Los Angeles, CA Is it a co-incidence that it has been almost 20 years, since the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office prosecuted a big dollar, white collar crime? Or could it be there are no more big corruption cases or major crimes committed by powerful and prominent people in Los Angeles?
In a Full Disclosure Network® two-part series Steve Ipsen, President of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys (L. A. County) and Albert Robles, Constitutional Attorney who serves as an elected member of the So. California Water Replenishment Board both contend that corruption is alive and well in Los Angeles County. These two challengers running against Cooley in the June 2008 election, point out that the current DA has refused to prosecute the rich and powerful while successfully lobbying for a $55,000 pay raise bringing his salary to $292,300, making him one of the highest-paid government officials anywhere.
Watch this seven minute preview from the series that is featured on 45 cable systems and the internet. The full two-part programs will be available for viewing (for a limited time up to the election) from the Full Disclosure website from the following links:
Preview (7:30 min)
Segment #1 (8 min)
Candidates provide background on their careers and qualifications.
They present a summary of issues for why they are running against the Incumbent DA Steve Cooley.
Segment #2 (8 min)
Candidates discuss why Steve Cooley is not participating in the U. S. Department of Justice Gang Initiative
and address the following issues:
- DA non-action policy on deporting illegal alien gang members
- Mexican Drug Cartels in City of Cudahy
- Impact of Criminal Defense lobby on DA prosecution policies
- DA Cooley's campaign contributions from Criminal Defense lobby
Segment #3 (8 min)
Candidates describe the failures and demoralization of the DA's office,
and of DA Investigators as body guards and chauffeurs for questionable personal activities.
Segment #4 (8 min)
Both candidates noted the following:
- DA's refusal to prosecute pedophile priests in the Catholic Church
- DA's non-prosecution policies of powerful people, i.e. Board of Supervisors
- Called DA's pay raise "pay back" for looking the other way.
- Ethics Violation: Cooley called Jury members "stupid" following the Blake Verdict
Segment #5 (8 min)
Candidates detail issue where there is Corruption in the DA's office:
- Belmont Learning Center scandal
- Criminal Defense Attorneys influence
- DA disbanded environmental crimes unit
- Manipulated cases by transfer of expert Deputies
Segment #6 (8 min)
Video disclosure of how DA Investigators were used to conduct an unofficial and unauthorized investigation.
Candidates describe DA's failure to investigate MacArthur Park beatings gross negligence at Martin Luther King Hospital.
Challengers Quotes on DA Cooley’s record:
Steve Ipsen:
“The corruption that exists in the county that I'm aware of, that I can state here today is with the District Attorney's office.”
“This DA doesn't deserve to be paid when he isn't doing his job.”
Albert Robles:
“He has refused to prosecute the pedophiles and child molesters that work and still work in the Catholic Church”.
“Steve Cooley takes untold amounts of money from the criminal defense sector”.
This series is to be featured on 45 cable systems starting May 14, 2008. A complete listing of channels and airtimes, by community can be found from this link.
Comments to date: 8. This is page 1 of 1.
Robert Los Angeles
Posted: 07:24 pm [PST] on May 25 2008
I was impressed when Steve Ipsen came to a rally in support of Jamiel's Law. Jamiel was a promising student who was murdered by an illegal alien gang member. Ipsen sympathizes with families who have lost their loved ones, and he's tough on crime as a result.
Ipsen is right when he says that the alleged police mistreatment in the 2007 MacArthur Park Mayday Melee should have been investigated. But, in my opinion, an investigation would have shown that police made the best of a difficult situation, used aggression only when necessary,(against a crowd who has a natural tendency to not follow the law, or officers, and who knew that the Mayor would back them up no matter what), and might have uncovered "scams" by demonstrators who were deceptively going for a juicy lawsuit. Cooley probably wanted to avoid this. But LA citizens deserve to know the truth. Ipsen would investigate situations like this.
Gene Krischer Los Angeles
Posted: 10:53 am [PST] on May 23 2008
My direct involvement in the Belmont fiasco and the LAUSD's purchase of the Beaudry property, combined with your program's content on this important issue, reinforces the inescapable conclusion that Mr. Cooley is undeserved of another term as a watchdog in the public interest. Rather, unfortunateley, he has proven himself to be just another overly compensated lap dog.
Gene Krischer Los Angeles
Posted: 10:53 am [PST] on May 23 2008
My direct involvement in the Belmont fiasco and the LAUSD's purchase of the Beaudry property, combined with your program's content on this important issue, reinforces the inescapable conclusion that Mr. Cooley is undeserved of another term as a watchdog in the public interest. Rather, unfortunateley, he has proven himself to be just another overly compensated lap dog.
Bill Denver
Posted: 11:22 am [PST] on May 18 2008
Mr. Cooley has certainly seemed to have gone in the wrong direction since being elected. Why did Cooley not show up at the Gang Conference? Why does a District Attorney take money from defense attorneys for re-election? Don't you think that those same defense attorneys get that same money from the criminals that they defend? Would it really be much different if the gang cartels handed Mr. Cooley a personal check for his campaign? I think not. I may not live in LA County, but I have family that does. It's time for a change. Put someone like Deputy DA Ipsen in office who will not look the other way, and who will take on the tough cases!
Jonathan Fischbach Los Angeles
Posted: 08:36 am [PST] on May 18 2008
Ipsen for LA County DA !
JUSTICE FOR ALL Los Angeles, CA
Posted: 08:33 pm [PST] on May 16 2008
I filed a criminal complaint with the Los Angeles D.A.'s Office in October 2007 against four (4) LA Superior Court judges. Therein I provided proof that two of those judges committed FELONIES in an effort to protect a corrupt attorney I was suing. I also
provided evidence that THREE OF THOSE JUDGES PARTICIPATED IN A SCHEME TO DENY MY STATUTORY RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY THEM. Though the D.A.'s website states: "The Justice System Integrity Division investigates and prosecutes any allegation of criminal misconduct by a judicial officer", STEVE COOLEY FAILED TO INVESTIGATE MY CLAIMS. I later discovered that 3 of the 4 judges I included in that criminal complaint are former LA Deputy District Attorneys. Two of them joined the D.A.'s office in the early '70's, the same year as Steve Cooley. DO NOT RE-ELECT STEVE COOLEY ON JUNE 3, 2008. HE IS A CORRUPT PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
Catherine Virginia
Posted: 11:13 pm [PST] on May 16 2008
Hi Leslie. Fantastic job. If you add Steve Cooley, Ditrict Attorney, Steve Ipsen, and Albert Robles to the titles in all of the YouTube clips they will be more accessible by the YouTube search engine. Right now you can only see them by searching DA corruption. Fantastic footage.
Phillip Lambro Los Angeles
Posted: 09:01 am [PST] on May 16 2008
This is why I and many others were illegally evicted and thrown out onto the streets from their affordable rent controlled apartments here in Los Angeles and new landlords who are worth in excess of 200 million dollars were given by Los Angeles City Council laughing fingernail filing member Wendy Greuel and her laughing associate Janice Hahn "extreme financial hardship" exemptions to these multi millionaire landlords. There has been something rotten in the State Of Los Angeles for a very long time.