NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RACINE RAVE PROSECUTION, which I wrote about earlier here, here, and here.

The first scheduled day of hearings in the mass arrests led to so many not-guilty pleas that the city may have to hire an outside prosecutor to handle the volume. Prosecutors appear to be running scared, as they offered to drop the original charges in exchange for a token $100 payment if people would plead guilty.

They should be scared. This is an outrage — much like the Houston mass arrest that has produced perjury charges and lawsuits there — and if there’s any justice Racine will in deep financial trouble as a result.