Bice: Milwaukee County candidate with anti-police Facebook posts was charged for run-in with cops

Sparkle Ashley — the Milwaukee County candidate with the catchy name and the ugly Facebook posts — hasn't reserved her attacks on Milwaukee cops to social media. 

Ashley once blasted a couple of Milwaukee's finest with a host of expletives after a heated traffic stop. Police said they were trying to interview her about the marijuana smell in the car. 

"You can't (expletive) do this," Ashley is quoted as telling two officers, according to a 2013 police report. "I'm a (expletive) social worker."

When Ashley refused to hand over her phone during the interview, one officer tried to take it from her. "Don't (expletive) touch me," she responded. The police report labeled her "boisterous and profane." 

The situation got so bad, court records say, Ashley was arrested and cited with disorderly conduct and obstructing a police officer. She later pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and was fined, according to documents obtained through an open records request.

The day after her arrest, Ashley went online and trashed "punk (expletive)" officers and the MPD, which she called a "joke" bent on destroying the city. "I have no respect for any of them," she wrote, making no mention of her traffic stop. 

Ashley, 31, did not respond to efforts to reach her about this incident. She is running against Supervisor Deanna Alexander in the April general election. 

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The first-time candidate has come under fire from police union leaders this week for her blistering Facebook criticism of Milwaukee officers in the past. 

In one 2014 post, she wrote, "How about all you dumb (expletive) jump off the highest building in downtown Milwaukee! No one will miss you I promise!" Her hashtag was "f--- the police."

Roy Felber, head of the Retired Deputy Sheriffs' Association, said he found it upsetting that Ashley had posted such harsh comments online but was posing with the Milwaukee County sheriff's memorial for slain deputies in her campaign literature. 

Michael Crivello, president of the Milwaukee Police Association, said, "Ms. Ashley’s own words dictate she is unsuitable for public office." Crivello's union is backing Alexander in the County Board contest. 

A review of Facebook records shows Ashley was hating on local police officers as far back as 5½ years ago. 

On June 4, 2012, Ashley wrote on Facebook that her morning had gotten off to a rough start. 

"I was minding my own business and the police pulled me over for no reason!" the post said. "Ok I'm lying. I was pulled over for rolling down my window and waving my middle finger to all the people who wouldn't let me over!" She ended the post "#roadrage."

In response to a comment on her post, Ashley said the police officer told her that he could have ticketed her for reckless driving for texting while driving. 

"I told him to show me the law," she wrote. "He said he is the law, so I snapped on his (expletive)." This posted ended with the hashtag "f--- the police."

State lawmakers passed a law in 2010 prohibiting drivers from texting. 

"Sparkle Ashley’s disdain for law enforcement was not an isolated incident of victimhood as she had claimed," Alexander said of her opponent. "Her hatred is obvious in these online posts that span across the years."

Ashley has said that two incidents with police officers led her to criticize the MPD on social media. 

In one, she said she was pulled over while driving her husband's new car because the police suspected the car was stolen. She said she was "thrown to the ground and surrounded by a dozen officers, only to be told what I already knew: they made a mistake." She said no one apologized for the incident. 

That has a few vague similarities to her 2013 arrest. 

According to the police report from that incident, someone driving a black Toyota Corolla fled a field interview with cops on the city's northwest side on Aug. 8, 2013. The officers then found the abandoned car on W. Fond du Lac Ave., where Ashley then got in it and started driving.

Police stopped her near her home on N. 51st Blvd. 

Ashley, who was then going by the name Sparkle Douglas, refused to cooperate when police tried to interview her about the strong marijuana smell in the car. The police report says she became "boisterous and profane."

The social worker — whose license is currently expired — refused to put away her cellphone, which she was using to try to call someone. Police said neighbors left their houses to witness the uproar. 

After she wouldn't let them have her phone, the officers tried to arrest her for obstruction, the report says, "Douglas continually stated, 'Get the (expletive) off me' while attempting to pull away. Douglas was finally placed into handcuffs," the police report says.   

In March 2014, Ashley pleaded no contest to the disorderly conduct charge and was fined $185, city records show. Authorities dropped the charge for resisting an officer. 

Contact Daniel Bice at (414) 224-2135 or dbice@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter @DanielBice or on Facebook at fb.me/daniel.bice.