Sorry son, but you can't hold a candle to the master!
Posted on 11/05/2004 11:13:28 PM PST by alydar
The 25-year-old son of newly elected congresswoman Gwen Moore was arrested Friday by Milwaukee police and later released in connection with the election day slashing of tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party, according to police records.
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde, also known as Supreme Solar Allah, arrived at the Milwaukee police administration building Friday morning with his attorney, was arrested at 9 a.m. and held in the police holding facility for several hours before being released, according to records.
Omokunde is one of three suspects who had been arrested as of late Friday.
Opel E. Simmons III, 33, a veteran Democratic Party activist from Virginia, was arrested Tuesday and released Thursday without being charged. A 24-year-old man was arrested Friday afternoon in the same case, a police source said.
Investigators want to talk to Michael Pratt, son of former acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, who led Sen. John Kerry's Milwaukee campaign, but have not summoned him yet, police sources said. Michael Pratt could not be reached for comment.
David Feiss, the Milwaukee County assistant district attorney who is handling the case, said he had not received any reports yet and the investigation is continuing.
"There are a number of individuals, local and not local, who we are attempting to contact," Feiss said.
He said several of the suspects have hired attorneys. After talking to suspects, police will release them, he said. If there are charges, Feiss said, their attorneys will be contacted to arrange for them to come to court.
Omokunde, who lives with Moore, a Democrat elected to Congress on Tuesday, was not available for comment, according to a man who answered the phone at Moore's home.
Omokunde's attorney, Robin Shellow, said he was booked by police and released, but declined to comment further.
Shellow said she called police to arrange for Omokunde to come in.
"If the police are looking for one's client, you pick up the phone and say (to police), 'What would you like us to do, and how could we make your job easier?' . . . That's the way responsible families handle it."
On Tuesday morning, 27 tires on 20 cars and vans rented by the Republican Party to carry voters to the polls were slashed. The vehicles were parked in the 7100 block of W. Capitol Drive.
Are you packed yet?
Cream City Mentors Embrace Community Youth
by Mary Wood Ohiku
The outside looks like any other house, but to Riverwest youth, The Street Academy of Cream City Mentors Incorporated is home. Located at 2438 N. Bremen Street, the Cream City Mentors is run by Supreme Solar Allah, 23; Self Wise Allah, 24; Universal Knowledge Allah, 25; and Charles Dennis, 50.
“Our program is based on a sincere love for seeing people succeed and overcoming challenges and obstacles in their lives,” Self Wise said.
While the Cream City Mentors group was established in 1999, the group of young black males, (although Self Wise is bi-racial), has always been involved with neighborhood children.
Spending time with children through one-on-one activity, both academic and social, allows the mentors to explore and uncover the needs of the Riverwest youth they work with, Self Wise said. The mentors help with schoolwork, act as tutors, plan trips, and share wisdom with these individuals. The depth of their community involvement eventually led to the development of the Cream City Mentors organization.
Their names are as unique as the miracles produced by the non-profit mentorship program. “Our names are reflective of our culture…our way of life,” Supreme Solar said. “We each chose our own names for personal and specific reasons that reflect how we view ourselves.”
The organization reaches out to children in two age brackets: 12-14 and 15-17. “The age groups are divided because teenagers are on different levels,” Self Wise said. “Younger teens are still sorting things out for themselves, while older teens are going through a transition to adulthood.”
The Cream City Mentors have three main goals: Citizenship, Exposure, and Empowerment. “The goal of citizenship is to get young individuals to recognize they are citizens and they have rights and responsibilities,” Supreme Solar said. “We want to teach them they can utilize the government to improve their lives because that’s the way it was set up for them.”
Their second goal, exposure, is to introduce the youth to a world outside their immediate surroundings and allow them to explore other communities through trips to a number of places throughout Milwaukee, such as the Art Museum and Black Holocaust Museum.
Their final goal, empowerment, addresses the importance of self-esteem, recognition of individual talents, and knowledge of self. Through that knowledge, young people can take control of their lives and work to improve their situations.
In addition to these goals, the mentors promote guidance, friendship, creativity, self-confidence, and positivity to enhance the life of the community.
Self Wise, the group’s program coordinator, plans a variety of field trips for the youth to expose them to creativity and provide them with opportunities they are usually denied. He grew up in various parts of Milwaukee but has resided in Riverwest for the past 12 years.
Supreme Solar is an advertising major at UW-Milwaukee and serves as the group’s community coordinator. He works to foster relationships with community organizations, conveying to public entities the kind of work the group does.
Where did you get that info from?
I wish. I have alot of home improvements to finish so we can sell. The little lady FINALLY found a decent job so that's going to help. I just picked up a third one myself. With Bush winning my pace has slowed a bit. I'm not in such a hurry now. I'm glad I was still here to enjoy the misery ; It be thick 'round these parts! (Aside from the fact that every time we start getting ahead, my car explodes or something else exspensive happens. Ces't la Vie!)
Charming. Any pictures with mom,dad and the cuddly little dumplings available?
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OldEglge: Supreme Solar is the largest son.
Oh man I forget you live in IL. Please accept my heart-felt condolences. We got stuck with Boxer again. Can't win 'em all.
If Saturday Night Live had come up with a name like that, everyone would say it's way too far out there, but this pseudo-islamist thinks it's cool.
Unbelievable!
"Supreme Solar Allah"
Tire slashing and misc Demo thuggery involving an energetic S. Solar Allah... Not the first Solar Energy application that comes to mind.
I'm suprised they did'nt want to install it in your forehead or the back of your hand. I guess that's next.
Under the new campaign finance laws this thuggery qualifies as "free political expression".
Just like RUNNING YOUR CAR OVER A CANDIDATE IN FLORIDA!
I don't understand why Americans can't see that Democrats have values too.
This IS a joke, right?
And they elected his mother to office?
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All these attacks on Republican Headquarters show the amount of class these people have. I know there has been talk about another Civil War and these people seem to be making it declared. I do feel they have started the War with the wrong people. We were being the Silent Majority but I believe that is over after November 2nd. God Bless America and all who defend Her Past, Present, and the Future to come.
Arrest the whole family, including the mother.
They are all undoubtedly guilty of something.
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