Letters to the Editor: Mark Ridley-Thomas is not above the law, no matter how indispensable he is (via latimesopinion )
Suspended L.A. City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was a successful and effective political leader in several elected positions for decades. I understand why columnist Erika D. SmithOf course, he still has friends and supporters. But the long investigation into his behavior as an L.A. County supervisor and his conviction on a number of serious criminal charges clearly demonstrate that power had gone to his head and he was guilty of corruption.
Rather than explaining the unease and unhappiness of some in Black community at the guilty verdict after Ridley-Thomas’ trial, it might have been better for Smith to educate readers about the fact that past good deeds do not justify present-day unethical or corrupt behavior. My children, like thousands of others, were never offered a free ride at USC, but then agian, I never had anything to offer in return. The L.A. politburo is rife with back-door dealing.Smith states that permanently sidelining a leader who been so effective actually feels like opening the door to greater injustice.
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