>> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A PBS WISCONSIN ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.

>> IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, GEORGE FLOYD IS REMEMBERED THIS WEEK ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS MURDER.

AND IN MADISON, GETTING SHOTS IN ARMS.

THE URBAN LEAGUE BRINGS VACCINATIONS CLOSER TO PEOPLE'S DOORSTEP.

>> I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG, TONIGHT ON "HERE & NOW," MURV SEYMOUR REPORTS ON AN URBAN LEAGUE COMMUNITY VACCINATION EFFORT.

MILWAUKEE COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAVID CROWLEY REFLECTS ON THE WORK LEFT TO DO ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH AND TEAM UP WITH WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO TO SPOTLIGHT THE POWER OF PROS PROSECUTORS.

MAY 28.

>> FUNDING FOR THE FOCUS FUND FOR JOURNALISM AND PBS WISCONSIN.

>> THE COVID-19 VACCINATION RATE IN WISCONSIN FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOW HAD THEIR FIRST DOSE STANDS AT 47.5%.

BUT THERE REMAIN LARGE DISPARITIES IN WHO IS GETTING THEM.

OF ALL PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN WHO HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST DOSE, BLACK RESIDENTS HAVE THE LOWEST RATE OF VACCINATION IN THE STATE, 23.6%.

TRYING TO GET MORE SHOTS IN ARMS, A NEW PROJECT RUN BY THE URBAN LEAGUE OF MADISON IS DOING JUST THAT.

BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VACCINATIONS DEEPER INTO THE COMMUNITY.

MURV SEYMOUR REPORTS.

>> EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GET VACCINATED.

>> ON THIS DAY OUTSIDE THE URBAN LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS ON MADISON SOUTH SIDE, IT'S A PARTY ATMOSPHERE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN PEPPERED WITH SIGNS AND FLIERS IN THE WORDS OF ORGANIZERS TO DO.

>> EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN, AS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AS WE CAN.

>> INVITATION FOR ANYONE TO COME INSIDE, TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.

ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.

>> WE HAVE ONLY BEEN OPEN A COUPLE HOURS, TONS OF TRAFFIC.

>> THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO BRING THE VACCINE TO THE COMMUNITY.

MANY OF US HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN INFECTED, YOU KNOW, AND DIED.

>> FOUR LETTERS OF THE SMALL WORD MEANS ANYONE WHO SHOTS UP CAN GET THE SHOT.

ONLY COST, TIME.

URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON HAS PARTNERED WITH S.S.M.

HEALTH AND ALMOST A DOZEN OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING THE VACCINE A FOOT STEP CLOSER TO PEOPLE LIKE BRUCE TATE, WHO SAYS THREE PEOPLE IN HIS FAMILY HAVE THE VIRUS.

FOR HIM AND SO MANY OTHERS, GETTING VACCINATED IS TOUGHER BECAUSE OF A LACK OF TRANSPORTATION AND CLINICS CLOSE TO HOME.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE FUN, NOT LIKE YOU ARE COMING TO GET A SHOT, LOOKS LIKE ALMOST A MEET AND GREET OF SOME SORT.

>> CRITICAL VACCINE DRIVE TARGETS PEOPLE LIKE 13-YEAR-OLD MARCUS ALLEN.

>> ADMITTED FOR THE 12 PLUS, I'M LIKE I HAVE TO TRAVEL MORE.

>> A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH PEDIATRICIANS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE, WE KNOW PARENTS ARE LOOKING TO THEIR PEDIATRICIANS.

>> MARCUS TAKES A POST VACCINE PHOTO WITH HIS DAD.

CAMPAIGN RUN BY RABBI BONNIE MARGULIS.

URGES OTHERS TO GET THE PICTURE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE FACE ACROSS THE STATE WITH COVID-19.

>> TRYING TO GET AS MANY FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, DIFFERENT AGES, ETHNICITIES.

THE MORE PEOPLE SEE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM, OH, THEY GOT THE SHOT AND THIS IS WHY, AND THAT REALLY RESONATES WITH ME, MAYBE I SHOULD GET VACCINATED AS WELL.

>> MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIVE-HOUR EFFORT.

A SURPRISE VISIT FROM GOVERNOR TONY EVERS.

>> THIS ISN'T A BLACK OR WHITE ISSUE OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ISSUE, IT'S A WISCONSIN ISSUE.

>> THEY SAY SUCCESS IS ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS.

