Village of Greendale Police Says They Can't Locate Or Identified 5 White Youths With Bicycles Who Allegedly Assualted An 11-year-old Black Youth While Selling Candy Door-to-door

Video clip courtesy of Vaun L. Mayes. Mayes, a Black Community organizer and activist asked the Black youths about their incident while they marched to the Greendale Police Department.

Village of Greendale police have so far failed to locate and cite 5 White youths who allegedly assaulted a Black youth who was going door-to-door selling candy, instead, one Black adult chaperone and three Black youths including the 11-year-old that was assaulted were taken into custody.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 25, 2021

Village of Greendale, WI - On Monday, the Village of Greendale police released a two page press release in relation to an October 17 incident where an adult Black male (chaperone) and three Black youths were taken into custody for disorderly conduct and other charges. Police also indicated that they have no leads or information about 5 White youths riding bicycles who allegedly assaulted an 11-year-old Black youth who was selling candy door-to-door.

Also on Monday, dozens of protesters held a press conference in front of the Village of Greendale Village Hall while several Greendale School Board members, Mary Laurel Grogan and Kathleen Wied-Vincent, the Village of Greendale President Jason Cyborowski holding a "We support the Greendale Police" including Board trustee Colleen Fechtmeyer who was holding a "Back the Blue" sign stood across the street in support of the Greendale police actions on October 17, even if it seemed excessive action with racially motivated intent against the very same 11-year-old Black youth who had been assaulted by 5 White racist youths, according to those attending the protest.

The Black youths and an aunt who was a witness when the Black youths were taken into custody says, that police were very rude and didn't take their assault complaint seriously. Police say they tried to get additional information from the victims about the alleged 5 White youths involved in the assault, but were unsuccessful. 

Police did confirm on their press release that they haven't identified any of the alleged 5 White youths involved in the assault case of the 11-year-old Black youth, although, where all the Black youths and their chaperone were taken into custody by police, at least one of the White youths involved in the assault incident happens to reside in that same immediate area. 

The Black chaperone and the Black youths did inform the police officers at the scene that one of the White racist youths lived in that address, which police have as of yet not taken any action against the White youth that was identified.

Instead, police arrested the Black youths and adult chaperone for the following charges. The Black adult chaperone was arrested, charged and cited for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and misuse of 911. The three Black youths were arrested and cited for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. One of the Black youths was also cited for criminal damage to property after damaging the interior of a police squad.

The protesters after their press conference at the Village Hall marched in the street towards the Village of Greendale Police Department, which was closed and attempts by the leaders of the protest to speak to someone at the police station was unsuccessful, since no one from the department came out to answer and open the door, despite repeated attempts. 

According to the Village of Greendale Police Department Facebook account, it says that they are always open, but it seems that they are not open for Black and White protesters marching against police racially motivated acts, which in this case targeted an 11-year-old Black victim of an assault involving what some might label as a criminal bicycle gang of White youths targeting Black youths in the village.

Brief note: For those that missed it, the Back the Blue flag and line was used in the January 6, 2021 Trump Make Amerikkka Great Again/Keep Amerikkka Great (MAGA) insurrection attempt to keep the U.S. Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote indicating that Joe Biden (D) was the newly elected U.S. President. 

Update:  The Activist and Advocacy Podcast with Vaun L. Mayes responded after the Greendale Village protest and the Village police press release at link: https://bit.ly/3CcYNwd