%>>
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
ORDERED
%FLAGS TO
BE
FLOWN
AT
HALF
STAFF
%IN
HONOR
OF
THE
SHOOTINGS
%VICTIMS
IN
MILWAUKEE.
%SIX
PEOPLE,
INCLUDING
THE
%GUNMAN,
51-YEAR-OLD
ANTHONY
%
FERRILL, DIED
IN
THE
RAMPAGE.
%THE
CEO
OF MOLSON
COORS
%DESCRIBED THE
FIVE
VICTIMS
AS
%OPERATORS,
MACHINISTS AND
%ELECTRICIANS.
%THE
SHOOTER
WAS A
CURRENT
%EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY.
%THE
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF%JUSTICE I
S
ASSISTING
MILWAUKEE
%AUTHORITIES FROM
.
%WE
ARE
JOINED
NOW
B
Y
ATTORNEY
%GENERAL JOSH KAUL
AND
THANKS
%VERY MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.
%>>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
%>>
FIRST, WHAT
I
S
YOUR
RESPONSE
%AND REACTION TO
THE
SHOOTING IN
%MILWAUKEE?%>>
WELL,
T
HESE
MASS
SHOOTINGS
%THAT
W
E
KEEP
SEEING OVE
R
AND
%OVER
AGAIN,
THEY'RE
ALL
AWFUL
%AND TRAGIC.
%BUT
IT'S
PARTICULARLY
BEGUN
%WRENCH
ING
WHEN
ANOTHER
SHOOTING%HAS
HAPPENED IN
WISCONSIN.
%OUR DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE HAS
%BEEN INVOLVED IN
THE
RESPONSE
TO
%THIS
SHOOTING.
%OUR DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL
%
INVESTIGATION
RESPONDED
SHORTLY%AFTER THE
SHOOTING AND
OUR
%OFFICE O
F
CRIME
VICTIM
SERVICES
%IS GOING TO
BE
ABLE
TO
ASSIST
%THOSE
IMPACTED.
%MY HEART
GOES
OUT
T
O
EMPLOYEES
%AT
MOLSON
COORS
AND
EVERYBODY
%IMPACTED BY
THIS.
%>>
WHAT CAN
YOU
TELL
US
ABOUT
%THE
ONGOING
INVESTIGATION INTO
%SUCH THINGS
AS
MOTIVE
OR
WHERE
%THE GUN
C
AME
FROM
O
R
WHETHER%THERE
WERE
ANY
RED
FLAGS
ABOUT
%THE
GUNMAN?
%
>>
AS
YOU
SAID,
THE
%INVESTIGATION IS
ONGOING,
BUT
%THERE ARE A
LOT
OF LAW
%ENFORCEMENT
PERSONNEL WHO
%
RESPONDED TO
THE
SCENE
AND WHO
%ARE INVOLVED
I
N
THE
RESPONSE TO
%THIS,
INCLUDING
INVESTIGATING
%SOME OF THE ISSUES
THA
T
YOU
JUS
T
%TALKED ABOUT.
%AS
WE
LEARN
MORE,
WE'RE
GOING
TO
%MAKE
THAT
INFORMATION AVAILABLE%TO THE PUBLI
C
SO
THAT
PEOPLE
%KNOW
AS
MUCH
AS
THEY
CAN
ABOUT
%WHAT
LED
TO
THI
S
TRAGIC
%INCIDENT.%>>
O
N
OTHER
MATTERS,
YOUR
%JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT
HAS
JUS
T
%SIGNED ON
TO AN AGREEMENT
WITH
%THE
LARGEST
AGAIN
NER
AGAIN
NER
AGAIN
NER
RICK
%OPIOID MANUFACTURER IN
%WISCONSIN.%>> WE
WANT
TO
HOLD
THOSE
%RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE.
%THAT
INCLUDES DRUG
COMPANIES
%THAT
ENGAGED
IN
FALSE
MARKETING
%PRACTICES.
%THIS AGREEMENT IS
GOING TO BE
%PART OF THAT
EFFORT.
%IT'S GOING
TO
MEAN
THAT MORE
%RESOURCES ARE
COMING
TO
THE
%STATE OF WISCONSIN AND
I'M
GOING
%TO DO
WHAT
I
CAN
TO
MAKE
SUR
E
%THAT
THOSE
RESOURCES
GO
WHERE%THEY
SHOULD,
WHICH
IS
TO
HELP
%FIGHT
THE
OPIOID
EPIDEMIC WITH
%SUPPORT
FOR
TREATMENT,
%PREVENTION
AND
ENFORCEMENT%EFFORTS.%>>
ANY
UNDERSTANDING YET
AS
T
MUCH OF THE
SETTLEMENT UNDER
%THE
AGREEMENT
WOULD
COME
TO
%WISCONSIN?
%>>
W
E
DON'T
HAVE
SPECIFICS
YET
.
%THE
TOTAL
VALUE OF
THE
AGREEMENT
%IS
ESTIMATED TO
BE
ABOUT
$1.6
%BILLION NATIONWIDE.
%SO
THERE WILL BE
MILLIONS
OF
%
DOLLARS COMING
TO
WISCONSIN AS A%RESULT OF THAT A
GREEMENT.
%IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOT
E
THAT
%THAT'S
ONE OF
THE
COMPANIES THAT%WAS
INVOLVED
I
N
OPIOID
%MANUFACTURE, BUT THERE
ARE
OTHER
%COMPANIES THAT WERE
INVOLVED AND
%
DISTRIBUTORS THAT
WERE
INVOLVED
%AND
IN
M
Y
VIEW
I
N
CONTRIBUTING%TO
THIS
EPIDEMIC.
%SO THIS IS ONE
PART
OF
HOLDING
%THEM
ACCOUNTABLE.%>> ONE
WITH
ONE
OF
THOSE MIGHT
BE
PURDUE
%PHARMA,
THE MANUFACTURER
OF
%OXYCONTIN.%>>
LAST
YEA
R
WE
FILED
S
UIT
%AGAINST TWO
COMPANIES AS WELL
AS
%THE
PRESIDENT
AND
CO-CHAIR OF
%THE
BOARD.
%PURDUE
PHARMA
HAS
DECLARED
%BANKRUPTCY.
%SOME
STATES
ENTERED
INTO A
%PROPOSED
SETTLEMENT.
%WISCONSIN DID
NOT
JOIN
THAT
%PROPOSED
SETTLEMENT.
%I DON'T
THINK
IT
GOES
FAR
ENOUGH
%TO
HOLD
MEMBERS OF
THE
FAMILY
%ACCOUNTABLE.%WE ARE
TRYING
T
O
MAXIMIZE
THE
%RECOVERY FOR
THE STATE OF%
WISCONSIN SO
THAT WE
CAN
GET
%RESOURCES TO
COMMUNITIES
TO
HELP
%THEM FIGHT
THIS
EPIDEMIC.%>>
YOU'VE
ALSO
JOINED A
%MULTISTATE INVESTIGATION
OF
JUUL
%LABS,
WHICH
MAKES
E-CIGARETTES%FOR
VAPING.
%WHAT
EXACTLY
I
S
BEING
%INVESTIGATED?%>>
WE'VE
SEEN A D
RAMATIC%INCREASE IN
THE
LAST
FEW
YEARS
%IN
e-CIGARETTE
USE
AMONG
YOUNG
%PEOPLE.
%I THINK
IF
YOU
TALK
MOST
%PARENTS
OF
KIDS WHO ARE
IN
HIGH
%SCHOOL AND
EVE
N
SOME
MIDDLE
%SCHOOL
STUDENTS,
CERTAINLY
%TEACHERS AT
HIGH
SCHOOLS
AND
%MIDDLE
SCHOOLS, YOU'LL
HEAR
%ABOUT
JUST
HOW
WIDESPREAD
THIS
%HAS BECOME.
%THAT'S A REAL DANGER
FOR
THE
%HEALTH OF
KIDS HERE IN
WISCONSIN
%AND ACROSS
THE
COUNTRY.
%WHAT
WE'RE
GOING TO
BE
DOING
IS
%LOOKING
IN TO
SEE
WHETHER THERE%WERE
ANY
FALSE
OR
DECEPTIVE
%MARKETING
OR
SALES
PRACTICES,
%ALSO TO
SEE
WHETHER THERE WAS
%TARGETING OF
YOUNG
PEOPLE
%THROUGH THE
ADVERTISING THAT
%JUUL WAS DOING.
%IF
WE
DO
FIND
THAT THAT
SORT
OF
%IMPROPER
MARKETING
AND
SALES
%PROCESS WAS
GOING
ON,
WE'RE
%GOING
TO
TAKE
STEPS
TO
HOLD
THEM
%ACCOUNTABLE.%>>
LASTLY
AND
BRIEFLY, WITH
%ABOUT A MINUTE
LEFT, WHAT IS
%YOUR RESPONSE
TO
THE
STATE
%LEGISLATURE NOT
PASSING
THE%
SEXUAL
ASSAULT
BACKLOG
BILL?
%
>> IT
WAS
DISAPPOINTING TO SEE
%HOW THE
LEGISLATURE
RESPONDED TO
%THAT.
%YEARS
AGO
,
WISCONSIN
IDENTIFIED
%
THOUSANDS
O
F
UNTESTED SEXUAL
%ASSAULT KITS.
%WHAT
THAT
BACK
LOCK HAS
BACKLOG
HAS
MEANT
IS
%JUSTICE WAS
DELAYED
AND
P
EOPLE
%WHO
COMMITTED A
DANGEROUS
%OFFENSE
REMAINED ON
THE
S
TREETS
%LONGER
THAN THEY
SHOULD
HAVE.
%WE ANNOUNCE
ED A
CONVICTION
OF
%SOMEBODY WHO THERE
WAS A
KIT
%COLLECTED IN HIS
CASE
ABOUT
20
%YEARS AGO
AND
HE
WENT
ON
TO
%COMMIT
TWO
MORE
ASSAULTS
BECAUSE
%THAT
KIT
WASN'T
TESTED.
%WE NEED
T
O
MAKE
SURES
THERE'S
%NEVER
ANOTHER BACKLOG
OF
KITS
IN
%WISCONSIN AGAIN.
%WE
HAD
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
IN
THE
%SENATE.
%BUT
UNFORTUNATELY
POLITICS GOT
%IN THE
WAY
OF
IT
GETTING
PASSE
D
%IN THE
ASSEMBLY.
%I'M GOING
TO
KEEP
FIGHTING T
O
%GET THAT
PASSED.%
>> JOSH
KAUL,
THANKS VERY
M