>> WE HAVE SO MUCH GREATER REACH.

WE REACH OUT TO THE FAITH COMMUNITY, THE URBAN LEAGUE REACHES OUT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND CENTRAL HISPANIC AND BOSA LA FRONTERA.

>> PEOPLE TRUST US.

ONE OF THE YOUNG WOMEN TODAY TAKING A SHOT, SHE WHENNIS -- WHISPERED IN MY EAR, I GOT THE SHOT BECAUSE I SAW THE PROMOTION.

>> WE ALL CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL LIFE.

>> REPORTING FOR "HERE & NOW," I'M MURV SEYMOUR.

>> 76 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER VACCINE DURING THE EVENT.

THE SECOND DOSE WILL BE PROVIDED ON JUNE 15TH.

NEXT, WE BRING YOU TWO PARTS OF A COLLABORATIVE REPORTING PROJECT BETWEEN PBS WISCONSIN AND WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO UNDER THE WISCONTEXT BANNER.

THE TOPIC, PROSECUTORS.

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND WHY THEY ARE SO RARELY CHALLENGED ON THE BALLOT.

FOR FIRST ONE, WILL DELVES INTO THE D.A.s AND WHAT KIND OF POWER THEY YIELD.

>> ONE D.A.

CALLS THEM THE GATEKEEPERS TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

ALL EYES TURN TOWARD THE ONE OFFICIAL ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER POLICE, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE CHARGED IN SHOOTINGS.

DISTRICTS PLAY A PROMMENT ROLE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

ELECTED OFFICIALS, RUN FOR OFFICE EVERY FOUR YEARS, OFTEN GO UNCHALLENGED.

ONLY FOUR SEATS CONTESTED IN THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION.

THESE RACES LINE UP WITH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND PARTISAN OFFICES.

THE CURRENT BREAKDOWN IS 41 REPUBLICAN D.A.

AND 23 DEMOCRATIC D.A.

ALSO SEVEN INDEPENDENT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.

ALL TOLD, THAT'S 71 D.A.

IN EACH WISCONSIN COUNTY, SHAWANO AND MENOMINEE SHARING A SINGLE D.A.

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND THE ATTORNEYS ON THE STAFF FUNCTION AS STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS.

THE STATE PAYS THEIR SALARY, BUT THEY ARE VOTED BY COUNTY.

AND COUNTY PAYS FOR THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.

BROAD AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHETHER TO BRING CHARGES.

FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SHIRLEY ABRAMSON, THE PROSECUTOR HAS GREAT DISCRETION IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO COMMENCE A PROSECUTION.

IT IS THE PROSECUTOR'S DUTY, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROSECUTE ALL CASES IT APPEARS THE LAW IS VIOLATED.

THIS MEANS DISTRICT ATTORNEYS CAN BROADLY DECIDE WHICH CASES THEY PROSECUTE.

LAST YEAR IN KENOSHA, FOR EXAMPLE, MICHAEL GRAVELEY DECLINED TO PROSECUTOR THE OFFICER WHO SHOT JACOB BLAKE, SAYING HE WAS UNLIKELY TO WIN THE CASE IF GRAVELEY TOOK IT TO TRIAL.

>> IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CASE YOU CAN PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT AS YOU HEAR ME TALK ABOUT, THEN YOU ARE ETHICALLY OBLIGATED NOT TO CHARGE A CASE.

>> IN DANE COUNTY, THE D.A.

DETERMINED THE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED TONY ROBINSON DID SO LAWFULLY.

>> TRAGIC AND UNFORTUNATE DEATH WAS THE RESULT OF A LAWFUL USE OF DEADLY POLICE FORCE AND THAT NO CHARGES SHOULD BE BROUGHT AGAINST OFFICER KENNY IN THE DEATH OF TONY ROBINSON, JR. >> EVEN THOUGH BIG CASES, INCLUDING POLICE SHOOTINGS ATTRACT THE MOST PUBLIC SCRUTINY, DECISIONS D.A.s HAVE TO MAKE LARGE AND SMALL, DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

ABRAHAMSON CALLED THEIR ROLE QUASI JUDICIAL.

DO JUSTICE RATHER THAN OBTAIN CONVICTIONS.

>> AS WE JUST REPORTED, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS YIELD A LOT OF POWER IN DISCRETION ON CHARGING DECISIONS AND REGARDED AS HOLDING A QUASI JUDICIAL STANDING.

