Hit-and-Run Tan Seville Driver Arrested In Connection With Ortiz' Death

Javier Ortiz

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Police have arrested an alleged driver that fled the scene after a motorcyclist hit his vehicle and died of injuries.

By H. Nelson Goodson

September 7, 2012

Milwaukee, WI - On Friday, Milwaukee police confirmed that a tip had led them to the alleged hit-and-run driver involved in last Saturday's death of motorcyclist Javier Ortiz, 27, in the Southside. Someone recognized the vehicle involved in the deadly crash and called police. The driver was arrested by police, but has not been identified or charged.

Ortiz was heading eastbound at the 1900 block of W. Mitchell Street when a driver going southbound on S. Pearl Street crossed Mitchell blocking Ortiz' right of way around 4:42 p.m., according to police. Ortiz tried to slow down quickly to avoid a collision with a 1992-1997 tan Cadillac Seville and applied the brakes hard causing his 2008 Kawasaki ZX600P sports motorcycle to flip over throwing Ortiz into the rear right bumper of the Seville. Ortiz died due to multple injuries he sustained at the scene.

The driver of the tan Seville then sped southbound on Pearl St. according to video footage recovered by police near the deadly motorcycle crash.

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Milwaukee Officer Continues In Critical Condition After Drunk Driver Struck His Vehicle

Erin M. Salmon and Joshua Albert

Officer Albert continues to recover after sustaining critical injuries when a drunk female driver going the wrong way on the highway without lights struck his vehicle.

By H. Nelson Goodson

September 6, 2012

Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, Milwaukee Police Officer Joshua Albert, 31, continued to recover after being injured in a drunk driving incident on early Wednesday along the freeway system. Officer Albert had just finished his shift and was heading home after midnight along I-94 near the 35th Street exit when a woman going the wrong way on the freeway without headlights struck Albert's vehicle head-on.

The woman who was identified as Erin M. Salmon, 23, and Albert were critically injured in the crash. Emergency crews had to use Jaws of Life to extract both victims from their mangled vehicles at the scene. They were taken to Froedtert Hospital where they remain in critical condition on Thursday, according to the Milwaukee Police Facebook posting.

Salmon is facing several felony charges, including driving while intoxicated. She was also cited for OWI-1st time, going the wrong way on a divided highway, driving without head lights and reckless driving, including causing endangerment while driving, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office reported that so far, there have been at least 20 wrong way accidents in the county freeway system this year.

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Undocumented DEAMer To Address DNC In Charlotte

Benita Veliz

27-year-old DREAMer to speak about her undocumented plight in the U.S.

By H. Nelson Goodson

September 5, 2012

Charlotte, North Carolina - On Wednesday, Benita Veliz, 27, from San Antonio, Texas and an undocumented immigrant will speak at the Democratic National Convention about her plight as a DREAMer in the country. Veliz is scheduled to address the Democratic delegates on primetime. She was brought to the U.S. from Mexico at the age of eight on a valid tourist visa, but expired a week later. 

Veliz graduated as a Valedictorian of her class at the age of 16 in Texas and at the age of 20, she graduated with a double major from St. Mary's University. She's been a DEAM Act advocate ever since congressional attempts to pass the DEAM Act failed.

The last several days, more than a dozen of undocumented immigrants have been arrested during staged protests against Obama's administration policies dealing with immigration. The immigration issue is now getting national attention with Veliz being the first undocumented immigrant to speak at the DNC and other undocumented immigrants staging protests outside the DNC.

Ten undocumented immigrants from Phoenix, Arizona were arrested on Tuesday around 4:00 p.m. when their Undocubus blocked traffic near the DNC. The bus labeled "No Papers, No Fear-Ride for Justice" also known as the Undocubus with 50 protesters left Arizona about six weeks ago.

The illegal protesters were later released and won't face deportation, according to Vicent Picard, Spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Obama has been the only president that has deported the most undocumented immigrants during his first four years in office and in U.S. history.

Currently, there are at least 65,000 undocumented students in the country. Recently, Obama introduced a Deferred Action for those students who qualify and can temporarily apply for work permits and stays.

President Obama would have to get re-elected to continue the Deferred Action policy for undocumented students in 2013.

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Federal Judge In Florida Allows In-state Tuition For Students Of Illegal Parents

The Florida Legislature discriminated against students whose parents were undocumented by charging them three times higher then residents to enroll in a state college or university.

By H. Nelson Goodson

September 5, 2012

Orlando, FL - On Wednesday, State Senator Gary Siplin (D-Orlando) announced in a news release that on Friday a U.S. District Court rectified what the Florida Legislature failed to do by not passing in-state tuition for children of undocumented parents living in the state for years. Undocumented students or students with undocumented parents were charged out-of-state tuition fees, which were at least three times higher than actual resident fees.

Several in-state tuition bills, including one that was proposed by Senator Siplin were rejected by the Republican controlled legislature this year. U.S. Judge K. Michael Moore held that Florida discriminated against students contrary to the equal protection clause of the Constitution whose parents were deemed illegal or failed to show their legal status and documention. Judge Moore ruled that such students may not discriminatly be charged three times that of Florida residents, as a result of their parents' failure to show legal documentation, according to Senator Siplin.

