Mayor Marvin Pratt
Posted on 11/06/2004 10:09:42 AM PST by valerino
Representative-elect's son arrested in tire slashings By JOHN DIEDRICH jdiedrich@journalsentinel.com
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.
A security guard reported seeing a man running from the scene that morning, police said. Tuesday night, police arrested Simmons, who was in town drumming up support for the Kerry campaign.
Interfering in an election is a violation of federal law as well as state law. Milwaukee law enforcement may very well ignore this crime but I certainly hope that the feds won't.
I'm first. Its' Bush's fault. :))
Hmmmmm?
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MINUTES
Riverwest Neighborhood Association
October 15, 2002
YMCA CDC OFFICE
Present: Supreme Solar Allah, Truth Born Allah, Jay Kirk,
Sonya Jongsma-Knauss, Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle, Vincent
Baltizar, Kumud Krishna, Tom Nehrbass, Pam Wittenberg,
Christopher Johns, Tom Stocco, Jerry Patzwald, Jan
Christensen, Tess Reiss, Brad Montgomery, Kelly Johnson,
Joseph Rosin, Willie Johnson, Jr., George Singleton, Vince
Bushell.
http://www.riverwestcurrents.org/2002/November/000289.html
Are we to assume that the hammer-heads that voted for "Gwen Moore" were aware in advance that her over 21 year old baby boy went by the names "Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde" and "Supreme Solar Allah", that was prone to slash the tires of those with whom he disagreed, that he had several adult friends with similar disabilities; and that they went to the polls ANYWAY?
Too cruel... Now my head's exploding!
SEND HELP!!!
Mayor Marvin Pratt
But since Democrats are the culprits, MSM just yawns, and, as we see, the story stays local.
Much to the MSM's consternation, though, a major activist forum like Free Republic is getting to the place where it can make the story national all on its own.
Democratic State Sen. Gwen Moore celebrates winning the 4th district congressional seat Tuesday, Nov.2, 2004, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)""
Does this woman keep Omar, the Tent Maker, on her staff???
Too rich! How did Jesse Jackson Jr. escape the dragnet, I wonder?
Supreme Solar Allah
Sun God??
Is tire-slashing, like "necklacing," a part of African culture, or will we see it treated like an ordinary crime in which the perp is arrested, convicted and serves his time? Only time will tell.
Its even more interesting to see the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Editorial Page Editor (O.Ricardo Pimentel) write a column this morning essentially calling every Wisconsin resident who voted for Bush a stupid idiot.
If there are Wisconsin residents and Journal subscribers here, maybe its time to take some election momentum and push it back at the Milwaukee Journal. Perhaps a protest or mass cancellation of subscriptions.
In the meantime, the Journal continues its massive witchhunt against Milwaukee conservative talk radio host, Mark Belling.
Thoughts?
I wonder if he's a Kemetic "scientist".
TOP SUN GOD
Don'cha wonder why the guy has TWO very odd three word names? Wasn't one enough? Does use any more aliases?
Too funny for words, Gwen must be like Maxine Moore and thinks the Law was not meant for them.
Look for her to win the Cynthia McKenney award.
Most people choose a nickname like "Mike" or "Red" or "Big Al," not "Almighty God."
Not arrested was Truth Born Allah, the second banana at the YMCA.
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