Distric Attorney Corruption?: Two Views On DA Cooley's Record On Cable TV LA 36 Sunday & Monday

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.

Watch this program on L. A. Cable Channel 36 as follows:

Sunday, May 18th 8-9 p.m.

Monday, May 19th 4-5 p.m.

Internet: Preview & Six Segments from links below

These two challengers running against incumbent L A County District Attorney Steve 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. Steve Cooley declined to be interviewed for this program and refused to provide a videotaped statement on the issues raised.

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-Summary (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 featured on 45 cable systems starting May 14, 2008. A complete listing of channels and airtimes, by community can be found from this link.

OC Sheriff Versus The Federal Justice System: Video Preview (5 min)

Los Angeles, CA. The Full Disclosure Network® presents an exclusive two-part program examining the awesome challenge faced by Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona as he begins his battle against political corruption charges in the Federal Justice system. These programs are part of an on-going series covering the Federal prosecution of the Sheriff in the 5th largest county of the United States.

Appearing in the program are:

• Sheriff Mike Carona, Orange County, California
• Anthony Patchett, Former Special Assistant District Attorney (Los Angeles)
• Jan L. Handzlik, Partner of the Howery, LLP law firm & a former Federal prosecutor
• Mark H. Allenbaugh, former Staff Attorney U. S. Sentencing Guidelines Commission and partner Allenbaugh-Samini, LLP
• Leslie Dutton, Full Disclosure Network® host

The programs are being featured on 45 cable systems and available in their entirety on the Internet (FREE) for a short period of time from links below. Thereafter, the Internet access will be available to Full Disclosure Network® subscribers only.

WATCH THE PREVIEW HERE NOW

A few of the points by legal experts in the two-part (1 hr) hour program are:

• Sheriff Carona states at the outset he believes the Federal Court system is fair.
• Is the Federal system free from politics regarding who to prosecute and who not to?
• Legal experts raise signifigant issues with the sentencing guidelines and plea agreements that they say are unfair.
• Innocent defendants are forced to plead guilty to avoid “Draconian” sentences handed out under the Federal guidelines
• Defendants who plead guilty are also forced to waive their right to appeal harsh sentences
• Vast majority of defendants who plead innocent are found guilty of crimes not related to their indictments. i.e. (perjury, obstructing justice, etc.)...the reason, it is too difficult for the Feds to prove their case on initial charges.
• An astounding 95 to 97 % of all individuals Indicted plead guilty in the Federal system
  

Known as “the news behind the news” Full Disclosure Network® cable television programs are featured on 45 cable systems and the Internet since 1992 and produced by host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series “L. A.’s War Against Terrorism” was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/

Sheriff Mike Carona Speaks Out: On Leave of Absence (Internet video 3 min)

Orange County, CA. (Nov. 9, 2007) Mike Carona , the embattled Sheriff reveals why he will not resign from office and the circumstances that brought about his decision to take a sixty day a leave of absence in a two-part Full Disclosure Network® program. A three (3) minute video clip preview of Carona’s remarks is available online as a public service of the Full Disclosure Network®. Click here to view the video.

The interview, conducted by Leslie Dutton, took place in the Sheriff’s office on November 8, 2007, just two days following his arraignment in Federal Court. Carona discussed the pressures and forces at play that impacted his decisions.

Although defendants involved in Federal prosecutions are normally advised, not to make public statements, Carona explained why he was willing to talk to Full Disclosure Network®. The entire two-part program featuring Carona’s interview along with commentary from legal and law enforcement experts is to be released to 45 cable systems and on the Internet within the next ten days. Here is a link to the listing of channels and airtimes by community.

Full Disclosure Network® cable and Internet television programs are produced by Emmy Award winning Host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston and billed as “the news behind the news” for the past fifteen years. The programs feature local, state and national law enforcement officials, civic leaders, experts and activists to provide information on critical issues that often to do not get covered, in-depth, on commercial television.