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Hit-and-Run Driver Sought In Ortiz' Death

Javier Ortiz

Photo: Facebook

Driver fled after motorcyclist hit his vehicle and died of injuries sustained at the scene.

By H. Nelson Goodson

September 5, 2012

Milwaukee, WI - On Tuesday, Milwaukee police investigators continued their search for a hit-and-run driver involved in Saturday's death of motorcyclist Javier Ortiz, 27, in the Southside. Ortiz was heading eastbound at the 1900 block of W. Mitchell Street when a driver going southbound on S. Pearl Street crossed Mitchell blocking Ortiz' right of way around 4:42 p.m., according to police. Ortiz tried to slow down quickly to avoid a collision with a 1992-1997 tan Cadillac Seville and applied the brakes hard causing his 2008 Kawasaki ZX600P sports motorcycle to flip over throwing Ortiz into the rear right bumper of the Seville. Ortiz died due to multple injuries he sustained at the scene.

The driver of the tan Seville then sped southbound on Pearl St. according to video footage recovered by police near the deadly motorcycle crash.

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Bissonnette Facing Legal Challenge By Pentagon For Publishing Navy SEALs Account Of Bin Laden's Death

Matt Bissonnette, pseudonym Mark Owen

Photo: 60 Minutes

The Pentagon is challenging a former Navy SEAL's last accounts of Osama bin Laden's death in published book.

By H. Nelson Goodson

September 4, 2012

Washington, D.C. - Matt Bissonnette, a former Navy SEAL who just published a book under the pseudonym Mark Owen about Osama bin Laden's death is facing legal action by the Pentagon for allegedly divulging classified information otherwise prohibited by the government. The book was co-authored by Kevin Maurer.
Last Thursday, the Pentagon general counsel Jeh Charles Johnson sent a letter to Bissonnette and his lawyer claiming that releasing early copies of Bissonnette's autobiography in the newly published book "No Easy Day" and the anticipated release on Tuesday of the book violated his "material breach and violation of the non-disclosure argeements" Bissonnette had signed. 

The Pentagon threatened that the government is seeking to take all of the royalties and any money generated by both Bissonnette and the publishing company Dutton. Apparently, Bissonnette failed to submit a copy of the book to the Pentagon for review before actually publishing it, according to the Pentagon. The Pentagon might also seek criminal charges against Bissonnette.

Bissonnette's attorney says, he didn't "specially identified Special Access Programs" or other Navy SEALs involved in the May 2011 raid.

Bissonnette during a 60 Minutes segment admitted that he hasn't done anything wrong by publishing his book and also claimed that the Navy SEALs involved in Bin Laden's death didn't support President Obama.

Bissonnette wrote that Bin Laden and his son were actually shot while peering through the door in different areas by the point Navy SEAL leading a three men unit to the second floor of Bin Laden's compound. Once Bin Laden fell to the floor, he was then shot in the chest multiple times by two other SEALs, which included Bissonnette. Bissonnette admitted to 60 Minutes that he fired "engaged" multiple times at Bin Laden as he laid on the floor while still alive. Bin Laden was unarmed at the time and there were two women in the room, who witnessed the cold blooded murder, according to Bissonnette.

Bissonnette's book account is in contrary to what the Pentagon and U.S. President Barack H. Obama have made public about Bin Laden's death on May 1, 2011 during a raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

No photos of Bin Laden's body have ever been released by the government to proof the Al-Qaeda former leader was actually killed in Pakistan. The Pentagon claimed Bin Laden's body was disposed at sea.

White House news conference in 2011 video, President Obama announced Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. Navy SEALs Unit 6 in Pakistan. Video link at http://bit.ly/irR0tx

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Naked Cowboy Banned From Sunday's Harley-Davidson's Museum Bike Show Event

Adams head of the H-D Museum security tells the Naked Cowboy to leave the event before he gets off his bike.

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Biker in a cowboy hat wearing only a brief swimsuit was kicked out of the H-D Museum Custom bike show.

By H. Nelson Goodson

September 2, 2012

Milwaukee, WI - On Sunday, Aaron Adams, the head of the Harley-Davidson's Museum security kicked out a disabled biker that drove into the rally with his motorcycle just before 4:00 p.m wearing a cowboy hat, swimsuit briefs, leather pouch and with his nipples taped. The semi-naked biker identified himself to Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) as the Naked Cowboy.

Adams told the biker that he wasn't a female to have covered his nipples, then told him to leave immediately and come back later with "wearing some clothes."

The Naked Cowboy then left after Adams limited a crowd gathered around the scene from taking photos with the senior citizen biker. It seemed Adams who has worked at the museum for over a year lacked any understanding of the modern dress code or attire by some bikers today. He might have saw it offensive to see a senior citizen with his nipples covered enough to lead into a legal challenge by the Naked Cowboy for being kicked out of a public event with not so clear rules about their dress code or policy to attend such an event that included the kick-off of the 110th Anniversary yearlong festivities.

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