Several Milwaukee police officers at a homicide scene illegally used their marked SUV squad spotlights to blind a Black Facebook news blogger who was video recording a homicide scene investigation in the Southside of Milwaukee.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
January 29, 2023
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Thursday, a Black Milwaukee police officer and a second officer from police district 2 station internationally used their Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) SUV police squads #229 and #511 spotlights to blind a 42-year-old Black news blogger who was video recording a homicide investigation at S. 15th Street and W. Becher Street.
Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) on Sunday contacted the 42-year-old Black news blogger from Hard Stack Street Magazine (HSSM) to get information concerning the unprecedented reason why MPD officers used spotlights from their police SUV squads to internationally blind him from publicly video record at the homicide scene without interfering with the ongoing investigation.
The 42-year-old HSSM blogger told HNNUSA that he had no idea why the MPD officers kept shining a light on him as he video record the homicide investigation from across the street and a sidewalk, which he said the crime scene was taped off, but not covered to keep anyone from video recording what's visible to the public eye. The HSSM blogger confirmed that he never crossed over the crime scene tape and kept a distance while video recording a 16 minute blogging news video on Facebook live. He also has a hardstackstreetmag dot com web page.
One MPD officer on unit #229 got out of the police SUV police squad and shined the spotlight on him and then got in the driver's side, Another MPD officer seating inside unit #511 next to the residence at the corner duplex being investigated also used the SUV spotlight to internationally blind the HSSM blogger who was across the street, according to the HSSM blogger and video footage.
Both unidentified MPD officers from District 2 must have some issues and shouldn't be on the street, especially when they use their badges and authority to unconstitutionally block any alternative or mainstream media from video recording a crime scene when it is in full view of the public.
Also, HNNUSA learned that the TMJ 4 News crew had the same thing done intentionally to them by a Milwaukee police officer on January 23, 2023 at an incident site, which they were blinded by light. TMJ 4 News reported the mishap to Milwaukee Police administration and are currently looking at the incident.
In Wisconsin and throughout the U.S., anyone or the mainstream media including alternative news bloggers have a First Amendment Constitutional right to video record local police while on duty and investigating a crime scene as long as they don't interfere with the investigation or cross beyond a crime scene tape barrier.
Apparently, the two police officers lack any Constitutional knowledge and First Amendment rights afforded to citizens, mainstream media and alternative news bloggers while publicly video recording police at crime scenes that the public can view and is not a restrictive zone.
Southside crime scene: On Thursday, January 26, 2023, at around 8:00 p.m., Milwaukee police responded to shots fired at the 2100 block of S. 15th Street. When they arrived, they found Jeanette Jimenez, 59, with fatal gunshots wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Police are looking for a suspect(s) in the homicide.
In other news: WI: Milwaukee Southside Had 13 Non-fatal Shootings And 3 Homicides In The First Month Of 2023, Police Report https://bit.ly/3wB1kPN
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