WHAT IF THEY TRY TO CHANGE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM USING DISCRETION?

THERE IS A MOVEMENT OF PROGRESSTIVE PROSECUTORS, NOTABLY LIKE THE PHILLY D.A.

WE LEARN MORE ABOUT PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.W.

LAW SCHOOL PROSECUTION PROJECT AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

LANNY GLINBERG.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR?

>> WELL, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR CREDENTIAL TO BE A PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR.

BUT THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS IS THAT THEY WANT TO WIELD THEIR PROSECUTORIAL POWER, SUBSTANTIAL, THE MOST POWERFUL ACTOR IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

THEY WANT TO YIELD THE DISCRETION TO SERVE THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND AS WELL TO ADDRESS REAL PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE PROBLEMS OF MASS INCARCERATION.

THE COUNTRY INCARCERATES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, AND FALLS ON UNDERREPRESENTED, PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR AND OF COLOR, AND THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS AND THE MAIN FUNCTION OF A PROSECUTOR, TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY, ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY WOULD PROCEED IN A PARTICULAR CASE IN A PROGRESSIVE WAY?

>> WELL, BY BEING MINDFUL OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF ENGAGING IN A PROSECUTION, BY THAT I MEAN THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO PROSECUTION, DOMINATE OVER FOUR DECADES, CHARGE A CRIME, SEEK CONVICTION AND CONFINE SOMEBODY.

CONFINE SOMEBODY THAT COMMITTED A CRIME AS A MEANS OF ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY.

IN REALITY, THAT HAS NOT SERVED US SO WELL.

AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF THOSE INCARCERATED AND IF INCARCERATION AND CONFINEMENT EQUAL PUBLIC SAFETY WE WOULD HAVE THE SAFEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

AND WE DON'T.

SO, IN AN INDIVIDUAL CASE PROSECUTOR NEEDS TO BE ATTENTIVE TO NOT ONLY JUST THE CHARGING AND CONVICTION AND CONFINEMENT, ABOUT YOU WHAT ARE THE OTHER COTS OF COMMENCING A CRIME, OF SEEKING A CONVICTION, NOT JUST THE MONETARY COST OF CONFINING SOMEBODY, BUT REAL SOCIAL COSTS AS WELL.

AND ATTENTIVE TO THE SOCIAL COSTS, MINDFUL ABOUT THE TYPE OF PENALTY THAT A PROSECUTOR SEEKS OR WHETHER TO ISSUE CHARGES IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHAT WILL THE CONSEQUENCES ON THE BROADER COMMUNITY BE ON THE INDIVIDUAL, THEIR CONNECTION TO FAMILY, WORK, STABLE HOUSING, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE RESEARCH TELLS US RESULTS IN INDIVIDUALS DESISTING FROM CRIME, NOT JUST CONFINEMENT.

SO, FOCUSSING ON THAT AND MINDFUL OF THE CONSEQUENCES ON OTHER FACTORS, TO BRING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> IS THERE A PUSHBACK ON THIS KIND OF METHOD OR SENSIBILITY ON THE PART OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL PROSECUTORS?

>> INDEED THERE IS RESISTANCE, IT VARIES FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY.

PROSECUTORS, OF COURSE, AS YOU REPORTED JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO ARE ELECTED COUNTY BY COUNTY.

LOCAL SENSIBILITIES AFFECT THE PRIORITIES OF PROSECUTION SO THE RESISTANCE MAY BE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

BUT INDEED GENERALLY, OR SOME OF THE PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS, THERE IS SOME RESISTANCE.

IT CAN COME FROM A NUMBER OF PLACES.

ONE, PROSECUTORS THEMSELVES.

IT IS RISKY TO LOOK AT A NEW MODEL OF PROSECUTION OR TO BE MORE SENSITIVE TO THE SORT OF THINGS THAT I DESCRIBED.

TAKING A THOUGHTFUL AND NUANCED VIEW OF ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY AS A POLITICAL MATTER HAS NOT BEEN THE APPROACH.

POLITICAL, POLITICAL SAFE IS TO RUN AGAINST CRIME, RUN AGAINST CRIMINALS.

SO, THERE IS POLITICAL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

RESISTANCE CAN COME FROM ANY NUMBER OF OTHER ACTORS IN THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHETHER IT BE BENCH, OTHER PROSECUTORS, POLICE OR VOTERS EVEN BECAUSE AS I SAID, THESE ARE ELECTIVE OFFICES AND THERE ARE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THESE DECISIONS.

