Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson held a press conference on downtown violence on Aug. 8, but it was filled with ridiculous moments – and a lot of vagueness and blame-shifting.

Johnson called the press conference the day after a group of lawmakers sent him a letter demanding action on Water Street violence and the languishing Milwaukee Police contract; officers have gone without a pay raise for 2.5 years. That letter came after a spate of shootings, homicides, and other violent incidents downtown.

Here are the goofiest moments in no particular order.

No mention of the stalled police contract

You’d think there was no stalled police contract at all, based solely on Johnson’s press conference. If a Martian came to earth and watched the news conference, the Martian would say, “What? There

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