White Racist Students From Elkhorn Yelled Offensive Remarks To Afro-American And Latina Beloit High School Girls Soccer Team

School officials from Elkhorn are investigating offensive remarks made by White Elkhorn students targeted at the Afro-American and Latina Beloit Girls Soccer Team.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 9, 2016

Elkorn, Wisconsin - 

St. John Police Officer Daniel Kolodziej Allegedly Profiled Latinos And Conducted Mexican Hunt

Kolodziej was placed on administrative leave from the Town of St. John Police Department in December 2015 with pay pending an outcome of an internal investigation regarding a complaint. Allegations surfaced that Officer Kolodziej "was conducting a Mexican hunt" and targeted immigrants.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 9, 2016
(Updated)

Town of St. John, Indiana - On Friday, a group of clergy, members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and Latino leaders from Indiana held a vigil and prayer at the Town of St. John Police Department to denounce racial profiling of Latinos by St John Police Officer Daniel Kolodziej who was placed on administrative leave last December after a complaint was filed. Latino leaders in the area are claiming that he engaged in a Mexican hunt and targeted Latino immigrants. According to a news release, Julie Contreras from the LULAC Immigration Affairs Committee says that LULAC had received numerous complaints regarding practices by the St. John Police Department against Latinos and other minorities. One complaint specifically alleged that St. John Police Officer Kolodziej has been racially profiling Latinos by conducting in his words a "Mexican Hunt". LULAC and Indiana Latino leaders believe that these statements reflect a discriminatory practice by the St. John law enforcement agency that target Latinos. 

In an effort to highlight the racism against the Latino community, LULAC, Clergy and Indiana Latino Leaders held a vigil on Friday to stop the Hate and Racism in the Town of St. John.

Contreras confirmed that LULAC has filed an open records request to get access of documented records, police dispatch logs, statistics and correspondence between officers for the last five years to assess statistics of Latinos that were stopped for traffic violations by Officer Kolodziej and other officers.

Contreras received actual documentation from a source of a log message between a dispatcher and Officer Kolodziej telling the dispatcher that he was on a Mexican hunt indicating Officer Kolodziej was targeting Latinos travelling through St. John's jurisdiction.

The St. John's Police Department is known for engaging in Latino and Afro-American racial-profiling for years, according to local residents. 

Update: Attoney Christopher Cooper who is representing Officer Kolodziej contacted Hispanic News Network U.S.A. and confirmed that Officer Kolodziej was placed on administrative leave and was not suspended as previously reported. Cooper also stated in an e-mail that a document copy of a message log between Officer Kolodziej and a dispatcher does not come from a reliable source, but that Contreras has filed an open records request with the St. John Police Department to release certain documents. Attorney Cooper did not specify why Officer Kolodziej was placed on administrative leave or if he has denied the allegations that he enaged in a Mexican hunt as Contreras and Latino leaders in the St. John area have claimed.

Off-duty Milwaukee Firefighter Joshua Larson Released After Taken Into Custody For Alleged DUI Causing Deaths

Larson, an off-duty Milwaukee firefighter has been released from custody pending the outcome of an investigation of a fatal crash that killed two people and a toxicology test to determine, if he was driving while intoxicated and speeding.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 8, 2016

West Allis, WI - On Friday, Joshua F. Larson, 31, an off-duty Milwaukee firefighter was released after being booked in the Milwaukee County jail in connection with two deaths in a fatal crash near the 6000 block of W. Pierce and on suspicion of driving under the influence on Monday. Larson is suspected of intoxicated driving and causing a fatal three vehicle crash that claimed the lives of Uber driver Yoruba Sly-Lundasi, 64, and his passenger Wendell Kenneth Johnson, 38, of Chicago.

West Allis police suspect Larson was speeding and under the influence of alcohol when his pickup truck struck a Uber van driven by Sly-Lundasi. Police are waiting for Larson's toxicology test results. 

The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending against Larson, if it is determined that he caused the fatal crash and was driving under the influence of alcohol.

Milwaukee Northside Women Brawl Involved Hammer And Baseball Bat

A group of women fought at a corner in the Northside of Milwaukee and some of them were hit with a hammer and another woman smashed vehicle windows with a baseball bat.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 7, 2016

Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, a video of a brawl involving multiple women began to circulate on social media. The women were fighting at a corner in the 2500 block of W. Vine St. in the Northside of Milwaukee. The incident happened before 6:00 p.m., according to the posting time on Facebook. A woman in a blue shirt used a hammer to beat other rivals as they entered a vehicle and another woman took a baseball bat an smashed vehicle windows. 

