Topless Woman Arrested At Bernie Sanders Rally In Nevada

On Sunday, February 16, 2020, a topless woman against the dairy industry arrested for disrupting Bernie Sanders rally in Carson City, Nevada.

Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

Neighbor Of Woman Found Dead With Two Daughters Says Milwaukee Police Failed To Quickly Respond After 911 Call Made For Domestic Dispute, Homicide Suspect Arrested 8-days Later In Memphis

The deceased 26-year-old woman and her two daughters ages 4 and 5 could have been alive today, if Milwaukee police could have responded sooner to a 911 call made by the next door neighbor who reported a domestic dispute involving a suspect.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 16, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) and Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales are under fire for a lack of quick response to a domestic dispute 911 call by members of the African-American community after a missing mother, Amarah J. Banks, 26, and both of her daughters, Camaria Banks, 4, and Zaniya R. Ivery, 5, were found deceased eight days later at a Milwaukee garage. A neighbor of the deceased woman posted on her Facebook (FB) account, "If MPD would have responded to my 911 call, that lady and her daughters would still be here.."

Apparently, the neighbor says that she was awaken when she heard a domestic dispute next door and immediately call 911 to report it, but police didn't respond immediately until much later when the victims first went missing, they have been missing since eight days ago on February 8th.

An Amber alert was cancelled on Sunday, a day after it was activated by MPD. Police Chief Morales confirmed on Sunday that the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner is conducting a triple homicide investigation and the identities of the three victims found deceased in a garage are Banks and her two daughters, according to police.

A triple murder suspect, Arzel Jermaine Ivery, 25, the father of one of the young girls, Zaniya was taken into custody in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday by police and was booked in the Shelby County Sheriff's Department jail for being a fugitive from justice. Ivery confessed to the homicides in Milwaukee and led Milwaukee police to the whereabouts and location of the victims bodies, which were recovered at Arzel's residential Milwaukee garage at the 4700 block of W. Burleigh St. apartment complex.

On Saturday, the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office filed a felony charge against Ivery for aggravated battery and a warrant was was issued for his arrest. Ivery's homicide charges are pending, according to MPD.

Banks and her daughters disappeared a day after she buried her infant son who had died of medical complications and she was suppose to meet up with family members for brunch, but she and her daughters never showed up. Arzel is also the father of the deceased infant child.

During a press conference on Sunday, Chief Morales stated that domestic violence in the City of Milwaukee is an issue, it's not just a police department problem, it's not just a District Attorney's Office problem, people want to put the blame on the police department, this is a systemic problem going on for generations, I think we all have to look back and see how we are going to curve domestic violence in our community...you see that people blame the police department for these deaths, that's unfair, uncalled for and unwarranted. Chief Morales also said that last year in 2019, about 20% of the shootings and homicides were related to domestic violence and that it will take leadership and the community to come together and funding to deal with the issue.

Update: Arzel Ivery's triple homicide criminal complaint

Nicasio Cuevas Quiles III Found Guilty On Two Felony Counts For Theft-false Representation And Bail Jumping In Milwaukee County Involving At Least 25 Victims Including Businesses

Cuevas Quiles III was found guilty for two felony counts, for theft-false representation of more than $10,000 and bail jumping involving at least 25 victims including businesses.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 12, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, Nicasio Cuevas Quiles III, 45, was found guilty for two felony counts, for theft-false representation of more than $10,000 and bail jumping involving at least 25 victims including businesses. Cuevas Quiles remains in state custody for four prior felony convictions in January 2018 for failure to pay child support. He was sentenced to 12-years in prison, which includes 4-years in prison and 12-years probation.

Cuevas Quiles will have a sentencing hearing on April 17, 2020 for the latest felony convictions, he is facing 10-years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines for felony theft-false representation including party to a crime and 6-years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines for felony bail jumping, and up to 9-months and $10,000 in fines for misdemeanor bail jumping, according to court records.

In other prior incidents, Cuevas Quiles established the Latin American Motorcycle Association Nomads (LAMA-Nomads) in Florida and attempted to trademark (TM) the Latin American Motorcycle Association (LAMA) named without authorization after the original LAMA motorcycle group based in Chicago, Illinois created 41 years ago by Mario Nieves failed to renew its trademark name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Cuevas Quiles was a fomer member of LAMA, but left the group and tried to take its name after the original LAMA group rejected Cuevas Quiles proposal to video document the LAMA 40th Anniversary Celebration, according to former associates involved in the video project. He boasted to original LAMA groups in Florida that he owned the trademark, but when Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) investigated, he did not owned the LAMA named as he claimed and his lawyer from Minnesota who filed the trademark application for Cuevas Quiles removed himself for lack of contact with Cuevas Quiles and the trademark filing was placed on hold and no action was taken. The original LAMA group in Chicago refiled its Trademark with the USPTO and once again secured their trademark.

