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Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, has been awarded custody of the deceased pop singers three children, in an amicable settlement with his ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, who has been granted visitation rights.
Michael Jackson
This decision is in agreement with the will Jackson left behind, fulfilling his wishes for a custody arrangement in the event of his untimely death.
Katherine and Michael Jackson (AP)
Jackson mother gets custody, Rowe gets visits
Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:40pm EDT - LOS ANGELES, July 30 (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's mother will get custody of the late pop star's three children after reaching an agreement with his ex-wife Debbie Rowe, avoiding a custody battle only days before a court hearing on the matter.
Rowe will have visitation rights with her two biological children with Jackson -- Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11, under the terms of the agreement, lawyers said on Thursday...
Hollywood has corrupted the local film commission in New Orleans. Film commission director, Mark S. Smith, was taking kickbacks, issued by film studios and passed on via check to third parties, then given to him in cash, for accepting fake film budgets that were inflated and giving large tax and cash rebates in exchange for his corrupted services.
A FBI agent stated of the case, "We will work together to identify those individuals who conspire with each other to defraud the system to benefit themselves, while the state, its reputation and its citizens suffer."
Robert S. Mueller
I am not impressed with this vanity arrest by Robert S. Mueller's FBI. Since when does the FBI care about "reputation" and "citizens suffering" when it allows a dirty pop fraud, Madonna, to run lose, engaging in massive financial crimes, that severely defrauded and abused a black immigrant family, to the point, audiences domestically and worldwide, were so appalled they boycotted she and her Hollywood conspirators to such degrees, their sales plunged into obscurity and commercial failure.
It's a shame it takes everyday people to do what the FBI is too cowardly and corrupt to do. But you can continue to allow those depraved beasts like Madonna, to run loose in Hollywood, committing financial crime after crime and see what it does for investor confidence domestically and worldwide.
Madwoman Madonna
Madonna and her associates at Sony, among others in Hollywood, are clearly illustrating for the whole world to see, corruption, financial fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud and other unsavory monetary schemes, are still the order of the day in corporate America.
That's the worst possible testimony that can be rendered, one visibly seen by millions of readers, many of whom are potential investors, while many others are members of dozens of world governments and financial firms.
Former Louisiana Film Commission Director Sentenced in Bribery Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LA—Mark S. Smith, the former Director of the Louisiana Film Commission and an attorney, age 47, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced this morning in federal court by U. S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to two years (24 months) in federal prison as well as pay a $67,500 fine, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.
In addition, Judge Engelhardt ordered that SMITH serve three (3) years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment, during which time he will be under federal supervision and risk additional imprisonment should he violate any terms of the supervision.
According to court documents, SMITH pled guilty on September 7, 2007 to a two-count Bill of Information charging him with conspiracy and bribery in connection with a program receiving federal funds. SMITH admitted that between 2003 and 2005, while serving as Director of the Louisiana Film Commission, he approved fraudulently inflated movie budgets submitted by a film production company in order for the film company to receive state tax credits. In return, SMITH accepted cash bribes totaling over $65,000.00. Additionally, SMITH admitted that a businessman wrote corporate checks to a third party who cashed the checks and passed the cash to SMITH.
Michael J. De Palma, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation stated:
"The film industry is important for the future economy of Louisiana. Today's sentence makes it clear that the federal law enforcement community and the United States Attorney's Office will work together to identify those individuals who conspire with each other to defraud the system to benefit themselves, while the state, its reputation and its citizens suffer. Special Agents of IRS Criminal Investigation are highly skilled investigators who will continue to work with the FBI and other federal and state law enforcement partners to ferret out corruption wherever it is found."
Two other individuals, William Bradley, a Hammond attorney, and Malcolm Petal, a film executive and attorney were charged, pled guilty and sentenced in a related separate case before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk.
Bradley, charged with conspiracy to bribe a state official was sentenced to serve ten months in federal prison. Malcolm Petal, also charged with conspiracy, was sentenced to serve five years in jail, a fine of $15,000.00 and restitution to the State of Louisiana of $1,350,000.00...
A judge clearly gone bad, Bobby DeLaughter, will plead guilty to lying to a, FBI agent that was investigating judicial corruption in Mississippi.
There is nothing funny about DeLaughter's conduct, as he tried to corruptly obtain a federal judgeship, by conspiring with a defendant in a multi-billion dollar tobacco civil case, in exchange for assistance in obtaining career advancement in the judiciary, via the brother-in-law of former U.S. Senator, Tren Lott.
What's even more disappointing is, Delaughter was a prosecutor, who is the basis for a character in the movie "Ghosts of Mississippi" regarding the trial that brought white supremacists to justice, for the heinous murder of innocent civil rights figure, Medgar Evers.
Miss. judge to plead guilty to lying to FBI agent
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi judge known for successfully prosecuting a white supremacist decades after a civil rights-era killing will plead guilty to lying to an FBI agent investigating judicial corruption, the judge's attorney said Tuesday.
