Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee and two other men discussed killing a man and settled on a "beat down," District Attorney John Chisholm said in court today.Well, if that's all it was, why I'm sure it's perfectly acceptable for an elected official to plan misdemeanor battery.
McGee's attorney, Glen Givens, said prosecutors are confused about street language and at worst the trio were guilty of planning a battery, which is a misdemeanor.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Glad they cleared that up
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Michael McGee Jr's threat to kill someone might just be a simple misunderstanding of the urban dialect: