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La Tonya Johnson: “Milwaukee county is now going to receive four assistant…”

Featuring: La Tonya Johnson, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 6

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State of Black Wisconsin 2026

Published | Video Starts at 25:24

We did a public service by showing them the correct way to petition the court, which they would typically do for anybody. Bob Donovan got involved, demanded an apology from the public defender's office. Long story short, Milwaukee county is now going to receive four assistant district attorney's office. They did an amendment to take out the public defenders, the four public defenders, and the six support staff. What does that mean? That means people who are waiting in jail for public defenders will take longer to longer for them to get. (25:24–25:36)

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States that an amendment removed public defenders and support staff from Milwaukee's allocation.

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