>> WE KNOW PHILADELPHIA'S D.A., LARRY KRASNER, WILL END MASS INCARCERATION.

IS IT KIND OF A GROWING MOVEMENT IN STATES LIKE WISCONSIN?

>> I THINK IT'S A GROWING MOVEMENT IN A LOT OF PLACES AND THERE IS A SPECTRUM OF PROSECUTORS FROM WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS VERY TRADITIONAL, FOCUSSED ON CHARGING, CONVICTING AND CONFINING TO THE TYPE OF PROGRESSIVE MODEL THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE, THIS IS INDEPENDENT OF PARTY, ACROSS THE STATE, THAT HAVE A MORE REFORM-MINDED APPROACH, REFORM-MINDED OR PROGRESSIVE MENTALITY, CAREFUL TO SAY I'M NOT USING THE TERM PROGRESSIVE IN THE POLITICAL SENSE, BUT IN THE SENSE OF A NEW APPROACH REVIEWING OR REVISITING WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF PROSECUTION ARE.

CERTAINLY THERE ARE SOME IN THE STATE, SPECTRUM FROM TRADITIONAL TO MORE PROGRESSIVE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS VERY MUCH, LANNY GLINBERG.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HAVING ANY MARK OF A CRIMINAL RECORD CAN MEAN LOSING JOB AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES DURING A BACKGROUND CHECK.

IN MANY CASES, PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE THE RECORDS CLEARED DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO NAVIGATE THE PROCESS OR DON'T KNOW THEY CAN CLEAR THEM UNTIL NOW.

A NEW FREE ONLINE TOOL ALLOWS PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN TO SEE WHAT RECORDS MAY BE FOLLOWING THEM, AND IF THEY QUALIFY FOR REMOVAL.

MARISA WOJCIK SPOKE WITH MARSHA MANSFIELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL INTERVENTIONS FOR TRANSFORMING WISCONSIN ABOUT THE PROCESS.

>> THE TOOL THAT WE ROLLED OUT YESTERDAY SPECIFICALLY IS DIRECTED TOWARDS HELPING PEOPLE CLEAR CRIMINAL RECORDS.

AND CRIMINAL RECORDS INCLUDE RECORDS OF CONVICTIONS BUT THEY ALSO INCLUDE RECORDS OF ARRESTS AND OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED FOR THINGS FOR WHICH THEY ARE NOT CHARGED OR THEY ARE CHARGED FOR AN EVENT THAT DOESN'T RESULT IN A CONVICTION BUT THOSE ARRESTS AND THOSE CHARGES CAN SHOW UP ON PEOPLE'S CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORTS AND THOSE CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORTS ARE WHAT LANDLORDS AND EMPLOYERS USE WHEN THEY MAKE BACKGROUND CHECKS.

>> ARE THOSE PROMPTS TO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE NOT ENOUGH FOR POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS OR LANDLORDS TO DETER THEM FROM NOT DISCRIMINATING AGAINST SOMEONE FOR THEIR PAST?

>> YOU ARE RIGHT, MARISA, THERE ARE LAWS IN WISCONSIN THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DISCRIMINATING BASED ON THINGS SUCH AS ARREST OR CONVICTION RECORDS.

BUT WE AS PEOPLE HAVE AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE WHEN WE SEE THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DISCRIMINATE, IF YOU HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO YOU RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND OR THERE'S NOTHING ON CCAP AND RUN A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK ON SOMEONE ELSE THAT DOES HAVE A HISTORY, EVEN IF IT'S A HISTORY OF A CASE WHERE CHARGES WERE MADE BUT THERE WERE NO CONVICTIONS, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DISCRIMINATE BASED ON THOSE TWO FINDINGS, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT THINK HMM, WHO MIGHT BE A BETTER TENANT OR WHO MIGHT BE A BETTER EMPLOYEE, AND YOUR GUT TELLS YOU TO PICK SOMEONE EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT CONSCIOUSLY BE AWARE YOU ARE DISCRIMINATING AS A RESULT.

>> IT'S FREE FOR PEOPLE TO USE.

WITHOUT IT, WHAT ARE THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THESE COMPOUNDING BARRIERS AS SOMEONE HAS THESE RECORDS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW NEED TO BE CLEARED OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO CLEAR, AND ON THE FLIP SIDE, WHAT BENEFIT DOES IT HAVE TO SOCIETY TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE THOSE RECORDS CLEARED AND HAVE SOME OF THESE BARRIERS REMOVED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR BETTER EMPLOYMENT, BETTER HOUSING.

