{"id":1632,"date":"2023-03-28T16:56:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:37:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T17:37:53","slug":"janet-protasiewicz-touts-endorsement-from-radical-anti-incarceration-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1632","title":{"rendered":"Janet Protasiewicz Touts Endorsement From Radical Anti Incarceration Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/citizen-action-of-wisconsin\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/citizen-action-of-wisconsin\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Left-wing Judge Janet Protasiewicz is touting an endorsement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/citizen-action-of-wisconsin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a radical group<\/a> that is so extreme it wants to ban trying anyone accused of a crime under the age of 25 in adult court.<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wisconsin-supreme-court-candidate-gave-probation-domestic-abuser-who-later-killed-two-people-burned-bodies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">comes as more cases emerge<\/a> showing Protasiewicz giving weak sentences to violent criminals.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet touting the endorsement, Protasiewicz wrote, \u201cJudge Janet has earned the endorsement of @CitizenActionWI! Together, we will take back our Supreme Court from right-wing extremists and restore independence to the judicial branch.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Judge Janet has earned the endorsement of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenActionWI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@CitizenActionWI<\/a>! Together, we will take back our Supreme Court from  right-wing extremists and restore independence to the judicial branch. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M5NjloxL6f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/M5NjloxL6f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Judge Janet Protasiewicz (@janetforjustice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janetforjustice\/status\/1618305384548270080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/tIKAZ8XPukezFF_26qkEIA2?emci=147aab56-b8b7-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&amp;emdi=2eb82b8e-29b8-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&amp;ceid=35622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The group has been raising money<\/a> for Protasiewicz.<\/p>\n<p>How radical is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenactionwi.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen Action of Wisconsin?<\/a> The group also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenactionwi.org\/movement-politics\/citizen-action-of-wisconsin-platform\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wants to<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut the incarceration rate in half.<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate gang databases.<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate all prosecution of drug offenses.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDivert public funds used for surveillance, mass criminalization, incarceration, and deportation to public health interventions that meet community needs.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEnd Wisconsin\u2019s structurally racist system of mass incarceration and biased policing, and replace it with an antiracist system that improves community safety by shifting from an exclusive emphasis on force and punishment,\u201d the group writes.<\/li>\n<li>They want public health workers to provide \u201cservices available via the 911 hotline so that police will not be called to any nonviolent situations.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The group also wants to give felons and people in jail and prison the right to vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenactionwi.org\/climate-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The group also advocates for<\/a> climate change and green jobs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenactionwi.org\/movement-politics\/citizen-action-of-wisconsin-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The group also wants <\/a>state-funded health care for illegal immigrants and for the government to \u201cprovide public housing regardless of immigration status at state expense\u201d as well as \u201cBan local law and state law enforcement from cooperating with ICE or any other federal immigration authorities.\u2028\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenactionwi.org\/movement-politics\/citizen-action-of-wisconsin-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">They also want <\/a>free college for everybody.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenactionwi.org\/2023\/03\/02\/2023-spring-election-endorsements\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The group endorsed Protasiewicz<\/a>, writing, \u201cWe are impressed with Judge Protasiewicz\u2019s egalitarian judicial philosophy, and her deep commitment to restore the Supreme Court\u2019s traditional role as a guardian rather than a usurper of democracy and majority rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The group also endorsed Mandela Barnes in the US Senate race. Barnes lost to Senator Ron Johnson, 49.5% to 50.5%.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103390 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-28-112009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"454\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/citizen-action-of-wisconsin\/ Left-wing Judge Janet Protasiewicz is touting an endorsement from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}