Also, On August 8, 2016, a Milwaukee County court judgement of $340,838.00 was granted for Urban Skyline Investment Company LLC against Riverwest Holdings LLC, which Cuevas Quiles operated.

In September of 2015, a Milwaukee County court judgement of $25,668.25 was granted to ATID Investment LLP against Cuevas Quiles and Mind Mill Creative LLC, according to Milwaukee County Court records.

In July 2015, a Milwaukee County court judgement of $11,192.03 was granted for the City of Milwaukee against Cuevas Quiles.

Other judgements in Milwaukee County showed that in at least 18 cases resulted in a combined total of $39,898.47 against Cuevas Quiles, according to court records.

On September 12, 2016, Cuevas Quiles filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Open Letter: Queers Against Pete Buttigieg's Candidacy For President

Members of the LGBTQIA have come forward to challenge Buttigieg candidacy for President due to his lack of standing up for his own LGBTQIA community.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 8, 2020

South Bend, Indiana - Former  Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. President is facing a LGBTQIA movement 'Qeers Against Pete' for his lack to address certain issues affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) community in South Bend. Buttigieg is openly Gay and is married to his male partner.

As the Mayor of South Bend, Buttigieg failed to address issues affecting the LGBTQIA community and members have launched a campaign labeled 'Queers Against Pete', and have released an open letter explaining their opposition to Buttigieg's candidacy for President.
In 2010, Buttigieg ran an unsuccessful campaign for Indiana State Treasurer and also spoked at a Teaparty event, which drew a backlash from constituents.
Also another group in Facebook against Buttigieg, which has more than 17,000 members claim that he is an imperialist, corporate puppet and should have run as a Republican for President due to his policy stands.

Queers Against Pete Open Letter:

Dear fellow members of the LGBTQIA community,

This election cycle we will be presented with plenty of options. Up and down the ballot, candidate's stances will impact us, our families and communities. If we've learned anything from our ancestors and transcestors, it's that we must speak out…and act up. This primary election is one such example. 

There has been much talk about identity and diversity in the race to win the Democratic party nomination for president. Some have touted former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's openly gay identity as proof of progress in our politics. However, being gay is not enough to earn the support of LGBTQIA communities. 

We cannot in good conscience allow Mayor Pete to become the nominee without demanding that he address the needs and concerns of the broader Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA) communities. While many see different issues in silos, we are clear that LGBTQIA people are directly and disproportionately impacted by police violence, incarceration, unaffordable healthcare, homelessness, deportation, and economic inequality among other things. 

Mayor Pete is leaning on the support and actively courting the LGBTQIA community, but has shown time and time again that he is out of touch, not fit to be President of the United States, and simply falls short. 

• Mayor Pete opposes free universal free public college and does not support cancelling student loan debt; 

• Mayor Pete has no plan to restore the right to vote for all formerly and currently incarcerated people, create an alternative to police, or end cash bail; 

• Mayor Pete has not addressed the concerns related to Eric Logan, a Black South Bend resident who was shot and killed by a white police officer. Furthermore, while in office, Mayor Pete refused to release the police tapes relating to the demotion of Darryl Boykins, the first Black person to serve as police chief. We echo the demands of Black Lives Matter - South Bend to create a Citizens Review Board and for the release of the tapes; 

• Mayor Pete has not said if he would support a moratorium to end deportations or that he would decriminalize border crossing; 

• Mayor Pete opposes complete Medicare for All and universal childcare;

• During his tenure, Mayor Pete demolished homes of many South Bend residents who were unable to afford repairs and drastically ramped up unfair fines;

• Mayor Pete does not support boycotting for political reasons;

• Mayor Pete has no plan to cap credit card interest rates or guarantee a job to everyone who needs one; and 

• Mayor Pete supports the increase of defense spending which is already 50% of the federal budget.

