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Michelle Bryant: “The Milwaukee Police Department knew Danny Wilbur was…”

Featuring: Michelle Bryant, Democratic | Former Candidate, Wisconsin State Senate District 6

SAY SOMETHING REAL WITH MICHELLE BRYANT

Published February 9, 2026 | Video Starts at 1:17:56

Okay, so let's, let's just take a second and talk about this man's case. Excuse me, Jack, can you close that door for me? This is what the gentleman alleges. The Milwaukee Police Department knew Danny Wilbur was innocent and they framed him anyway. said the lawyer. The Wisconsin Attorney General's office had a physical. Evan had physical evidence proving his innocence and still spent years fighting to keep him in a cage. (1:17:56–1:18:03)

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Asserts that the Milwaukee Police Department framed an innocent man.

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“Netflix pulled [Michelle Obama's documentary] off the air and reclassified [it] as in the kids category.”
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“They had put Michelle Obama's documentary as number four in U.S. kids top 10.”
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“Milwaukee Police recorded 2285 use of force incidents in 2023, 952 involving physical force and weapons, marking a high for the department.”
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“850 civilian misconduct complaints were filed from 2016 to 2021, with 14% ruled in favor of civilians.”
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“Over 100 officers appeared on what they called a Brady list for credibility issues.”
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“The fund that's set up for people that have been wrongly incarcerated, we have capped it in Wisconsin at $5,000 per year up to five years.”
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“Everything [Kid Rock] was doing in South Carolina... got canceled.”
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“For the last 10 years, there's been a super hard push [for diversity at the Super Bowl].”
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“Artists have been dropping off [Kid Rock's] tour.”
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“This is a game where 70% of the players is black.”
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“We just saw like 10 head coaching jobs get filled. No brothers.”
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“These owners... have boxed out black folks from being at the ownership table.”
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“Their alignment with Donald Trump.”
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“Netflix would do this because you're in the business of making money.”
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“Jeff Bezos is getting ready to play these silly games with Donald Trump.”
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“The language that they say, move it to federal court where a more favorable jury pool exists.”
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“Keyshawn Thomas, who had been arrested, 21 years old, arrested on the morning of February 23, 2022.”
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“Police took him to the District 5 Police Department, and they said that he told police during booking that he had ingested cocaine…”
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“The police officer said he'd call an ambulance, but never did. Instead, he placed Kean Thomas in a cell.”
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“The MPA says Mr. Taylor was detained for a mere 20 minutes.”
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“At least 93 officers were disciplined for violating laws, representing roughly 5% of the force.”
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“A 2025 report indicated nearly half of 191 Officer Brady lists in the country, which includes many MP Milwaukee MPD officers, involved…”
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“The demographic makeup of the Milwaukee Police Department in 2023 [is] predominantly white, 68.6%, 13% black, 9%, almost 10% [identify as]…”
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“The MPA is going to be supporting Tom Tiffany in the upcoming gubernatorial election.”
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“Back in 2025, the city of Milwaukee had to pay out $7 million for a wrongful conviction.”
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“A federal judge granted his petition for habeas corpus and he was released from prison on Dec. 22, 2021, pending the state's appeal, with…”
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“His claim for wrongful conviction was denied by the Wisconsin claims board in July 2024.”
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“His federal civil rights claim was settled by the Milwaukee common council on May 13, 2025 for $7 million, the second largest in Milwaukee's…”
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“The Wisconsin Attorney General's office had physical evidence proving his innocence and still spent years fighting to keep him in a cage.”
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“The City of Milwaukee's Judiciary Legislation Committee recommended approving that he get a settlement of $6,960,000, plus attorneys fees.”
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“The police knew he had a turkey when they put him in the back of that squad car.”
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“All these damn black people on the common council. And you say nothing because your job is always, it seems like, lining up to defend the…”
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“When they didn't make the case when the man was arrested and people all was complicit in framing that man, if they thought they had a real…”
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“You know how many black men have been wrongfully arrested, incarcerated in some Cases put to death on death row because of white officers…”
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“The number of black people that ain't never been paid have never been treated fairly in this system.”
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“Tony Evers used his veto pen to veto legislation that Republicans had tried to push through that dealt with school funding increases.”
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“Tony Evers did not just wake up and decide to create something that will give school funding increases for 400 years.”
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“Energy was nowhere to be found when Scott Walker and the Republicans cut millions of dollars from public education.”
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“Scott Walker [and] the Republicans [are] cutting millions of dollars from public education.”
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“The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has ruled that [a 10-year-old child] will not be tried in adult court.”
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“I'm referencing the seven million dollar payout to the brother who said that he had been wrongfully convicted and absolutely set up.”
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“If the police had never wrongfully arrested the man in the first place, we would have never even got to the city attorney.”
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“Had the Milwaukee Police Department not framed him in the first place, we wouldn't be here.”
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“He spent 18 years in prison. And y'all know the Milwaukee police officers framed him.”
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“You have to settle for something based on the misbehavior of the Milwaukee Police Department that led that put that whole thing in motion.”
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“We knew something was done improperly and it was done at the hands of the Milwaukee Police Department.”
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“It's a partnership. So we can't be partners when they bring in the cases for us and not want to be partners when they make a mistake.”
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