Members of the Original Black Panthers, Brown Berets including a FLAC activist from Milwaukee who wanted to attend a town hall meeting at a local Lutheran Church in the Northside with Milwaukee Common Council President Cavalier Johnson were denied entrance by Winkel, the pastor of the Redemption Lutheran Church who had Milwaukee police officers enforce his decision to prevent some members of the Black and Latino community from attending and participating in the meeting.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
October 17, 2021
Milwaukee, WI - On Saturday, according to Robert Miranda, a FLAC (Freshwater for Life Action Coalition) advocate, the Milwaukee Common Council president Cavalier Johnson held a community meeting at Redemption Lutheran church located at 5146 N. 68 Street in Milwaukee. In an effort to address the president of the Common Council, in front of area residents, we were denied access into the meeting by Christian Winkel, the church pastor, Miranda posted on his Facebook (FB) account.
Members of the Original Black Panthers, Brown Berets and Miranda recorded a live FB videos where they publicly exposed what had happened to them on Saturday while attempting to attend the Town Hall meeting.
Miranda's FB post read, "Cavalier Johnson has been negligent pursuing any update from the Wisconsin Attorney General, Josh Kaul who has been dragging his feet on the criminal investigation of tte Milwaukee Health Department Lead Program. Thousands of Milwaukee families were harmed because of mismanagement, misconduct, falsifying official government documents, malfeasance, and a host of other criminal neglect actions."
"The criminal investigation is now entering its third year and still no update from the Departmebt of Justice. This is a criminal investigation that was requested by not only our group, it was also requested by former Commin Council president Ashanti Hamilton and former Public Safety and Health Committee chairman, Robert Donovan.
"The neglect of public health in Milwaukee has continued without accountability. An independent audit released in March 2020 by the Public Health Foundation found that little was done to repair the lead program. The report exposed Mayor Barrett was lying to the community when he said that the health department put in place reforms, policies and protocols to prevent the scandal that occurred in 2018 in which thousands of Milwaukee children were harmed by health officials mismanaging the lead program.
"Council president Cavalier Johnson is more than willing to sweep the entire matter under the rug to save Mayor Barrett and all officials involved in the harm done to Milwaukee residents from being held accountable. This is more than tragic. This is a criminal act. Cover up."
Darryl King Rick Farmer II from the Original Black Panthers also posted on his FB account, "*PLEASE SHARE* WHEN THE KING SAYS MILWAUKEE IS THE MOST RACIST AND HYPER-SEGREGATED CITY IN AMERIKKKA!!! THE TRUTH ROARS LIKE THAT OF A PANTHER!! TODAY THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND BROWN PANTHERS, THE BROWN BERETS, ROBERT MIRANDA, FLAC ALONG WITH THE BIGGEST PANTHER IN THE JUNGLE, KING RICK WERE DENIED ACCESS TO A TOWN HALL MEETING!! THE WHITE CHURCH PASTOR ALONG WITH COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAVELIER JOHNSON TOLD THE MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT TO ALLOW US ACCESS TO A TOWN HALL MEETING BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT US THERE!! WTF?? ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE IN THE SO CALLED HOUSE OF GOD!! WYJD?? DID HE NOT TURN OVER TABLES IN THE.. .TEMPLE?? NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!! STAY TUNED....."
Johnson, Winkel nor the Milwaukee Police Department have released any statement concerning, why were some members of the Black and Latino community denied entrance to what was supposed to be a open community Town Hall meeting with Johnson.
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