Thursday, July 23: Madison reacts to police shooting, Salah Sarsour’s deportation hearing, Hong leads the Democratic primary field, Ron Johnson picks up budget gavel
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We cannot become numb to these tragedies or accept them as inevitable.”
– Melissa Agard, Dane County executive, commenting on the police shooting in Madison Wednesday
A crowd gathers on the corner of Williamson and Baldwin Streets Wednesday night to protest after police shot and killed Corey Ruiz (Photo by Daphne Cooper)
In the center of a busy intersection on Williamson and Baldwin Streets in Madison, several officers from the Madison Police Department wrestled a man to the ground Wednesday before one officer shot him at close range. In videos posted online, residents can be heard screaming in shock and anger. Hundreds of protesters converged on the scene Wednesday evening and marched downtown, interrupting the Concert on the Square. Protest speakers identified the man as Corey Ruiz and a crowd of hundreds of people chanted his name. Isiah Holmes reports.
A federal immigration judge heard arguments Wednesday from attorneys in a deportation hearing for Salah Sarsour, the president of Milwaukee’s Islamic Society who had been living in the U.S. legally as a permanent resident for decades when he was arrested by ICE earlier this year. Testimony focused on charges against Sarsour by the Israeli government when he was a teenager in the West Bank, and allegations that he was tortured into a false confession. Isiah Holmes has the story.
State Rep. Francesca Hong (D-Milwaukee) is leading the four other Democrats in the primary campaign for governor in a new Marquette Law School poll, as well as internal polls released by her primary opponents. Baylor Spears reports on the state of the race and a new round of ads attacking Hong.
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State Rep. Francesca Hong (D-Madison) is leading in the Marquette Law School and internal polls conducted by her rivals. Hong speaks at a candidate forum hosted by the Wisconsin Technology Council in November 2025. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)
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