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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Yhis won't make the major rags though...just places like fr.
"Let the winner win and the loser lose but not the loser win and the winner lose and the loser lose and the winner win."
Clinton and Carter together personify the quintessence of the contemporary Democrat Party: the Party of Fools and Soundrels.
Yhis won't make the major rags though...just places like fr.
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The Chicago Tribune is a Major "rag" Newspaper.
What the hell kind of name is that?
No wonder he wanted to be known as "Supreme Solar Allah"
The Clintons have no level acceptable moral values, they will sink to anything.
John Kerry is cut from the same cloth as the Clintons.
The entire picture of dims is clearing up here. Then again, I guess that's why they're...., well, Dim!
I'm sure they'll sit before some liberal judge who will impose the sentence that they have to watch at the GOP members put new tires on the cars. Whew, tough penalty!
http://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetails.do;jsessionid=ACA95EDF2B0FC43E83700265B3B12254.render5?countyNo=40&caseNo=2005CF000502&cacheId=B5437D29B81691D76B6AD18B76DCDD55&recordCount=1&offset=0
This is the link to one of the complaints. Granted it is a felony, but there should have been more charges. With no prior record, it will plead down and evaporate.
hang 'em high ping
His mother made it up while in the baffroom.
LMAO! Probably right on the money too. Do you think the tire-watching punishment will be before or after they pin on the medals for heroic conduct in the defense of freedom?
What do you want to bet they at least try to play the race card?
The activists, all employees of Sen. John Kerry's campaign, are accused of flattening the tires
They had to light a fire under the local DA to get him to act at all.
Seems to me they should be an FBI investigation and FEDERAL charges for trying to violate the Voting Rights Act and maybe a RICO for good measure.
"White" people forced them to slash tires because of the events from history.....or they slashed tires because they are "African" American ...or "White" people drove on the tires knowing it would infuriate the "African" Americans? Sounds about right.
Thanks for the ping. I heard on Paul Harvey this morning that if it can be
proved their actions prevented folks from voting, they could get THREE
YEARS in prison.Serves 'em right!! Let justice be done!
Grounds for a plea of insanity?
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