Several Black Males Were Not Allowed To Seat At The Outdoor César E. Chávez Placita By Marshal Public Safety Officers At El Rey Supermarket In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Two unidentified Marshal Public Safety officers were caught on video telling several Black males to leave private property at El Rey Supermarket in the Southside of Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 12, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, two unidentified Marshal Public Safety officers were video recorded telling several Black males to leave the El Rey Supermarket property. The Black males happened to be seating and relaxing at the outdoor César E. Chávez Placita (Plaza) while other friends were shopping at El Rey.

The outdoor Chávez Placita where the life-size bronze statue of the late United Farm Workers Union leader César E. Chávez is stationed and considered open to the public eventhough it's located in private property. The incident on Tuesday is the first ever confirmed situation where Blacks weren't welcomed to enjoy a relaxing moment at the Chávez Placita. If people are going to be continued to be banned or told to leave private property, especially from the El Rey Placita by the current security company, then the Placita should be moved to another location in the community and public setting so people who want to enjoy the Placita won't face alleged discrimination or told to leave private property. No sign has been posted by El Rey management at the Chávez Placita to indicate, the Placita is currently closed.

The video recorded at the Chávez Placita happened to capture the incident and one of the Black males tells Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) what actually happened.

This is the third incident involving officers from the MPS company.

The first incident happened on Saturday, July 9, 2022, where two men got killed at the El Rey Supermarket parking lot. Both Luis Lorenzo, 36, and MPS Officer Anthony James Nolden, 59, lost their lives over an enforcement of no backpacks or large bags allowed inside El Rey. Two MPS officers followed Lorenzo outside of El Rey when he refused to leave his backpack at the front customer service desk and then exited the store. A scuffle between MPS Officer Nolden, Enoch Wilson, the Director of MPS company and Lorenzo resulted in the alleged shooting incident where Lorenzo is believed to have pull out a handgun from his waistband and fire shots fatally striking Nolden and then Wilson returned fire fatally striking Lorenzo.

The second incident on July 10, 2022, MPS officers aggressively threw Ivory Suttle, the cousin of Lorenzo to the ground and handcuffed him for allegedly taking photos and being on private property after a public vigil was held for fallen MPS Officer Nolden. Suttle did not take any photos while inside El Rey property, which there are no posted signs prohibiting anyone from taking photos of any kind at the private property.

It seems that the MPS officers at El Rey have definitely become a liability for El Rey. Have El Rey owners and the management at the store become aware of what these security guards are actually doing in their property and are they condoning it? If the El Rey management is business smart, they should part themselves from the MPS company to avoid any future liability and get a more public relations security company to do a better job for public safety.