>> THERE WAS A VERY LARGE RESEARCH PROJECT UNDERTAKEN IN MICHIGAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO OF CASES WHERE EXPUNGEMENTES WERE ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS, BOTH IN JOBS AND IN WAGES.

THOSE JOBS AND WAGES TRICKLE DOWN TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND THEY SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY.

>> IN THIS TIME WHEN WE HAVE SEEN A LARGE RECKONING IN HOW DIFFERENT RACES INTERACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WITH POLICE, ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR MORE IMPACTED BY THESE RECORDS BEING AROUND AND IMPACTING EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING AND COULD THIS ALSO BE A STEP TOWARDS GREATER EQUITY IN THAT AREA?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS TOTALLY A RACIAL EQUITY TOOL.

I MEAN, IT'S WELL-DOCUMENTED THAT POLICING IMPACTS PEOPLE OF COLOR MUCH MORE THAN WHITE PEOPLE.

AND THAT MEANS WHEN THEY ARE ARRESTED THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE LONGER ARREST RECORDS, AND SO, AND THAT'S GOING TO FURTHER HAMPER THEIR ABILITY TO OBTAIN BETTER JOBS, HOUSING, AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY HAS AN IMPACT ON ADDRESSING RACIAL INEQUITIES IN OUR SYSTEM.

>> YOU CAN VIEW MARISA'S COMPLETE INTERVIEW WITH MARSHA MANSFIELD BY GOING TO PBSWISCONSIN.ORG AND CLEKICKING ON THE NEWS PAGE.

AND REPUBLICANS TOOK LESS THAN A MINUTE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE SPECIAL SESSION ON MEDICAID EXPANSION.

EVERS WOULD HAVE ADDED TO THE LIST OF 38 OTHER STATES FOR MEDICAID AS PART OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

$1 BILLION FOR FUNDS.

THEY CLAIM WISCONSINITES HAVE GOOD OPTIONS NOW.

AND ROBIN VOS PLANS TO HIRE THREE RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

INVESTIGATORS WOULD SERVE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CAMPAIGN'S AND ELECTION'S COMMITTEE.

OFFICIALS HAVE STATED CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTIONS PROCESS AND RESULTS.

>>> THIS WEEK MARKED THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER.

AS WE MARK THE ANNIVERSARY AND SEE WORK TOWARDS POLICE REFORM AT THE NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS, WE SPOKE WITH MILWAUKEE COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAVID CROWLEY WHO SAID IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER "THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT CAN RECTIFY THIS INJUSTICE," ONLY "ACTION," HE SAID, "CAN COME OF THIS."

HE SAT DOWN WITH MURV SEYMOUR, TO ASK HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMMEMORATING THE ANNIVERSARY.

>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REALLY TAKEN TO THE STREETS WANTING TO LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD BUT TO CALL FOR INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP OUT THIS COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST MANY YEARS, GENERATIONS, IT HAS BEEN AN UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES FROM GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS.

SO FOR US, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO COMBAT RACISM AND START HERE IN NORTH COUNTY AND I WOULD SAY ALSO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SAY RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, THE FIRST IN THE NATION, AND WE HAVE SEEN 180 COMMUNITIES FOLLOW SUIT.

SO WE KNOW WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH AND KNOW WE HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US.

>> I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A YEAR AGO YOU SAW RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND YOU WANTED TO SEE SOME CHANGE COME.

HAS THERE BEEN ENOUGH CHANGE IN YOUR VIEW IN THE LAST YEAR?

>> I WOULD SAY IT'S NEVER ENOUGH WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENDURING IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC WITH COVID-19 AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE SEE A LOT OF CHANGE HERE IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

NOT ONLY SAID RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS BUT FOCUSSING ON THE FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN IN 20 YEARS, AND ONE INTENTIONAL INCLUSION, MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE, THE DECISION MAKERS LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO BRIDGE THE GAP AT BOTH RACE AND HEALTH DISPARITIES, MAKING SURE WE CAN BREAK DOWN SILOS, BUT ALSO HAVE TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, AND THAT'S INVESTING IN EQUITY, MAKING SURE PEOPLE FEEL HEARD AND FEEL THEY ARE BEING VALUED.

