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Madison’s police oversight agency is reduced to rubble in Phil Hands’ cartoon

PHIL HANDS
Apr 22, 2026
Apr 22, 2026 Updated 6 hrs ago

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Follow along as Wisconsin State Journal cartoonist Phil Hands draws a cartoon about Madison’s troubled police oversight agency.

Hands on Wisconsin archive

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