Jim Stingl’s lies. See how many you come up with.
 

Jim Stingl | In My Opinion

Fistfight between two guys at TosaFest sparks scary rumors
Sept. 9, 2014
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
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Over the years, the biggest threat to TosaFest has been rain [1].

A storm that blew through the outdoor festival Saturday had nothing to do with the weather. It was a cloudburst of fighting, followed by a vortex of teenagers, scattered shouters and a 100% chance of unfounded scary rumors [2].

Most of us at the festival that night did not catch wind of the disturbance. It occurred along Harwood Ave. and in a grassy plaza where teens traditionally congregate by the hundreds during the annual festival in Wauwatosa's village area [3].

Everything was going fine. But about 9 p.m., one witness told me, two shirtless guys got into a fistfight. It happens sometimes.

"And as they're moving, the crowd starts moving. People are screaming. They're running to see the fight, and they're running away from the fight. That's when things got crazy," said the witness, a festival volunteer.

But apparently not that crazy [4]. Bradley Beckman, a Wauwatosa police sergeant on the scene along with numerous other officers, said in his report: "No officers were injured in this disturbance. No subjects were arrested for their behavior. No injuries or other problems were reported to police by anyone involved in this matter. At this time there have been no reports of property damage in the area." [5]

Police cleared out the kids and shut down that section of the festival. A children's movie in that area was stopped. The rest of the party continued until the normal 11:30 p.m. closing time. I was a volunteer beer-tender near the stage on State St.
I got home around midnight and found some chatter on Facebook about the disturbance. People sounded worried about the festival's future, alarmed at the number of kids, outraged by the lack of parental supervision and determined not to allow their own children to attend after dark next year.

"If there is a next year," one posted.

It's true that bad behavior, crime and fear can harm and even kill fun events like TosaFest. It happened to RiverSplash after a man was shot during a fight. It forced Greek Fest to change locations. It scared the hell out of everyone at Wisconsin State Fair three years ago when dozens [5] of black youths attacked white people.

As you can guess, the concern over TosaFest is partly about skin color. Police officers who work in the Wauwatosa schools told police Chief Barry Weber that most of the African-American kids at TosaFest were not from the suburb's middle schools and high schools, though they may be friends with local students. They were all hanging out [6] together.

[In the propaganda film, the Central Park Five, Raymond Santana told the racial fairy tale, whereby he and his friends were just “hanging out” in Central Park, when in reality, he had confessed several times over the years, they had gone into the park planning to rob and beat people, and did just that. “Just hanging out” and “having fun” are euphemisms used by black and Hispanic racists and their white supporters, like Stingl, for committing hate crimes against whites.]

"They all seemed to know each other and get along just fine," the volunteer witness told me.

"It's just a bunch of kids acting like kids," Weber said. "It's really not much more serious than that." [7]

[No, it is not normal for kids to travel around, committing race riots. Not white kids, anyway. Black kids, maybe.]

TosaFest is open to everyone. This was not a marauding gang from Milwaukee descending on the festival. It was not wilding. [8] The police said there were no guns or other weapons, despite rumors to the contrary. There was no organized effort on social media to disrupt the festival. No one was robbed or beaten. [9] No one had to be tasered by police.

It was a fight like you might see at a bar or the ballpark when the Cubs are in town. [10] And the police responded quickly, appropriately [11] and with restraint.
"I actually had someone call and say, 'Is this like Ferguson?'" Wauwatosa Mayor Kathy Ehley said. "There was no property damage. There were no injuries. [12] There were no arrests. No, this is not like Ferguson."

Perception becomes reality, and that's hard to change [13]. Weber said he still has people come up to him and say, "Still having problems at Mayfair?"

The answer is no [14]. Disturbances at the mall caused by unruly minors have been corrected [15], but parents still tell Weber they won't let their children go to Mayfair.

Police and festival organizers have a year to figure out better ways to assure [16] that TosaFest remains a safe, fun, popular event.

[“Assure” means to convince, or in this case, con. The proper verb is to “ensure” that the festival is safe, but Stingl clearly doesn’t give a damn about safety.]

Have faith that they can.

[That would entail organizers conning whites into attending and getting them and their kids’ brains bashed in.]

Call Jim Stingl at (414) 224-2017 or email at jstingl@jrn.com