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Meet Asher Heimermann, the "Shame of Sheboygan"
Asher Heimermann of Sheboygan, Wisconsin is a provocative photojournalist and wannabe cop (and previously an EMT and firefighter) who dresses like a cop and argues in threads and articles about him. Asher is an Ambulance Chaser because he believes horrifying images of car accidents must be released because they are an important news scoop. A political grifter and scammer, his most known political involvement was trolling the Drunkest Mayor in America Mayor Bob Ryan on Twitter. He has become infamous throughout Wisconsin for posting pictures of victims of motor accidents receiving CPR without permission or protection of the victim's identity. This has caused families to ask him to remove the photos with the only response received being a block on Facebook. He runs a website where he posts his pictures and a few blogs where he posts his reporting. He is also infamous for outright lying on his blogs to make a situation sound worse.
Asher next to a Law Enforcement Training vehicle, because he isn't good enough to get into one.
He routinely DFEs on multiple accounts so its important to remember to archive his content.
A note on his Twitter: His Twitter has been set to private and unfortunately a certain OP decided not to archive a single thing. He has been known to unprotect his account so it may open back up again. Due to how quick Asher is to defend himself he may join the thread. He likes to spend a lot of his time fighting with people over the legalities and importance of what he is doing.
Asher's internet career started at the age of 12 as a wannabe politician and political scam artist. He then got attention for trolling the Drunkest Mayor in America Bob Ryan with a parody twitter account that he refused to take down. After these antics he turned to ambulance chasing and being a general nuisance to stay relevant. He is still active online, and has even spread to other states.
Some people might see his activities as a civilian making sure the EMTs and police do their jobs correctly, but he doesn't really do this. He is not a patriot standing up for our rights. He is instead looking to cause drama and put himself at the center of very sensitive situations.
The Bob Ryan Arc
In the year 2011, 18 year old Asher ran for mayor while trolling the drunken Mayor Bob Ryan: America's Drunkest Mayor
[Here's a 2012 article explaining Bob the drunk mayor (archive)]
Bob Ryan was the notoriously alcoholic mayor of Sheboygan who was famous for his public intoxication, disorderly conduct, harassment of bartenders and servers, and constantly getting in fights. During his 2011 campaign for re-election Asher ran against Bob Ryan for mayor and constantly pestered the alcoholic on Twitter to get a rise out of him.
Asher is supposedly a Democrat but has some beliefs that are more typical of a Republican. His current party of choice is unknown but in this blog from the past he espouses a strong dislike for Republicans.
Asher's KOS blog (archive)
Facebook Watch Group
Asher has his own fan page: Sheboygan Against Asher
There is a really infamous set of pictures of him on crime or accident scenes in cop gear but of course its not real.
The page appears to be publicly inactive for awhile but there might be more there if you join the group.
Various Articles
The Charges
July 2018 - Asher was charged with Reckless driving and Endangering Safety but pleaded down to "impeding traffic by slow speed" and paid a fine of $175.
(**WiCCAP is the online misdemeanor and felony search, to check any Wisconsin misdemeanor or felony, go to www.wicourts.gov/casesearch.html . hit Circuit Courts, agree to their terms of service and then you can type in any first last name. Anything federal does not show up on there. )
Reddit
Just doing a cursory search for Asher on the internet will result in quite a few Reddit posts. Here are a select few.
June 2020 - Reddit: Asher Heimermann the World's Shittiest Journalist (archive)
Just a post making fun of Asher.
Feb 2021 - Reddit: Asher Harasses Underage Girls Online (archive)
Apparently he might also be pestering teenage girls? Creep.
April 18 2021- Asher Heimermann, I know you're on this sub now. (archive)
r/Sheboygan kicked Asher off of the subreddit and due to his infamy he has collected a large amount of haters. Many people also believe Asher is still socking on the sub.
OTHER
A petition (archive)
Some sort of petition for something. I'm honestly not too sure what its for as the description doesn't explain its purpose:
Asher seems like a terrible person. Exploiting a situation as a tragic as a traffic accident in an effort to look like a journalist is horrifying on its own, but also refusing to take down images the families of victims ask him to is just pure heartlessness. His desire to be in the spotlight has led to many people hating him and also to him becoming this very public figure in the Sheboygan area. A lot more work needs to be done, and its important to archive his content since he has been known to delete everything.
Links
Facebook
Twitter account
Instagram
Official Website (archive)
Youtube (archive)
His Company's Website (Facebook)
LinkedIn (archive)
Flickr
Incident Response's Website (archive)
Archive Website (used to archive his photos. You have to contact him to get permission to view them)
Reddit (archive) Likely his but only posted for the span of two months defending Incident Response's actions in third person.