FOR US, WE ARE CONSTANTLY TAKING BABY STEPS TO COMBAT THE FORCES.

ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS RIGHT AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS WORK, IT'S NOT FOR THE LIGHT HEARTED, THIS IS HARD WORK, A HUGE TOLL ON US AND SELF-CARE IS DEFINITELY NEEDED BUT WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN, A DEMOCRAT, UNION MEMBER OR BUSINESS OWNER, WE NEED YOU AT THE TABLE TO SOLVE THE ISSUES THE COMMUNITY FACES.

>> NEW POLL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDICATES MOST BLACKS THINK RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS, FAR LESS PERCENTAGE OF WHITES FEEL THE SAME WAY.

WHY DO YOU THINK WE SEE THE DISPARITIES OF OPINION BETWEEN THE RACES?

>> I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT HAVING THAT CULTURAL CONVERSATION.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMEBODY IS EXPERIENCING UNTIL YOU HAVE THAT DEEP CONVERSATION AND SOMETIMES IT COULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE.

AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS ONE, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN EXPERIENCES THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO CALL IT OUT.

BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY WHEN YOU HAVE TWO FORCES COMING TOGETHER WITH OPPOSING VIEWS TO MAKE THE CHANGE THAT'S NEEDED.

BUT IT'S ABOUT BECOMING UNCOMFORTABLE BECOMING COMFORTABLE, AND WE CANNOT ALLOW TO CONTINUE ZIP CODES AND WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE IN YOUR LIFE.

>> ZIP CODES, DO YOU THINK IT RESONATES IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN WISCONSIN?

>> POVERTY, ISSUES OF EDUCATION, JOBS, SHARED BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ALIKE.

AND SO A LOT OF THE TIMES IF YOU ASK ME, THE ISSUE IS, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT IN EACH OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, AND SO WE JUST NEED TO AGAIN STEP OUTSIDE OUR COMFORT ZONE AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT OTHER FOLKS ARE GOING THROUGH, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR ISM, RACISM, BEEN HERE HUNDREDS OF YEARS, I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS OVERNIGHT OR WITHIN A YEAR.

BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY STRIVE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US TO COMBAT ALL THE FORCES AND ELIMINATE RACISM AS AN ISSUE HERE IN AMERICA AND THE COUNTRY AND WORLD.

>> FOR YOU AS A BLACK MAN IN WISCONSIN, THE LARGEST POPULATED CITY, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE IN THE PAST YEAR?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE SEEN DURING THE PANDEMIC IT DISPORTIONATELY AFFECTED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

WE STARTED A HEALTHY HOMES PROGRAM NOT LONG AGO TO HELP THOSE ARE HOMEBOUND AND CANNOT LEAVE, TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE VACCINATED.

GAVE OUT $11 MILLION, RECIPIENT WOMEN AND MINORITY-OWNED AND VETERANS.

EVEN WITH THE ZIP CODE PROGRAM, HOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINES WAS NOT FAIR OR NOT HE CANEQUITABLE, SO WE STARTED THE ZIP CODE PROBLEM.

WE ARE LEARNING WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US COMING.

>> TIME FOR ONE QUICK ONE.

DOES THE ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH BE THE PERMANENT TIME MARKER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, QUICKLY?

>> I THINK IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS BLACK PEOPLE, WOMEN AND MEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO HAVE ALL DIED.

WE LOOK AT GEORGE FLOYD AND JUSTICE TO CHAUVIN FOUND GUILTY BUT I THINK AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE KILLINGS ARE STILL GOING ON, BRUTALITY IS STILL HAPPENING, AND SO WE HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE WE BUILD A BIG ENOUGH TABLE SO EVERYONE CAN SIT AROUND.

>> DAVID CROWLEY, MILWAUKEE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.

>> THANK FOR HAVING ME.

>> MURV SEYMOUR SPOKE WITH MILWAUKEE COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAVID CROWLEY EARLIER.

THIS COMING TUESDAY LOOK FOR PBS WISCONSIN AND WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO WISCONTEXT COLLABORATIVE REPORTING OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS IN WISCONSIN.

AND ALSO ON TUESDAY MORNING IDEAS NETWORK AT 7:30, HEAR FROM THE REPORTERS INVOLVED IN THE WORK.

THAT'S ON THE MORNING SHOW ON THE IDEAS NETWORK.

AND THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.

I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

>> FUNDING FOR "HERE & NOW," PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.