As vehicles sped away after the brawl, one woman was left behind and she ran along the street to catch up with the vehicle that left her behind.

Video: Women fight with hammer and bat in Milwaukee's Northside brawl https://youtu.be/9Ghrcg6DT3c

Five Videos Of The Twin Peaks Waco Biker Brawl Cossacks v. Bandidos Released By Attorney

A Nevada attorney has released five videos of the Twin Peaks Cossacks v. Bandidos M.C.s brawl that ended with 9 bikers dead and many wounded.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 6, 2016

Waco, Texas - Nevada attorney Stephen Stubbs has released five videos of the May 17, 2015 Twin Peaks brawl between the Cossacks, Scimitars and Bandidos M.C.s, which involved the Waco police SWAT team that ended with 9 bikers dead. At least 4 of the bikers killed were attributed to Waco police.

The brawl happened when seven Bandidos in motorcycles entered a parking lot where the Cossacks were parked and an argument turned violent. Stubbs says, that most of the bikers were at the Twin Peaks for a political biker meeting hosted by the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents and videos released show many bikers ran for cover and were not involved in the altercation, contrary to what Waco police alleged in criminal complaints against nearly 200 bikers present at the Twin Peaks Restaurant. Most of the bikers are innocent and should have not been charged in the incident. Some bikers were involved in the altercation and should face justice, according to Stubbs.

The following 9 victims were killed during the Twin Peaks Restaurant biker altercation between the Bandidos, Scimitars and Cassack's M.C.s in Waco, Texas.

● Daniel Raymond Boyett, 44, shot in the head. (Cossacks M.C.)

● Wayne Lee Campbell, 43, shot in the head. (Cossacks M.C.)

● Richard Mathew Jordan Jr., 31, shot in the head.

● Richard Vincent Kirshner Jr., 47. (Cossacks M.C.)

● Jacob Lee Rhyne, 39, shot in the neck. (Cossacks M.C.)

● Jesús Delgado Rodríguez, 65, shot in the head. (Bandidos M.C. affiliate) Rodríguez was a Purple Heart recipient.

● Manuel Issac Rodríguez, 40. (Bandidos M.C.)

● Charles Wayne Russell, 46, shot in the chest. (Cossacks M.C.)

● Matthew Mark Smith, 27. (Cossacks M.C.)

McLennan County judges, Waco police, the Waco Mayor and the McLannan County District Attorney Abel Reyna are known for their family ties in governing, political control, keeping the feds and the Texas State Attorney General's Office from taking over the biker cases resulting in allegations of corruption and a major cover-up of the Twin Peaks massacre.

The biker criminal warrant affidavits by Waco Police Detective Manuel Chavez claimed without probable cause that all of the bikers detained engaged in organized crime and were bonded by Justice of the Peace Walter H. Peterson who signed the warrants by Chavez and set illegal bonds of $1M each for the more than 177 arrested. Peterson can not preside over felony cases (only misdemeanor cases without jail time or bonds and civil cases up to $10k in liability), sign felony warrants or even set bonds, according to Texas state law.
Abel Reyna, the McLennan County District Attorney, Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman and other McLennan County judges knew that Peterson couldn't sign felony warrants and set excessive bonds, but kept quiet and proceeded to hold bikers on frivolous charges.
Reyna was able to have McLennan County Judges put a gag order for victims (bikers) charged and their defense attorneys not to talk about the pending cases. Ballistic forensic and video evidence was withheld from attorneys and the public including media since last May. Attorneys for the majority of defendants have been filing for the forensic and video evidence to be release in order to get a fair trial.
The Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents representing most of the bikers charged confirmed that they will be filing a joint civil rights lawsuit against the Waco Police Department and McLennan County District Attorney Reyna for filing frivolous criminal charges against members (bikers) of the Confederation.

Biker brawl videos:

Truth and Evidence- Twin Peaks Waco, May 17, 2015 biker shootings https://youtu.be/TazjzprU_vk

Officer Michael Bucher's Dash Cam, Twin Peaks, Waco, TX, May 17, 2015, bikers shot https://youtu.be/WncSEUxGzNo

DPS Pole Cam, Twin Peaks, Waco, TX Incident May 17, 2015, biker brawl https://youtu.be/yBT7yg7OroQ

Patio View 1, Twin Peaks, Waco, TX, May 17, 2015, biker brawl incident https://youtu.be/jjH4jQpPixY

Patio View 2, Twin Peaks, Waco, TX, May 17, 2015, biker brawl incident https://youtu.be/8o9YH39yuKY

Carlos Manuel Sada Solana Named As Ambassador Of Mexico In The U.S.

