Perp on the right, mother of perp on the left.
Shirley Hemphill lives!
Posted on 04/27/2006 3:05:34 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, WI (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.
The state Republican Party had rented more than 100 vehicles to give rides to voters and poll monitors on November 2, 2004. The cars were parked outside a GOP campaign office when the tires were punctured. The vandalism left the drivers scrambling for new vehicles.
Among those sentenced Wednesday were Sowande A. Omokunde, the son of Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, and Michael Pratt, the son of former acting Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt.
"I love my son very much. I'm very proud of him," Moore said. "He's accepted responsibility."
Omokunde was sentenced to four months in jail; Pratt and Lewis Caldwell of Milwaukee were sentenced to six months; and Lavelle Mohammad of Milwaukee was sentenced to five months. All were granted work-release privileges.
Brennan also ordered them to pay a $1,000 fine each, in addition to the $5,317 in total restitution ordered earlier.
The four could have faced up to nine months in jail term and fines of $10,000.
Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes in the 2004 election ended up going to Democrat John Kerry.
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"About Time!" Ping :)
This article was up yesterday. Not sure if Commie News Network carried it sooner, though.
Kinda like that Air force officer convicted for vandalizing cars at Denver's airport that had pro-Bush stickers.
Barely. I would have liked to see felony convictions, so they couldn't vote for 10+ years. Seems like fair play, disenfranchise the disenfranchisers.
Wonder if this will stay on the air as long as the Bush Twins' partying.
Culture of Vandalism.
If it had been a Republican congressman's son, it would have been given more prominent billing, and his picture would have been posted.
Interesting....
Pix of the innocent Duke boys everywhere you look, and not a single picture of these convicted felons on ever-unbiased CNN.
Sowande A. Omokunde, huh? Guess I don't need pictures....
If they had half a brain, they'd of just let the air out of the tires. You still can't drive on them, but you haven't actually comitted any property damage.
Perp on the right, mother of perp on the left.
Shirley Hemphill lives!
One of the perps was Milwaukee's interim mayor's son.
That's why I wouldn't put a bumper sticker on my cars.
I can't find the soundbyte, but the mayor's wife said something along the lines of, the judge doesn't wear a robe, but a hood. Can you imagine the outrage if the party was reversed and these were republicans?
"Perp on the right, mother of perp on the left."
And in today's upside down world, I'll just bet she's gushing to a sympathetic press about how "proud" she is of her little 'omo.
"Shirley Hemphill lives!"
Ha!
OMG!!
"I remember 20 -40 years ago ,some African Americans changed their name because their names came from white slave owners. Now they have taken on the names of their black slave sellers."
Remember it well. Remember the Jason dude on Room 222-Heshimu.
The hyphenated-American formely known as Cassius Clay was instrumental in publicizing that movement. That, along with his draft dodging and the revolution he caused in athletes' behavior to where the disgusting "look at me" attitude became widely acceptable, I suppose is why he is today considered a heroic figure.
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