LA cop sentenced to 102 years

Had five felony arrests for burglary- and theft-related offenses BEFORE being hired by the LAPD

By James Edwards
Political Cesspool Blog

Over the past several years, the electronic and print media have featured quite a few reports and articles on the problem of corruption in the Los Angeles police department. And it’s a big one - check out the Ramparts scandal. Read LAbyrinth. But what most of them don’t like to mention is the fact that the corrupt cops are overwhelmingly non-white. On the rare occasions when they do mention it, they certainly don’t dwell on it, let alone explore just how so many bad apples have gotten hired to enforce the law. That’s a road they don’t want to go down, because it leads right to affirmative action.

The latest headlines involve a group of cops who were committing home invasion style armed robberies. The ringleader, Ruben Palomares, was sentenced to 13 years in prison last week. Yesterday another non-white former cop, William Ferguson, was sentenced to 102 years for his role in the robberies. His brother, a Long Beach policeman, was also in the gang.

We’ll be seeing more and more of this type of thing in the future, as police hiring standards keep getting lower and lower to allow them to hire enough non-whites to “reflect” the city’s demographics. And I’m not just talking about test scores. That’s bad enough, but it doesn’t even begin to tell the story of how affirmative action has destroyed the hiring standards in law enforcement. Until the push for more non-whites on police forces began a few decades ago, in most cities, applicants for the police academy had to pass rigorous background checks and if they weren’t squeaky clean, they didn’t get in. Not anymore. Check out the background of William Ferguson:

Ferguson had five felony arrests for burglary- and theft-related offenses before being hired by the Los Angeles Police Department in 1996.

At one point, while trying to cite mitigating factors that might persuade Feess to impose a lesser sentence, Deitch told the judge that the incidents were not sufficiently serious to prevent him from being hired by the Police Department.

The judge shot back:

“To which I can only say, ‘Why?’ ”

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Tuesday Amnesty Battle: Keep The Pressure On

Tuesday Game Plan: Keep the Faxes and Phone Calls Going

Dear opponents of amnesty and other rewards for illegal immigration,

You are making a difference. We broke a record for number of faxes ordered yesterday and our sources inside Capitol Hill are reporting an increased awareness of opposition to the AgJOBS amnesty among Congressional offices.

186,568 faxes were ordered yesterday!

23,185 faxes were ordered in one four-hour period!

We have not turned the corner, but if we can keep that sort of pressure on Congress all week, we have a shot at beating back the AgJOBS amnesty for up to 3 million illegal aliens. We are in much the same position as we were in yesterday. Our job right now is to make sure that every Senate office understands that their constituents strongly oppose the AgJOBS amnesty.

It all depends on you. Our Action Buffet team is busy posting new actions on your Action Buffet corkboard. Please go there immediately and send the faxes and make the phone calls we’ve posted on your Action Buffet. [www.numbersusa.com]

If you have never called a Congressional office, today is the day to start. It is easy and only takes a few minutes of your time. Please call your two Senators today to express your opposition to the AgJOBS amnesty.

202-224-3121

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