Retired Juneau County judge John Roemer killed in targeted attack remembered as devoted jurist, chur

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The retired Juneau County judge who was killed Friday in what authorities called an attack related to the judicial system "cared deeply" about doing his job well, was fair to all and treated everyone in his courtroom with respect, community members said.

John Roemer, 68, was a “brilliant legal scholar who devoted an incredible amount of time to doing the right thing,” said Scott Southworth, who was Juneau County district attorney from 2005 to 2013.

“I learned a great deal from him,” he said.

A 56-year-old man reportedly shot him in his home "based on some sort of court case or court cases," Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said at a news conference Friday. The "targeted act" included other planned victims, Kaul said, although the attorney general did not identify them.

https://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/story/news/2022/06/04/john-roemer-retired-judge-juneau-county-killed-attack-new-lisbon-remembered-devotion/7506051001/

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McConnell, 2 governors said to be in Wisconsin gunman's hit list

Reuters) -The names of U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers appeared on a hit list kept by a man accused of fatally shooting a retired Wisconsin judge, authorities and local media said on Saturday.



"Yesterday our office was notified by law enforcement officials that Governor Whitmer's name appeared on the Wisconsin gunman's list," a spokesman for Whitmer told Reuters.

"While the news reports are deeply troubling, we will not comment further on an ongoing criminal investigation," he added.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice said retired judge John Roemer, 68, was found dead on Friday in his home after the local sheriff's office received a call about "an armed person and two shots fired in a Township of New Lisbon residence."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mcconnell-2-governors-said-to-be-in-wisconsin-gunman-s-hit-list/ar-AAY5js6?ocid=uxbndlbing

[libertybele]

What is happening in our society is very troubling.  People are becoming unraveled.

[mountaineer]

What is happening in our society is very troubling.  People are becoming unraveled.

Mental instability, evil, or both.