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs in Mexico confirmed that Sada Solana has been named Ambassador of Mexico in the U.S. and Professor José Paulo Carreño King as undersecretary of North America.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 6, 2016

Mexico City, Mexico - On Tuesday, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in Mexico announced that President Enrique Peña Nieto has named Carlos Manuel Sada Solana as Ambassador of Mexico in the U.S. and Professor José Paulo Carreño King as undersecretary of North America.

From April 2013 to present, Sada Solana has served as the Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles; previously, from April 2011 to July 2013 he served as consul general in New York; between 2000 and 2007, he started the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago; between 1995 and 2000 as Consul General of Mexico in San Antonio and between 1989 and 1992, he worked as Consul General of Mexico in Toronto, Canada.

Between 2007 and 2011, Sada Solano had an outstanding performance as a minister with Congress Affairs at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC, a function that allowed him to relate to and understand the operation of the legislative bodies of the U.S.
During his career in public service, he is a former Mayor of the City of Oaxaca and Secretary of Social and Economic Development of the State of Oaxaca.

Sada Solana holds a degree in industrial engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. He completed graduate studies at the University of Newcastle in Great Britain, at the University of Deft in the Netherlands, and from the Public Administration Institute of The Hague, in the Netherlands.

Sada Solana's appointment will be sent to the U.S. for acceptance and Mexico's federal Senate will have to confirm his official appointment by President Peña Nieto.

Since 2015, Carreño King has been a coordinator for Marca País and International Media of the Presidency of the Republic. In this role, he was responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy to promote Mexico's key economies.

From 2013 to 2015, he was president of the Commission of Communication, Marketing and Social Responsibility of the Association of Banks of Mexico.
From 2001 to 2007,  Carreño King was founding partner of his own firm of strategic communication and lobbying with Congress, with significant presence in Mexico. Previously, from 1998 to 2001, he was an Associate Director of Media and Crisis Management Burson-Marsteller Mexico.

Former Milwaukee Police Detective Rodolfo Gómez Jr. Indicted By Feds For Using Excessive Force

Former Milwaukee Police Detective Gómez Jr. allegedly beat a murder suspect while being questioned for the homicide of a 7-year-old child.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 6, 2016

Milwaukee, WI - On Tuesday, Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that a federal grand jury in Milwaukee indicted former Milwaukee Police Department Detective Rodolfo Gómez, Jr., 49, for willfully depriving Deron Darnell Love of his civil right not to be subjected to excessive force, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 242. If convicted, Gómez could be sentenced to a maximum possible term of imprisonment of ten years, a fine of not more than $250,000, and a term of supervised release not to exceed three years.

The charge is based on the allegation that, in an interview room in the Police Administration Building on August 14, 2013, Gómez repeatedly punched Love in the face and head and kneed him in the torso, all while one of the victim's hands was handcuffed to a wall in the interview room. Gómez stopped punching and kicking the victim when a police lieutenant who heard yelling entered the room. The federal indictment alleges that the force used was unreasonable and that the Love suffered bodily injury.

According to the Milwaukee County criminal complaint, Gómez was charged with several felony counts after he was caught on video surveillance in the interrogation room punching Love in the upper body. Gómez was removed from the room by another officer who witnessed the beating. Gómez came back in with several Milwaukee County Sheriff deputies to move Love into another cell. 

On February 2015, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court jury found Gómez not guilty on both felony counts, for misconduct in public office, including excessive use authority and for abuse of a resident of a penal facility. Gómez a 12-year veteran with the police force had been suspended with pay until the outcome of the case. On December 2013, Gómez was terminated from the Milwaukee Police Department. He appealed his termination, but has not been reinstated by the Fire and Police Commission.
Love who was charged with two felony counts for first-degree reckless homicide and neglect in the death of his 7-year-old son was taken to a hospital for treatment after the incident. On September 12, 2014, a jury found Love not guilty on both counts.
On October 14, 2014, Love filed a lawsuit against Gómez for striking him while in custody in 2013.