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Drug Cartels Take Over Local Cities, Illegal Immigration, Corruption & More: L A Cable Channel 36 Sunday & Monday

Los Angeles, CA. According to 33 year veteran gang specialist and retired L.A. Sheriff’s Sergeant Richard Valdemar, Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated city councils and political campaigns in many small cities in Los Angeles County. A four-part Full Disclosure Network® cable TV series with Valdemar covers the impact of the Mexican Mafia gangs, drug cartels and illegal aliens in American cities.

Part 3 & 4 of the series with Sgt. Richard Valdemar will be featured on LA Cable Channel 36 this Sunday, July 22nd as follows:

• 8:00 p.m. Drug Cartels Take Over Local Cities (Part 3)
• 8:30 p.m. Corruption and Illegal Immigration (Part 4)

Will repeat on Monday July 23rd as follows:

• 4:00 p.m. Drug Cartels Take Over Local Cities (Part 3)
• 4:30 p.m. Corruption and Illegal Immigration (Part 4)

Internet Previews are available from the links above. The entire four-part series with Sgt. Richard Valdemar is being featured on 43 cable systems. Available FREE on the internet, 24/7, on demand, as a public service. Other channels and airtimes can be found on the website.

The Full Disclosure Network® is known as “the news behind the news” and is an independent, educational, public affairs cable program hosted by Leslie Dutton. In 2002 the FDN program was presented with a local public affairs Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their series entitled “L.A.’s War Against Terrorism”. Previews of the full programs are featured on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/

INVESTIGATION CLOUDS BRATTON REAPPOINTMENT: Watch Video (8 min)

Los Angeles, CA. -- A former TV and Radio personality who also served as a LAPD Disciplinary Hearing Officer, alleges the Police Commission is participating in a “cover up” of responsibility for the police beatings that occurred in Mac Arthur Park during the immigrant rally on May Day. FULL DISCLOSURE NETWORK® presents an eight minute Video News Blog featuring Xavier Hermosillo's remarks and in sharp contrast the comments from LAPD Police Commission President John Mack and former Police Commission President Edith Perez. The video is available for viewing on the Internet 24/7, on demand as a public service.

Here are a few highlights from the Video News Blog:

• Xavier Hermosillo, maintains the Commission used a much different process to evaluate former Chief Bernard Parks than they did with Bill Bratton and they did so out of the public eye.
• John Mack, current President of the Police Commission praises Bratton as “a man of the 21st Century”.
• Edith Perez: Former President of the Commission describes the thorough evaluation process used when considering Chief Willie Williams for re-appointment.
• Police Shootings & Beatings: Hermosillo points out major incidents that happened on Bratton’s watch, citing the Devon Brown shooting, Susie Pena shooting and the Stanley Miller flashlight beating.
• Xavier Hermosillo says that Bratton is blaming others for what should be his responsibility, citing his own phone call to NYPD where he claims they verified one hundred flashlight beating incidents in New York, while Bratton was Chief.
• Corruption, in the City of Los Angeles, is what Hermosillo says has led to the current situation and he blames Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who has the ultimate responsibility for appointing a Chief.

VIEWERS MAY PARTICIPATE IN AN ONLINE SURVEY BY CASTING THEIR VOTES ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

• Do you think the Los Angeles Police Commission merely rubberstamped Bratton’s reappointment because Mayor Villaraigosa wanted Bratton to remain as chief?
• Do you agree that Bill Bratton should serve another five year term as Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department?
• Do you think it was proper to reappoint Chief Bratton while the May 1st “May Day Melee” is still under investigation?
• Why do you think the Los Angeles media has become silent after suffering abuse at the hands of the LAPD

REBUTTALS ENCOURAGED: Viewers are invited to participate by posting their comments in the section below on the video page. Known as “the news behind the news” Full Disclosure Network® cable television programs are featured on 43 cable systems and the Internet since 1992. In 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series “L. A.’s War Against Terrorism” was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/.