Tire slashers sentenced

Remember those Democrats who slashed the tires on vans Republicans in Milwaukee were going to use to get voters to the polls on election day in 2004?

They're going to jail.

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.
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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."

I feel bad for those "represented" by her.

As far as the verdicts go, I think they were fair. Four to six months is adequate time to think about what they've done, and they get work release. For a non-violent crime, but one that affected one of the most sacred rites we have, I think justice was served.