Congresswoman's son sentenced for slashing GOP tires

CNN ^ | 4/26/2006 | AP/CNN

[tobyhill]

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- A congresswoman's son and three Democratic campaign workers were sentenced Wednesday to four to six months in jail for slashing tires outside a Bush-Cheney campaign office on Election Day 2004.

The men pleaded no contest in January to misdemeanor property damage. A fifth worker was found not guilty.

"This case had to be a public example of what can happen when you interfere with voters' rights," said Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Michael Brennan, who rejected prosecutors' recommendation of probation for the four men.

[Publius6961]

Tires have party affiliation now?

[TommyDale]

These slimes actually received jail time? A miracle!

[RexBeach]

Should not the congresswoman say how disappointed she is in her son for taking part in such an act of thuggery?

[tobyhill]

LOL, The Republican Tire Party.

[Kenny Bunkport]

LOL...I'm sure most tires are registered to vote Democrat, and their turnout on election is nearly 110%.

[dead]

Jail time?! I'm impressed, Milwaukee.

These losers must have had the worst lawyers ever, though.

[lwd]

Don't drop the soap!

[tobyhill]

"Democratic campaign workers"

Last week it was Culture of Treason and this week it's Culture of Vandals.

[from occupied ga]

A congresswoman's son and three Democratic campaign workers were sentenced Wednesday to four to six months in jail for slashing tires outside a Bush-Cheney campaign office on Election Day 2004

One can hope that pretty soon the headlines will read Kongresswoman McKinney sentenced to six months for criminal assault on a capitol police officer.

[Just Lori]

"This case had to be a public example of what can happen when you interfere with voters' rights," said Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Michael Brennan

A judge who gets it.

[EagleUSA]

Oh, I thought this guys' name was McKinney...

[sandbar]

Aaah, she's raising a good little liberal. No thought, just FEEWINGS.

[Glenn]

who rejected prosecutors' recommendation of probation

There has to be more to this story. I'd love to know what it is.

[tobyhill]

If there's an opening I'm for this judge being on the SC.

[Paleo Conservative]

Sowande A. Omokunde

Congresswoman Gwendolynne S. Moore (D-WI)

[Mr. Jazzy]

I just LOVE how you have to read down to the 5th paragraph in order to see who the mom is, and how she is "proud" that her son fessed up.

Not a word from her on the mean spiritedness of the actions of her son and the others!

No apology, just that she is proud of her son and supports him.

What a pile of crap.


As to the jail time? My money is on that they will be out in less than a month, because of jail over crowding.

[HamiltonJay]

Wow, jail time for democrats in Milwaukee... color me stunned.

[theDentist]

Probably a veiled threat from Mom, the Congresswoman.