These gaps in Mayor Pete's platform will fall particularly hard on LGBTQIA communities. Take housing as an example: 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBTQIA. Nearly one-third of trans people have experienced homelessness, and one in ten have been evicted from their home for being trans. This is only exacerbated by the fact that there is no federal law that consistently protects LGBTQIA individuals from housing discrimination. And while Mayor Pete, like the rest of the field, supports the Equality Act, this isn't enough. Public housing remains in disrepair in the U.S., with billions in backlogged repairs due to decades of underinvestment, and the changes Pete proposes are grossly inadequate relative to the scale of the problem, and will not solve our housing crisis. We need only look to Pete's track record of tearing down hundreds of homes in Black and Latino neighborhoods in South Bend to show us that he is not committed to protecting our communities.

As LGBTQIA people our lives are layered and must have an intersectional framework in our analysis, organizing, and movement building. We know that: Education justice is LGBTQIA justice. Racial and economic justice are LGBTQIA justice. Decarceration is LGBTQIA justice. Immigrant and refugee justice is LGBTQIA justice. Health justice is LGBTQIA justice. Housing justice is LGBTQIA justice. Demanding corporate accountability and for wealthy people to pay an equitable share of taxes is LGBTQIA justice. 

During this critical election, it's important that LGBTQIA people demand more from our leaders and from a candidate claiming to be in community with us. Leaders within our communities -- especially Black trans women --  have worked tirelessly over the past two decades to push LGBTQIA movements to value and fight for our full identities and experiences. We cannot afford to go backwards or accept the status quo. 

It is for these reasons and more that a group of us have come together under the banner of #QueersAgainstPete. If you agree, we invite you to add your name to this letter and join our collective voice against Pete Buttigieg's candidacy for president. We believe the LGBTQIA community deserves better than Pete.

On February 3, 2020, Pete Buttigieg came second on the Iowa Caucus elections while Bernie Sanders declared victory and won the popular vote with more than 6,000 votes than any other candidate and also won the final realignment Caucus vote with 2,500 votes.

Milwaukee F&PC Executive Director Griselda Aldrete Creates Emails For Commission And Will Receive Cellphones For Transparency

Aldrete fulfills transparency pledge in the Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

February 7, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin  - On Thursday, Griselda Aldrete, the Executive Director of the Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission (F&PC) sent a letter to the Commission announcing that personal emails will be available to them with the F&PC including cellphones to keep in touch with Milwaukee residents contacting them concerning issues as a transparency solution, as she previously pledged to do. The Commission will have an option to use the emails and cellphones or any of them can decide not to opt-in to use the transparency source available to them.

It will be the first time ever that transparency in the F&PC has offered this type of venue for the Commission and the City of Milwaukee residents to use and contact the Commissioners dealing with fire and police issues.

Bernie Sanders Declares Victory In Iowa With Popular Vote And Released Discrepancies

Sanders Campaign declared victory in Iowa 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 7, 2020

Des Moines, Iowa – On Thursday, the U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign celebrated winning the popular vote in the first and second round of the Iowa caucus and released publicly discrepancies in the State Delegate Equivalent data it submitted to the Iowa Democratic Party.

"Tonight's release of data by the Iowa Democratic Party confirms Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Iowa caucus," Sanders' Senior Advisor Jeff Weaver said. "We also feel confident that the discrepancies we're providing tonight, in addition to those widely identified in the national media, mean that the SDE count will never be known with any kind of certainty. Given the rules changes we fought for that required the release of the popular vote count, SDEs are now an antiquated and meaningless metric for deciding the winner of the Iowa caucus."

Below is the list of discrepancies in the State Delegate Equivalent calculations that were submitted to but not yet considered by the party.

14 instances for a total of 2.50383 SDE

Storm Lake 1 - Sanders down 1 delegate (.0785 SDE)
In this 7-delegate precinct, according to IDP data, Buttigieg's 1.974358974 was correctly rounded up to 2. However, Warren's 1.256410256, which was tied with Yang, was incorrectly rounded up to 2 despite Sanders' 2.333333333 being closer to 3. The correct allocation should be Sanders 3 delegates, Buttigieg 2, and Warren and Yang with 1.

Warren County Norwalk Precinct 1 - Sanders down 1 delegate, Buttigieg over 1 delegate (0.23333)
In this precinct, Buttigieg received an extra 3rd delegate after already rounding up to 2. Sanders, at third place with 1.346938776, should have received the extra delegate, bringing him to 2 alongside Biden and Buttigeig. The correct allocation should be Buttigieg, Biden and Sanders 2 and Warren and Klobuchar with 1.

Des Moines 7 - Sanders down 1 delegate, Buttigieg over 1 delegate (0.2798 SDE)
In this 9-delegate precinct, Sanders was at 4.826815642, Warren was at 2.463687151 and Buttigieg was at 2.664804469 before rounding. Sanders' 4.8 was closer to 5 than Buttigeig's 2.7 was to 3. Therefore, Sanders should have 5 delegates while Buttigieg has 2. 