And one Youtube video to give you an idea of what they're like:
Dox:
Asher Heimermann of Sheboygan, Wisconsin is a provocative photojournalist and wannabe cop (and previously an EMT and firefighter) who dresses like a cop and argues in threads and articles about him. Asher is an Ambulance Chaser because he believes horrifying images of car accidents must be released because they are an important news scoop. A political grifter and scammer, his most known political involvement was trolling the Drunkest Mayor in America Mayor Bob Ryan on Twitter. He has become infamous throughout Wisconsin for posting pictures of victims of motor accidents receiving CPR without permission or protection of the victim's identity. This has caused families to ask him to remove the photos with the only response received being a block on Facebook. He runs a website where he posts his pictures and a few blogs where he posts his reporting. He is also infamous for outright lying on his blogs to make a situation sound worse.
Asher next to a Law Enforcement Training vehicle, because he isn't good enough to get into one.
He routinely DFEs on multiple accounts so its important to remember to archive his content.
A note on his Twitter: His Twitter has been set to private and unfortunately a certain OP decided not to archive a single thing. He has been known to unprotect his account so it may open back up again. Due to how quick Asher is to defend himself he may join the thread. He likes to spend a lot of his time fighting with people over the legalities and importance of what he is doing.
Asher's internet career started at the age of 12 as a wannabe politician and political scam artist. He then got attention for trolling the Drunkest Mayor in America Bob Ryan with a parody twitter account that he refused to take down. After these antics he turned to ambulance chasing and being a general nuisance to stay relevant. He is still active online, and has even spread to other states.
Some people might see his activities as a civilian making sure the EMTs and police do their jobs correctly, but he doesn't really do this. He is not a patriot standing up for our rights. He is instead looking to cause drama and put himself at the center of very sensitive situations.
The Bob Ryan Arc
In the year 2011, 18 year old Asher ran for mayor while trolling the drunken Mayor Bob Ryan: America's Drunkest Mayor
[Here's a 2012 article explaining Bob the drunk mayor (archive)]
Bob Ryan was the notoriously alcoholic mayor of Sheboygan who was famous for his public intoxication, disorderly conduct, harassment of bartenders and servers, and constantly getting in fights. During his 2011 campaign for re-election Asher ran against Bob Ryan for mayor and constantly pestered the alcoholic on Twitter to get a rise out of him.
Asher is supposedly a Democrat but has some beliefs that are more typical of a Republican. His current party of choice is unknown but in this blog from the past he espouses a strong dislike for Republicans.
Asher's KOS blog (archive)
This isn't unusual for Wisconsin since it has a rich hunting/fishing/gun history so the lines between Dems and Reps can be kinda blurred. Asher constantly sports Thin Blue Line clothing and symbolism all the time, because he LOVES being mistaken as a cop. He has literally just walked onto crime scenes and people let him/ ignore him because he looks official.
Facebook Watch Group
Asher has his own fan page: Sheboygan Against Asher
Many public posts highlighting some of his antics and pictures of him in all sorts of law enforcement looking garb.
There is a really infamous set of pictures of him on crime or accident scenes in cop gear but of course its not real.
The page appears to be publicly inactive for awhile but there might be more there if you join the group.
Various Articles
May 2008,- Who Is Asher Heimermann?
https://ladydi377.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/who-is-asher-heimermann-special-assignment/ (archive)
An article about 14yo Asher raised 3k for Obama campaign, but there's other articles floating around saying he never donated the money.
Dec 2011- Asher Heimermann, 18-Year-Old, Refuses To Take Down Twitter Profile Poking Fun At Mayor (archive)
Highlights: Just a Huffpo article on young Asher running for Mayor and detailing his trolling of Drunkest Mayor in America Mayor Bob Ryan, and how he won't take down his Drunken Bob Ryan parody twitter account, even under some kind of threat.
Dec 2011-Asher Heimermann, 18-Year-Old, Refuses To Take Down Twitter Profile Poking Fun At Mayor (archive)
Highlights: An article Asher wrote about himself and his antics in trolling Mayor Bob.
June 2012- Asher Heimermann: passionate activist or political scam artist? (archive)
August 2012- Asher Heimermann: passionate activist or political grifter? (archive)
Highlights: After his failed run for mayor, he then ran for Assembly, then quit without giving a reason and kept the money, started a PAC ("AsherPAC") and also may have claimed to raise money for various politicians just to keep the money.
Sept 2013- Will the Real Asher Heimermann Please Stand up? (archive)
Highlights: Written by a user on the Democratic Underground this article highlights Asher's antics and actually goes into a little detail about some of the potentially illegal actions in his political schemes.
Dec 2015- The real truth about Asher Heimermann (archive)
Highlights: Raised money for Obama as a freshman in '08, Asher's just a fundraiser for dead troopers and it's first amendment to take photos of dead/dying people being resuscitated by emergency response workers. Asher wrote this about himself in third person.
