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Caught on Tape: Bribes, Public Corruption
Release of Stimulus Money Expected to Spur 'Inevitable Increase' in Public Corruption By PIERRE THOMAS, JASON RYAN, JACK DATE and THERESA COOK March 26, 2009 Corrupt cops. Corrupt judges. Corrupt school superintendents. From Tennessee to suburban Washington, D.C. to Arkansas, investigators have found officials on the take. But in some cases, the FBI's caught the misdeeds on secretly recorded surveillance tapes. In one brazen crime in Tennessee, cameras caught then-Hamilton County Sheriff William Horace "Billy" Long taking thousands in bribes and embracing corruption to the core. Upon taking a wad of cash from an FBI informant, Long gave his blessing to the man's money-laundering operation. "They can get all the drugs they want…. they need me to get the money out" of the country, the informant, funeral home operator Rev. Clarence Eugene Overstreet, told the sheriff. The men also share a laugh about rolling in the cash. "The Lord is my shepherd; he make me to lay down in green pastures," the informant says, rubbing his fingers together and emphasizing the word "green" to indicate he's talking about cash. In another video clip, Overstreet cautions Long about cash, saying, "Now, it's dope money, so you know, it might be all over the place." And the sheriff was even willing to give a gun to a man he knew was a convicted felon, ineligible to own one. "I got you a present, here, a Christmas present," Long said, unzipping his bag to get out the gun. "I'll put it in my Bible," Overstreet said. Read the rest here: http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/story?id=7024797&page=1 |
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Caught on Tape: Bribes, Public Corruption Release of Stimulus Money Expected to Spur 'Inevitable Increase' in Public Corruption By PIERRE THOMAS, JASON RYAN, JACK DATE and THERESA COOK March 26, 2009 Corrupt cops. Corrupt judges. Corrupt school superintendents. From Tennessee to suburban Washington, D.C. to Arkansas, investigators have found officials on the take. But in some cases, the FBI's caught the misdeeds on secretly recorded surveillance tapes. In one brazen crime in Tennessee, cameras caught then-Hamilton County Sheriff William Horace "Billy" Long taking thousands in bribes and embracing corruption to the core. Upon taking a wad of cash from an FBI informant, Long gave his blessing to the man's money-laundering operation. "They can get all the drugs they want…. they need me to get the money out" of the country, the informant, funeral home operator Rev. Clarence Eugene Overstreet, told the sheriff. The men also share a laugh about rolling in the cash. "The Lord is my shepherd; he make me to lay down in green pastures," the informant says, rubbing his fingers together and emphasizing the word "green" to indicate he's talking about cash. In another video clip, Overstreet cautions Long about cash, saying, "Now, it's dope money, so you know, it might be all over the place." And the sheriff was even willing to give a gun to a man he knew was a convicted felon, ineligible to own one. "I got you a present, here, a Christmas present," Long said, unzipping his bag to get out the gun. "I'll put it in my Bible," Overstreet said. Read the rest here: http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/story?id=7024797&page=1  That dont surprise me
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Good, there's a few more they could weed out too, but people in general don't seem to want to make a fuss because they are intimidated by these people. The stimulus expected to spur an increase? This stuff isn't new, it's been going on for decades.
I'm happy they get caught, wish sooner than later. |
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I'm sure there are more out there that we don't know about
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Heck there are more here but people won't speak out against them and others who get favors from them so they don't speak out for that reason. I hear it all but don't know who they are talking about and am too knew to recognize which ones they are. And you can be the local authorities know too but have their reasons for not speaking up too. Eventually they will tick off someone in their ranks and the truth will come out.
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