while i agree corruption is bad, and i am not condoning it, between LA, MS, and AL, we have some of the most corrupt politicians in history.
Guy Hunt, governor of AL
Criminal indictment, conviction and pardon
In 1992 a grand jury indicted Hunt for theft, conspiracy, and ethics violations.
[2] Prosecutors said that
he took $200,000 from a 1987 inaugural account and used it to buy marble showers and lawnmowers.[3][4] Hunt was ultimately found guilty. As the
state constitution does not allow convicted felons to hold office, Hunt was forced to resign on April 22, 1993.
[5]
After being ordered to pay $12,000,
Hunt began a five year probation term in 1994. In February 1998 he asked the parole board to reduce his probation by four months; the judge instead increased the probation by five years.
[6] In April 1998, having served his full sentence and paid his fine, the parole board granted Hunt a pardon.
[7][8] The Pardon was never official though as it was required to be signed by a Judge and they could not find a Judge who was willing to sign it.
Don Siegelman governor AL
The 2006 conviction
On October 26, 2005, Siegelman was indicted on new charges of bribery and mail fraud in connection with
Richard M. Scrushy, founder and former CEO of
HealthSouth. Two former Siegelman aides were charged in the indictment as well. Siegelman was accused of trading government favors for campaign donations when he was governor from 1999 to 2003 and lieutenant governor from 1995 to 1999
. Scrushy was accused of arranging $500,000 in donations to Siegelman's campaign for a state lottery fund for universal education in exchange for a seat on a state hospital regulatory board, a non-paying position. Scrushy, who had served on the state hospital regulatory board over the past three Republican administrations, had recently been acquitted of charges of securities fraud for his part in the HealthSouth Corporation fraud scandal which cost shareholders billions.
[15]
Siegelman was sentenced by Judge Mark Everett Fuller to more than seven years in federal prison and a $50,000 fine.[1]
Now look at the sentence for a corrupt black politician
Larry Langford, Mayor Birmingham
SEC investigation and lawsuit
In 2007, Langford and two associates were investigated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission for actions which occurred during his tenure as County Commission president involving allegedly illegal transactions which steered County
bond business to particular companies in exchange for bribes.
[20][21]
On April 30, 2008, the
Securities and Exchange Commission sued Langford in federal court.
[22] The lawsuit alleged Langford accepted more than $156,000 in cash and benefits from Montgomery banker Bill Blount in exchange for county bond business.[22]
After being convicted in a trial in federal court in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
[31] Langford is now serving a 15-year federal felony sentence.
[2] He is an inmate #27349-001
[32] at
FCI Ashland, a Federal prison in Ashland, Kentucky.
[33] His projected release date is listed as May 1, 2023.
[33]
the black man was corrupt with less money than the whites, but received a longer sentence. i hate corruption, but if they are going to prosecute it, it should be done fairly. Until that time, I cannot support this extreme sentence.
because the white racial frame does not want to prosecute those war criminals.
that's why I give the coli militants a hard time on here. They wanna support everything black, when black people will fukk you over just as much as a white person. Look past the color of ones skin and check their character instead.
former mayor here in Birmingham got caught up for the exact same thing. I'm convinced all mayors do this but the black politicians have a huge target on their backs for upsetting the balance of the good ol boy network.