Woodbury 6/Sioux City 6 - Sanders down 1 delegate (0.2125 SDE)
The 9 delegates in this precinct are not distributed properly. Before rounding, there is Sanders at 2.668965517, Warren at 2.110344828, Buttigieg at 1.675862069, Biden at 1.613793103, Klobuchar at 1.551724138. Two delegates must be lost after rounding everyone up. With 2.67, Sanders is closer to 3 than Biden is to 2 at 1.61 and Klobuchar is to 2 at 1.55. Sanders should have 3 delegates instead of 2, with Warren 2, Buttigieg 2, Biden 1, and Klobuchar 1. 

Ocheyedan - Sanders down 1 delegate (.1 SDE)
Each of the 3 candidates who reached viability in this 3-delegate precinct should have received a delegate. Before rounding, Sanders and Klobuchar were both at 0.6, which rounds to 1. However, Sanders was not awarded his only delegate, which instead went to Buttigieg as his second delegate. This should be reversed to make it Sanders 1, Klobuchar 1, and Buttigieg 1. 

Bellair/Lincoln - Sanders down 1 delegate (.08 SDE)
Each of the 4 candidates who reached viability in this 4-delegate precinct should have received a delegate. Before rounding, Sanders and Klobuchar were both at 0.6153846154, which rounds to 1. However, Sanders was not awarded his only delegate, which instead went to Biden as Biden's second delegate. This should be reversed to make it Sanders 1, Klobuchar 1, Biden 1, and Buttigieg 1. 

Sioux 6 Orange City 1 - Sanders down 1 delegate (.0875 SDE) 
The 10 delegates were misassigned following a rounding interpretation error. Second alignment had Klobuchar 15, Buttigieg 20, Sanders 23 and Warren 26. Before rounding, it was Klobuchar 1.61290, Buttigieg 2.15053, Sanders 2.47312 and Warren 2.79570. Warren was awarded a 4th delegate after rounding up to 3. Instead, that final delegate should have gone to Sanders, who was closer to 3 than Warren was to 4. The final count should be Warren 3, Sanders 3, Buttigieg 2 and Klobuchar 2. 

Guthrie Gold - Sanders down 1 delegate (.0857 SDE)
Before rounding, Biden, Klobuchar and Buttigieg were all at 2.93548 with Sanders at 2.48387 and Warren at 2.25806. Buttigieg was already rounded up to 3 when awarded a 4th delegate. Given IDP rules, that final delegate should have been awarded to Sanders after rounding up his 2.48 to 3 alongside Biden, Klobuchar and Buttigieg. Warren would still have 2.

Independence 2 - Sanders down 1 delegate (.1368 SDE)
Only 5 of the 6 delegates were awarded. After rounding, Biden recieved 3 delegates while Sanders and Klobuchar only received 1 each. Sanders' 1.2 is higher than Klobuchar's 1.09, so the last delegate should go to Sanders, making the final count Biden 3, Sanders 2, Klobuchar 1.

Adair 04 SE - Sanders down 1 delegate (.0784 SDE) 
The following has been corroborated with Adair County Chair Thadeus Hawley. All 10 delegates were awarded, but the distribution is incorrect. According to IDP data, the second alignment has Warren 9, Biden 7 and Sanders, Klobuchar and Buttigieg each with 6. However, Sanders receives only 1 delegate when the other two candidates at the same level received 2. Sanders, Klobuchar and Buttigieg's 1.7647 is closer to 2 than Warren's 2.6471 is to 3. Given this, each candidate should be awarded 2 delegates, including Sanders.

Muscatine 9 - Sanders down 1 delegate (.1667 SDE)
In this precinct, only 8 of the 9 delegates were awarded. According to IDP data, the second alignment has Sanders 44, Buttigieg 42 and Biden 26. This calculates to 3.5357 for Sanders, 3.3750 for Buttigieg and 2.0893 for Biden, yet Sanders and Buttigeg were both awarded 3 delegates and Biden awarded 2, with the 9th delegate never awarded. According to rounding rules, Sanders should be awarded the 9th delegate for a total of 4. Buttigieg would remain at 3 and Biden at 2. 