Thomas Durkin said Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter will enter the plea in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen. Trial was set for Aug. 17 in Oxford, with DeLaughter facing charges of conspiracy, obstruction and three counts of mail fraud.
DeLaughter has had a storied career, beginning in the 1990s when he was a prosecutor who helped put white supremacist Byron de la Beckwith behind bars for the 30-year-old murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. He was portrayed by Alec Baldwin in the 1996 movie "Ghosts of Mississippi," which was based on Beckwith's prosecution. DeLaughter also wrote a book about the trial.
Prosecutors have said DeLaughter's ambition to become a federal judge ultimately led him to break the law. He was accused of giving an unfair advantage to Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, a chief architect of the multibillion-dollar tobacco settlements of the 1990s, in a dispute over millions of dollars in fees from asbestos lawsuits.
Authorities have said Scruggs, who is now in prison, and others promised DeLaughter they could help him be considered for an open seat on the federal bench with help from Scruggs' brother-in-law, then-U.S. Sen. Trent Lott. Lott is not accused of wrongdoing...
It has been confirmed, Hal Turner, a white supremacist blogger, arraigned for threatening a judge, is indeed an FBI informant, as previously and unlawfully disclosed, when hackers published items from his email account, showing communiqués between the two.
It never ceases to amaze me the type of shady characters the FBI will enlist, often as paid informants, using taxpayer money to compensate men and women, who do not deserve it.
Lawyer: Man accused of judge threat was FBI source
CHICAGO — A New Jersey blogger accused of threatening to kill three federal judges has been an FBI informant and even told authorities about a potential plot to assassinate President Barack Obama, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Blogger Hal Turner pleaded not guilty earlier in the day to charges that he threatened to kill three Chicago-based federal appeals judges...
Video: Police release 911 tapes from Gates arrest - WWLP.com
The Cambridge Police Department is not having a good month. Already under fire for racially profiling African-American, Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates Jr., they are now facing another race based incident.
Gates Jr. and Crowley to meet with Obama tomorrow
Cambridge police officer, Justin Barrett, has been suspended for sending out a mass email, referring to professor Gates as a "jungle monkey" which is a very derisive racial slur for black people.
Justin Barrett
There is another unverified photo online of a Cambridge Police officer entering his vehicle with a racially tinged personalized license plate. These three incidents give off a very negative vibe about the Cambridge Police Department when it comes to race issues.
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
911 caller, Lucia Whalen, also spoke publicly today, denouncing the conduct of arresting officer James Crowley, who put words in her mouth regarding the wrongful arrest of Gates, stating she volunteered information about the race of the alleged suspects, when tapes later revealed she did not. Whalen has been threatened and harassed thanks to Officer Crowley's untruths. Poor lady.
James Crowley
The important thing to remember is there are many good cops out there, not just in America, but all over the world. However, it is rather sad when the actions of a few taint the badge.
Don't they look alike:
James Crowley
Michael Imperioli (actor)
Just like reporters are compelled to use truth in reporting, officers should be as well, as authoring false police reports is corrupt.
Officer suspended for Gates slur in e-mail
July 29, 2009 07:35 PM - An officer in the Boston Police Department was suspended yesterday for allegedly writing a racially charged e-mail about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to colleagues at the National Guard, a law enforcement official said. Mayor Thomas M. Menino compared the officer to a cancer and said he is "gone, g-o-n-e'' from the force.
The law enforcement official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Officer Justin Barrett referred to the black scholar as a "jungle monkey" in the letter, written in reaction to media coverage of Gates's arrest July 16.
Barrett, a 36-year-old who has been on the job for two years, was stripped of his gun and badge yesterday and faces a termination hearing in the next week, said police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll. He has no previous disciplinary record, she said.
"Yesterday afternoon, Commissioner Davis was made aware that Officer Barrett was the author of correspondence which included racially charged language," she said. "At that time, Commissioner Davis immediately stripped Officer Barrett of his gun and badge, and at this time we will be moving forward with the hearing process." ...
Caller Says She Didn’t Mention Race to Officer in Gates Case
July 29, 2009 - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Lucia Whalen, whose 911 call led to the arrest of the Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home, made her first public comments Wednesday, saying at no time did she ever mention race to the responding police officer.
Ms. Whalen, 40, her voice cracking, said she was deeply hurt by the reaction to the incident on July 16...
“When I was called a racist, I was the target of scorn and ridicule because of things I never said,” she told the reporters gathered in a park here at midday. She added, “The criticism hurt me as a person but also hurt the community of Cambridge.” ...
Video: Americans Polled On Hot Topics - CBSNewsOnline
CBS polled Americans on various issues, such as healthcare reform, the economy, race issues and police conduct, the results of which are discussed in the above posted video.
