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Updated · Fox News · Jul 24

Protester Seizes Microphone at Madison Briefing on 38-Year-Old Corey Ruiz Shooting

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Jul 24

Protester Seizes Microphone at Madison Briefing on 38-Year-Old Corey Ruiz Shooting

Q: If an independent monitor is denied evidence, who is actually overseeing the police investigation?

If Madison’s independent police monitor is being denied evidence, the investigation is still formally being overseen by the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation, not by the monitor’s office. In Corey Ruiz’s case, the state DCI is conducting the required outside investigation into the police shooting. After DCI finishes, its findings typically go to the Dane County District Attorney, which decides whether criminal charges are warranted. Separately, the Madison Police Department conducts its own internal administrative review of whether officers followed department policy. That means the independent monitor’s lack of access does not stop the official investigation, but it does weaken civilian oversight. Madison’s Office of the Independent Police Monitor is supposed to provide an external accountability check and can recommend charges, yet monitor Aeiramique Glass said police had not shared evidence or even the officer’s identity with her office. So, in practical terms, the case is being overseen by state investigators, then prosecutors, while the police department retains control over its internal review. The gap is that the city’s civilian watchdog cannot fully verify or challenge what those institutions are doing in real time if it is blocked from the evidence. That is why critics say the issue is not whether someone is investigating, but whether the investigation is being independently and transparently scrutinized.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 24

John Patterson let a protester take the microphone during a Thursday Madison police briefing on the fatal shooting of Corey Durell Ruiz, turning the update into a chaotic confrontation.
Police said the 38-year-old homeless man fled on a bicycle, struggled with officers after falling or being pulled off it, pulled a fixed-blade knife and wounded an officer before a veteran officer fired after Taser attempts failed.
Four officers were involved in or witnessed the shooting, all were placed on administrative leave, and authorities said officers tried life-saving measures before Ruiz died at a hospital.
Satya Rhodes-Conway, Sabrina Madison and Gov. Tony Evers all demanded accountability or transparency, with the council president asking why officers in fatal shootings are not taken into custody.
The clash deepened scrutiny of Madison policing, as protesters alleged excessive force and invoked George Floyd while the state investigation moves forward.