Investigative documents released by the Dane County Sheriff's Department on Friday show Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser admitted to putting his hands around Justice Ann Walsh Bradley's neck during a confrontation earlier this year, but said he didn't meant to do it and that it was "a total reflex."Walsh Bradley accused Prosser of putting her in a chokehold during deliberations in June over a legal challenge to Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law.
The Sheriff's Department released the 117 pages of documents to the media on Friday, following a decision announced on Thursday by a Sauk County prosecutor not to file any charges in connection to the incident.
According to a detective's interview with Prosser following the alleged incident, Prosser said Walsh Bradley came after him with her fist in his face after he told Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson that he had "lost confidence in your ability to lead this court." Prosser said as she got near him with her fist in his face, his hands came up slightly.
"It's as simple as that," Prosser told detectives. "Did my hands touch her neck? Yes, I admit that. Did I try to touch her neck? No, absolutely not. It was a total reflex."
Prosser said as it happened, his immediate thought was "Oh my God, I'm touching your neck."
The key here is that Prosser didn't try to touch her neck. He simply has no control over himself. Here are some of the crazy tweets from Jessica Arp and Zac Schultz, two local reporters who were covering a press conference Prosser held today:
