The framework for this blog has been in the making for awhile. In the coming days, you'll get to see more about what the Playground is all about. But there's real potential for these photographic gems that have been donated to me by a kind source, so I want to get these out there. Hey, everyone needs to start their blog with a splash, right?
Below, you'll find pictures of certain media-hungry Wisconsin politicians posing for holy pictures with Steven Avery. As many of you know, Avery was released from prison in September 2003 after DNA testing brought into question the validity of his conviction on charges of sexual assault in December 1985.
On Thursday, Teresa Halbach - or what was left of her - was found on property owned by Avery's family. Blood was found on the property and in Ms. Halbach's vehicle, the keys to which were found in the bedroom of Avery's home on the property. Today, Avery was charged with Halbach's murder.
While politics is filled with unintentional humor, there is nothing funny about Ms. Halbach's death. Her needless and unnecesary passing is tragic and a shameful waste of human life.
A message to Messrs. Gundrum, Doyle, Bies and Zien. Oops. Maybe those holy pictures aren't so holy after all.
I think the pictures below will look absolutely stunning on the campaign materials distributed by your opponents. It's not everyday someone can actually circulate a photo of a legislator (or governor) voluntarily posing with a man who may have committed one of the grisliest crimes this state has seen in recent history. I hope my little corner of the web can help your opponents to get the content they need to run effective compare/contrast ads. After all, as incumbents you all have staff who devote a lot of taxpayer-funded time to making you look good. It's only fair that someone throws your opponents an occasional bone.
You were proud to stand by Avery just months ago when creating legislation to reform Wisconsin's criminal justice system. Surely you made an assessment of this man's character before agreeing to stand next to him and talk about how the system wronged him. Surely you thought that he was telling you the truth when he told you that he didn't rape that woman. Avery has been a fine, upstanding, law-abiding citizen for his entire life. Oh, wait...
March 1981: Avery is convicted on two felony burglary charges.
September 1982: Avery is charged with cruelty to animals for setting a cat on fire. Yeah, you read that right. He set a cat on fire.
January 1985: Avery forces the wife of a Manitowoc County police officer off the road and points a rifle at her. Sentenced to six years in prison for endangering safety and possessing a firearm after a felony conviction.
September 2004: Avery is charged with disorderly conduct.
November 9, 2005: Gasp! The felon is possessing firearms again.
November 11, 2005: Charged with the murder of Teresa Halbach.
Avery has been out of prison hardly more than two years, and now is on the precipice of being convicted of one of the most horrific and brutal slayings that Wisconsin has ever seen. If you won't stand by him now, well, that says one of two things:
Below, you'll find pictures of certain media-hungry Wisconsin politicians posing for holy pictures with Steven Avery. As many of you know, Avery was released from prison in September 2003 after DNA testing brought into question the validity of his conviction on charges of sexual assault in December 1985.
On Thursday, Teresa Halbach - or what was left of her - was found on property owned by Avery's family. Blood was found on the property and in Ms. Halbach's vehicle, the keys to which were found in the bedroom of Avery's home on the property. Today, Avery was charged with Halbach's murder.
While politics is filled with unintentional humor, there is nothing funny about Ms. Halbach's death. Her needless and unnecesary passing is tragic and a shameful waste of human life.
A message to Messrs. Gundrum, Doyle, Bies and Zien. Oops. Maybe those holy pictures aren't so holy after all.
I think the pictures below will look absolutely stunning on the campaign materials distributed by your opponents. It's not everyday someone can actually circulate a photo of a legislator (or governor) voluntarily posing with a man who may have committed one of the grisliest crimes this state has seen in recent history. I hope my little corner of the web can help your opponents to get the content they need to run effective compare/contrast ads. After all, as incumbents you all have staff who devote a lot of taxpayer-funded time to making you look good. It's only fair that someone throws your opponents an occasional bone.
You were proud to stand by Avery just months ago when creating legislation to reform Wisconsin's criminal justice system. Surely you made an assessment of this man's character before agreeing to stand next to him and talk about how the system wronged him. Surely you thought that he was telling you the truth when he told you that he didn't rape that woman. Avery has been a fine, upstanding, law-abiding citizen for his entire life. Oh, wait...
March 1981: Avery is convicted on two felony burglary charges.
September 1982: Avery is charged with cruelty to animals for setting a cat on fire. Yeah, you read that right. He set a cat on fire.
January 1985: Avery forces the wife of a Manitowoc County police officer off the road and points a rifle at her. Sentenced to six years in prison for endangering safety and possessing a firearm after a felony conviction.
September 2004: Avery is charged with disorderly conduct.
November 9, 2005: Gasp! The felon is possessing firearms again.
November 11, 2005: Charged with the murder of Teresa Halbach.
Avery has been out of prison hardly more than two years, and now is on the precipice of being convicted of one of the most horrific and brutal slayings that Wisconsin has ever seen. If you won't stand by him now, well, that says one of two things:
- You are horrible judges of character, and surely anyone who misjudges a person that badly cannot be entrusted to do the will of the people or to hold a leadership position in the State Legislature.
- You are shameless media whores who never really cared about Steven Avery and simply used him as a visual aid to get yourselves on television, on the radio, and in the paper.
8 comments:
Are you afraid to reveal who sent you the photos?
Otherwise this can simply be chalked up as simply more astroturf.
Don't forget to call out the media and the "Innocence Project" in the roll call of shame on this Avery mess.
They both chased the spotlight and jumped on the Avery bandwagon.
Four people want to be Wisconsin's Attorney General. Each one of them will now need to take a position on this matter.
As a Madison resident, I fully expect Kathleen Falk's first thought will be that she would not permit trash fires because it's bad for the environment. She is, however, not a stupid politician and will momentarily fight down her desire to protect the enviroment from humans. I suspect she will say something to the effect that her early release program would not have included Avery.
Kudos Playground Supervisor. As a member of law enforcement, it seems like everyone is out to get us, instead of out to get the real criminals. This Avery mess is a prime example. How he was even let out of prision to begin with just baffles me consdiering his past.
Let's hope they don't find any technicalities this time around.
Coward
Since when is DNA evidence that exonerates someone a "technicality"? If he did this let's hope he gets his due, but people get wrongly convicted all the time...should no one help them? Just leave them in prison in case they might do something wrong? Last I checked our Constitution protected against wrongful imprisonment.
Certainly this looks to be a black eye for the Innoscence Project. But my major complaint on this is (assuming my and my friends' memories are correct) there was not a thing mentioned of his past convictions & acts in any of the media pieces when he was released. What made them think they had a right to self-censor themselves or withhold information from the public on his legitimate convictions?
The Innocence Project made Avery, not the other way around. What they did was honorable an noble and IF Avery murdered Halbach as a jury will decide, then it shouldn't reflect on IP in any way.
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