Des Moines 14 - Sanders down 1 county delegate (.2798 SDE)
In Des Moines 14, per IDP data, the second alignment left Buttigieg with 52, Sanders with 50, Warren with 31 and Biden with 25. This should have resulted in 2 delegates for Buttigieg and Sanders and 1 delegate for Warren and Biden. However, according to the information listed by the IDP, Warren was awarded 2 delegates while Sanders was awarded 1, despite having more caucusgoers. We ask for this to be reversed for a final count of Buttigieg 2, Sanders 2, Warren 1 and Biden 1.

North Liberty 6 - Sanders down 1 delegate (.405 SDE)
In North Liberty 6, the IDP lists second round results as Sanders 107 to Warren 105. The raw delegate total should have been 2.97 to 2.92 per the IDP data. However, the caucus chair decided to call this lead a tie and hold a coin flip, which landed in Warren's favor. In IDP rules, a tie is only when candidates have the same exact number. Per those rules, this result was not a tie and the delegate should have been awarded to Sanders, who had a larger number. Final count should be Buttigieg 4, Sanders 4 and Warren 3.

Des Moines 80 - Sanders down 1 delegate, Buttigieg over 1 delegate (.2798 SDE)
Only 9 of the 10 delegates in this precinct have been awarded with 2 for Biden, 4 for Buttigieg and 4 for Sanders. Before rounding, it is Biden 2.0, Buttigieg 2.75 and Sanders 4.2, which would round to 5 in a 10-delegate precinct. The chair decided there was a tie for the 10th delegate and called for a coin flip, that went for Buttigieg. There was not a tie and that delegate should be awarded to Sanders to make the final count Sanders 5, Buttigeig 3 and Biden 2 for a total of 10 delegates.

Candidate Purnima Nath For Milwaukee County Executive Asked To Leave Voces de la Frontera And YES Event At South Division High School After Making Rants About Illegals

Candidate Nath for Milwaukee County Executive was escorted out of a Voces de la Frontera/Action and YES event at South Division High School by school security after chanting/ranting about illegals during a Latino teen art session.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 1, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On Saturday, Purnima Nath, a known Trump and Keep America Great/Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporter was escorted out of a Voces de la Frontera, Voces de la Frontera Action and Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES) Annual Assembly gathering after allegedly chanting/ranting about illegals during a Hispanic teen art session at South Division High School. Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) learned that Nath apparently entered an art session full of Hispanic teens and began to video record the youths and chant about illegals, then she was asked to leave the art session area. Nath then went to the student cafeteria and approached Andrea Rodriguez, who is a candidate for Milwaukee County Supervisor District 4 and asked her, if she was a conservative and then she began to again rant about illegals being in the country and Rodriguez began to record the incident. Nath was finally escorted out of the cafeteria by Primitivo Torres, a staff member from Voces de la Frontera and several school security guards while Rodriguez was responding to her, according to a video recording by Rodriguez. Rodriguez in the video is heard saying that Nath had insulted everyone present and Nath is heard saying that she was an immigrant and came to the U.S. as a legal immigrant and "breaking law is illegal...breaking law is wrong...you cannot come in the country and break the law, I'm an immigrant and I follow the law." 

It is not clear, what led Nath to allegedly insult Latino teens and members of the Latino community by chanting/ranting about illegals at a Latino community event.

Nath is the founder of the annual IndiaFest, the Chairwoman & President, Spindle India, Inc., and Producer of IndiaFest Milwaukee.
Nath, 42, says that she follows the law, but the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported in November 2019 that "Spindle is currently delinquent in its corporate filings with the state. Nath has not yet provided federal tax records detailing the nonprofit's finances since it was founded in 2013."
Nath later posted in her Facebook account, "You may disagree with me, but I did not give you permission to disrespect me! We can disagree without being disrespectful. -Purnima"

Rodriguez also posted on her Facebook account in response to Nath's post, "I was born and raised in Milwaukee and we got a saying for this type: don't start none, won't be none." 

"At the end of the day, you corner me and then I find out you are harming children, I'm going to insure you leave. This is my county. These are my people. I am a professional and I will never allow our children to be attacked. Say what you need to about me. I'm a tough woman; I can handle it. Been dealing with this type since I was 6yrs old. But you leave our youth out of it."

Update: Susan Simensky Bietila, who read the HNNUSA's article and shared it says, that she is a witness of Nath's incident and posted on her Facebook account, "Do not vote for Nath for County Executive. She barged into a Voces Event to go on racist insulting rants directed at young teens! Absolutely disgusting. I was there painting banners with the wonderful High School students and Nath’s foul behavior is unforgivable and reveals what a horrible person she is."