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Madison police chief guilty of misconduct, no discipline

By: Associated Press//March 14, 2017//

Madison police chief guilty of misconduct, no discipline

By: Associated Press//March 14, 2017//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison Police Chief Mike Koval has been found guilty of misconduct after he called the grandmother of a black teenager shot and killed by police a “raging lunatic.”

But the city’s Board of Police and Firefighters determined Tuesday that Koval does not warrant being suspended, demoted or fired. Those are the only options available to the board.

Koval has apologized publicly for the June 7 incident outside of a Madison City Council meeting. It was there that Koval encountered Sharon Irwin, the grandmother of 19-year-old Tony Robinson who was killed by a Madison police officer in 2015.

Irwin tried to talk with Koval in the hallway and another person suggested she make an appointment with him. Koval responded he would not do that and that she was a “raging lunatic.”

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