Posted on 01/25/2005 5:04:49 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
The sons of a first-term congresswoman and Milwaukee's former acting mayor were among five Democratic activists charged Monday with slashing the tires of vans rented by Republicans to drive voters and monitors to the polls on Election Day.
Sowande Omokunde, son of Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), and Michael Pratt, son of ex-Milwaukee acting mayor Marvin Pratt, were charged with criminal damage to property, a felony.
The activists, all employees of Sen. John Kerry's campaign, are accused of flattening the tires on 25 vehicles rented by the Wisconsin Republican Party to get out the vote and deliver poll watchers Nov. 2.
The GOP rented more than 100 vehicles that were parked in a lot adjacent to a Bush campaign office. The party planned to drive poll watchers to polling places by 7 a.m. and deliver any voters who didn't have rides.
A criminal complaint said the defendants originally planned to put up Democratic yard signs, placards and bumper stickers at the Republican office in a scheme they called Operation Elephant Takeover. But the plan was dropped when they learned a security guard was posted at the GOP office, the complaint said.
One witness told investigators the five defendants, dressed in black outfits and knit caps, left the Democratic Party headquarters at about 3 a.m. on Nov. 2, and returned about 20 minutes later, extremely excited and talking about how they had slashed the tires.
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Also charged were Lewis Caldwell, Lavelle Mohammad and Justin Howell. The charge carries a possible punishment of 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Democrats are baffled at what the American people mean by moral values.
First-term U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., walks into court with her son Sowande Omokunde, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, in Milwaukee. Omokunde and four other Democratic activists were charged with slashing the tires of vans rented by Republicans to drive voters and election monitors to the polls on election day last November. (AP Photo/Morry Gash
Sadly they'll probably get a slap on the wrist.
Wasn't he involved in this?
Did he turn state's evidence, or was that just a put-on hokey name and his real name is something like Luscivious Smith?
More evidence of the decline of the democrat mindset, like we needed any more.
It is all Bill and Hillary's fault, you know. The Clinton's lowered the bar on acceptable moral values in America.
Who wants to bet that they get off with a slap on the wrist? This was an organized effort to suppress voter turnout. They should all spend lengthy time in jail, unless they want to cooperate and inform on others higher in the chain of command.
But of course, this would NOT be attempting to influence a federal election ;-)
I am shocked that this is the actual headline.
Come to think of it, it is Shocking. lol
"Sowande Omokunde" I can see a future in sales with such a soothing name.
yes....
No wonder the Rats are beating the drums to let felons vote. This is the fastest-growing Democrat constituency.
Omokunde, also known as Supreme Solar Allah, is the 25-year-old son of the rookie congresswoman. Pratt, 32, worked on Kerry's local campaign, which was chaired by his father.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan05/295538.asp
What, no civil rights charges? Why not?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327314/posts A Better link
This should be a hate crime...the hate-filled Democrats hated the thought of losing to those hated Republicans.
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