(The Center Square) – The legal questions surrounding Madison’s independent police monitor’s office are not likely to end, even after the city fired the monitor.

Madison’s city council voted to fire interim police monitor Aeiramique Glass.

Her firing was “effective immediately," according to Madison city leaders, and comes after months of questions, in-fighting, a police altercation and a critical report about Glass’ performance as interim police monitor.

The vote to fire her came at the end of a 12-hour city council meeting that saw several advocates speak on her behalf.

Glass, after the vote, framed her firing as a racial issue.

"What you are witnessing is a political lynching. It is so necessary for Black women and people of color to do justice and accountability work, but it is so dangerous. And this is why so many people stay asleep. That’s not an excuse. It’s a reality, and the fear is real. My life and my livelihood are at risk. You have seen me physically, publicly, and politically attacked," Glass wrote on Facebook. "This is what it looks like to be unapologetic, rooted in accountability and justice. This is what it looks like to love people enough to sacrifice what is comfortable and risk it all. This is what racism, white privilege, and white supremacy look like in real time.”

Glass could soon be facing criminal charges from her time as police monitor.

She said that Madison Police have asked for “misdemeanor and felony charges against me” after a scrape with officers in August.

Madison Police were helping dismantle the Corey Ruiz protest zone at the time. After the scrape, Glass said on social media that she would " f—ing burn this city down.”

Glass was hired in December 2025 and was being paid $153,985 a year. She was only supposed to serve for six months. Her primary job was to hire a new, permanent independent police monitor.

Earlier this month, Madison’s city attorney said in a report that Glass had done little to nothing to make that happen.

That same report accused Glass of violating city rules, being openly defiant about city procedures, and even intimidating other city leaders or employees.

Glass’ firing is just the latest issue within Madison’s independent police monitor.

Last year, former monitor Robin Copley abruptly resigned. She said she was stepping away because of PTSD that was made worse by her job as police monitor.

There are also ongoing legal questions around the Office of the Independent Monitor. One of those questions was Glass’ appointment of an attorney for a man shot by Madison Police in 2015. That case is likely not to end with Glass’ firing.

In her Facebook post, Glass did not say what she plans to do next.

“My life is in danger, and this is deeply personal. But this is also all so much bigger than me. It is about everything I represent," she wrote.