2016
Feb 2018 - Sheboygan Police Chief Blames "Irresponsible" Blog For School Shooting Scare
The Shame of Sheboygan (archive)
This article shows how Asher takes photos of crime scenes and immediately posts them online without permission or consent of the victims or their families. One woman attempted to get her relative's photos removed by politely asking him on Facebook only to get completely blocked by Asher. He believes those photos should be allowed to stay up for the sake of transparency.
https://ladydi377.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/who-is-asher-heimermann-special-assignment/ (archive)
An article about 14yo Asher raised 3k for Obama campaign, but there's other articles floating around saying he never donated the money.
Dec 2011- Asher Heimermann, 18-Year-Old, Refuses To Take Down Twitter Profile Poking Fun At Mayor (archive)
Highlights: Just a Huffpo article on young Asher running for Mayor and detailing his trolling of Drunkest Mayor in America Mayor Bob Ryan, and how he won't take down his Drunken Bob Ryan parody twitter account, even under some kind of threat.
Dec 2011-Asher Heimermann, 18-Year-Old, Refuses To Take Down Twitter Profile Poking Fun At Mayor (archive)
Highlights: An article Asher wrote about himself and his antics in trolling Mayor Bob.
June 2012- Asher Heimermann: passionate activist or political scam artist? (archive)
August 2012- Asher Heimermann: passionate activist or political grifter? (archive)
Highlights: After his failed run for mayor, he then ran for Assembly, then quit without giving a reason and kept the money, started a PAC ("AsherPAC") and also may have claimed to raise money for various politicians just to keep the money.
Sept 2013- Will the Real Asher Heimermann Please Stand up? (archive)
Highlights: Written by a user on the Democratic Underground this article highlights Asher's antics and actually goes into a little detail about some of the potentially illegal actions in his political schemes.
Unfortunately none of these allegations are backed up but its safe to say that Asher's political stunts were shady at best and out right illegal at worst.
Dec 2015- The real truth about Asher Heimermann (archive)
Highlights: Raised money for Obama as a freshman in '08, Asher's just a fundraiser for dead troopers and it's first amendment to take photos of dead/dying people being resuscitated by emergency response workers. Asher wrote this about himself in third person.
2016
Sheboygan police plan to encrypt radio traffic (archive)
Asher did not like that the police wanted to make the transmissions private. He wouldn't be able to follow around ambulances if they did.
Feb 2018 - Sheboygan Police Chief Blames "Irresponsible" Blog For School Shooting Scare
Sheboygan, Wis., police chief blames 'irresponsible' blog for school shooting scare (Archive)
Story appeared to have started with a rumor that spread in the cafeteria of Sheboygan South High School about a search for a student with a gun. When police officers wouldn't tell Asher exactly what was going on he assumed the worst and claimed there was a bomb threat at the school.Feb 2018
The Shame of Sheboygan (archive)
This article shows how Asher takes photos of crime scenes and immediately posts them online without permission or consent of the victims or their families. One woman attempted to get her relative's photos removed by politely asking him on Facebook only to get completely blocked by Asher. He believes those photos should be allowed to stay up for the sake of transparency.
The Charges
July 2018 - Asher was charged with Reckless driving and Endangering Safety but pleaded down to "impeding traffic by slow speed" and paid a fine of $175.
(**WiCCAP is the online misdemeanor and felony search, to check any Wisconsin misdemeanor or felony, go to www.wicourts.gov/casesearch.html . hit Circuit Courts, agree to their terms of service and then you can type in any first last name. Anything federal does not show up on there. )
Just doing a cursory search for Asher on the internet will result in quite a few Reddit posts. Here are a select few.
June 2020 - Reddit: Asher Heimermann the World's Shittiest Journalist (archive)
Just a post making fun of Asher.
Feb 2021 - Reddit: Asher Harasses Underage Girls Online (archive)
Apparently he might also be pestering teenage girls? Creep.
April 18 2021- Asher Heimermann, I know you're on this sub now. (archive)
r/Sheboygan kicked Asher off of the subreddit and due to his infamy he has collected a large amount of haters. Many people also believe Asher is still socking on the sub.
OTHER
A petition (archive)
Some sort of petition for something. I'm honestly not too sure what its for as the description doesn't explain its purpose:
Closing thoughts
Asher seems like a terrible person. Exploiting a situation as a tragic as a traffic accident in an effort to look like a journalist is horrifying on its own, but also refusing to take down images the families of victims ask him to is just pure heartlessness. His desire to be in the spotlight has led to many people hating him and also to him becoming this very public figure in the Sheboygan area. A lot more work needs to be done, and its important to archive his content since he has been known to delete everything.
Links
Twitter account
Official Website (archive)
Youtube (archive)
His Company's Website (Facebook)
LinkedIn (archive)
Flickr
Incident Response's Website (archive)
Archive Website (used to archive his photos. You have to contact him to get permission to view them)
Reddit (archive) Likely his but only posted for the span of two months defending Incident Response's actions in third person.
And one Youtube video to give you an idea of what they're like:
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