If these dudes were Republicans, their faces would have been all over the news today as their trial on felony counts of vandalism in the Election Day 2004 tire-slashing of more than 20 vehicles rented by Republican campaigners finally got underway:

Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde, son of congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee). (Credit: Milwaukee County Police.)

Michael Pratt, son of former Milwaukee mayor Marvin Pratt. (Credit: Milwaukee County Police.)

Three other alleged tire-slashers: Lewis Caldwell (top-left), Justin Howell (top-right), and Lavelle Mohammed (bottom). (Credit: Milwaukee County Police.)

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that at least:

Cable network Court TV is covering the trial, which, with five defendants being tried together, is expected to last two weeks. The witness list includes national AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), as well as 77 others, including political operatives from both major parties, FBI agents, Milwaukee police officers and a representative of a Firestone tire center.

Not all of them are certain to be called into Circuit Judge Michael B. Brennan’s courtroom. A spokesman for Jackson’s office said Friday that the office had not received a subpoena or other official notification that Jackson, who was in Milwaukee for Election Day 2004 and may have spoken with some parties involved in the case, would be required to testify.

Given that the Democrat prosecutor has been accused of partisan foot-dragging, that inaction is not surprising.

Question: Where are all the hysterical bemoaners of voter fraud and voter suppression now?

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Here’s the criminal complaint (.pdf file).

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The stench in Milwaukee
Milwaukee voter fraud update
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Wisconsin’s election fraud scandal: Where’s the MSM/Dem outrage?
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