{"id":1432231,"date":"2022-04-12T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432231"},"modified":"2022-04-12T08:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:00:54","slug":"blm-milwaukee-leader-convicted-of-first-degree-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-milwaukee-leader-convicted-of-first-degree-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"BLM Milwaukee Leader Convicted of First Degree Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblm-milwaukee-leader-convicted-of-first-degree-robbery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432231&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>A prominent leader of Black Lives Matter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who was praised by the media for leading anti-police protests in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/george-floyd-relentless-struggle\">following the death of George Floyd<\/a> while in custody with the Minneapolis Police Department, was convicted of first-degree robbery in Kentucky on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Khalil Coleman, 36-years-old, faces up to 20 years behind bars over his role in an attempted robbery of a drug house in Elsmere, Kentucky, in February 2021. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Elsmere police officers arrested three suspects at the scene of the crime, which included Coleman and a minor, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/2022\/04\/09\/milwaukee-activist-khalil-coleman-found-guilty-robbery-kentucky-kenton-county-court\/9524426002\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Journal Sentinel<\/em> reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Milwaukee <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLM?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLM<\/a> leader praised by the media for leading protests against police in 2020, was convicted on Friday of 1st-degree robbery in Kentucky. Khalil Coleman was part of an armed group that tried to rob a drug house. He marched w\/the man who tried to shoot Kyle Rittenhouse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LYUZRL9CBm\">pic.twitter.com\/LYUZRL9CBm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 ???? (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1513304749235441666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Elsmere Police Chief Joe Maier provided details of the incident and said the group planned an armed home invasion robbery and attempted to flee when the plan failed. &#8220;They went to a drug house to rob a drug house,&#8221; Maier said. &#8220;One of the occupants went up to the drug house and had a Glock handgun with a 50-round magazine drum&#8230;When it didn&#8217;t work, they hurried up and left the scene, jumped in a white vehicle and left.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Maier said police stopped the group after they got boxed in by a snowplow when they attempted to flee, according to the <em>Journal Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Authorities said that Coleman was the driver of the escape vehicle. Officers also recovered two handguns from the car, along with drug paraphernalia suspected to be heroin and marijuana, the outlet reports.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Authorities said that Coleman and his accomplice Joshua Clarey, 24-years-old, of New Berlin, coerced a 17-year-old minor to go to an alleged drug house and steal money. Although the jury said they were not convinced that Coleman knew he was a juvenile and they found him not guilty in the lesser charge of unlawful transaction of a minor.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The jury recommended Coleman be sentenced to 10 years in prison, though the charges could lead up to 20 years. A sentencing date for Coleman has not yet been determined, according to the <em>Journal Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Coleman is known in the state of Wisconsin for leading anti-police protests on behalf of Milwaukee&#8217;s &#8220;People&#8217;s Revolution,&#8221; a radical faction of Black Lives Matter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpr-mke.com\/\">The group<\/a> calls on levels of government to answer a set of demands, which include defunding the police, stripping law enforcement of equipment, ending qualified immunity, and others, according to the organization&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>During the summer of 2020, Coleman was a lead organizer in months-long protests in Milwaukee following Floyd&#8217;s death in May of that year. The massive protests often turned <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-wisconsin-braces-for-unrest-as-police-officer-not-charged-in-shooting-death-of-alvin-cole\">violent and destructive.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milwaukeemag.com\/milwaukees-protest-leaders-say-this-is-the-revolution\/\">praised<\/a> Coleman as a &#8220;brilliant community leader&#8221; for his &#8220;battle for equity and racial justice&#8221; despite the destructive protests and Coleman being an open supporter of the violent Milwaukee street gang &#8220;Gangster Disciples,&#8221; which he claims to have no affiliation except support, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/2020\/10\/05\/khalil-coleman\/\">W<em>isconsinRightNow<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FEATURE ?: The lives of three leaders of Milwaukee\u2019s new protest movement have prepared them for this battle for equity and racial justice.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ITqAvPsVNu\">https:\/\/t.co\/ITqAvPsVNu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milwaukee Magazine (@milwaukeemag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/milwaukeemag\/status\/1310690789022994434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><em>The Post Millennial&#8217;s<\/em> editor-at-large Andy Ngo reported that Coleman was a supporter of Gaige Grosskreutz, the gunman <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/kenosha-shooting-events-tracked-by-videos-taken-at-riot\">shot in the arm<\/a> by acquitted teen <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-kyle-rittenhouse-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges\">Kyle Rittenhouse<\/a> during the 2020 Jacob Blake riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The far-left used <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gofundme?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gofundme<\/a> to raise cash for Milwaukee <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLM?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLM<\/a> leader Khalil Coleman after he was charged with 1st-degree robbery &#038; unlawful transaction w\/a minor. GoFundMe says it doesn&#8217;t allow fundraising for those charged with violent offenses, but antifa &#038; others use it anyway. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJ4NTRWrSU\">pic.twitter.com\/EJ4NTRWrSU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 ???? (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1513362369665282049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Man who was shot in the arm in Kenosha, Gaige Grosskreutz is at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/100daymarch?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#100daymarch<\/a> with Khalil Coleman. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/noc7WCTlnB\">pic.twitter.com\/noc7WCTlnB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike De Sisti (@mdesisti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdesisti\/status\/1302330768191033346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Following his arrest in February 2021, far-left activists used the crowdfunding service GoFundMe to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210218184658\/https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/bail-and-attorney-fees-for-brother-khalil-coleman\">raise money<\/a> for Coleman&#8217;s bail and legal fees after he was charged with first-degree burglary and unlawful transaction with a minor:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;He has been a pillar in the Milwaukee community for the last decade he has marched with the People&#8217;s revolution to promote equality for our black and brown brothers and sisters &#8230; He has been a positive roll model and mentor for not only his children but his students as well &#8230; Khalil Coleman is no criminal he is a subject of exactly what CAN happen when you go against your oppressors!&#8221; the page reads.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent leader of Black Lives Matter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who was praised by the media for leading anti-police protests in 2020 following the death of George Floyd while<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1432231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1432231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1432231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1432231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}