I'm from Madison, it isn't as dystopian as you make it sound but definitely true about the previous police chief, a genuinely good guy, and then Tony Robinson came around and they so wanted to have a scapegoat. There's always a scapegoat
There were some in Madison, WI last night too, bunch of stickers all over the neighborhood as well, apparently they broke into a school but have to wait until the damage is assessed to see if that's what actually happened...
I'm a student, I lived there until 2 weeks ago lol