It is safe to say that, in most communities in Wisconsin, Halloween is a time of fun and celebration, of ghosts and goblins and scary movies and trick-or-treating. That is how it is in Madison, too. But it has also become something else, something uglier. Madison police took prompt, strong action over the weekend in an attempt to prevent trouble. Unfortunately, they caused some trouble of their own. And efforts to anticipate problems and keep them from happening were not as vigorous as they could have been.
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