Editorial: Nothing to celebrate about another political corruption verdict in L.A. (via latimesopinion )
Another Los Angeles politician goes down for corruption. No wonder would-be voters are so cynical about casting a ballot.federal bribery and conspiracy charges
Prosecutors argued Ridley-Thomas pushed the quid pro quo in 2017 and 2018 after his son Sebastian, then a member of the state Assembly, learned he was being investigated for sexual harassment. They said he was motivated to secure a good landing spot for his son to avoid hurting his family’s political machine. Ridley-Thomas was expected to run for mayor in 2022, but announced his decision to stay out of the race a few months before he was indicted.
He’s been one of L.A.’s most influential policymakers, helping rebuild South L.A. after the 1992 riots, pushing for police reform, overseeing the reopening of Martin Luther King Medical Center in Willowbrook — the hospital once called “Killer King”— and most recently helping lead the effort in L.A. and California for humane solutions to the homelessness crisis.
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