California Senate's Top Gun Control Advocate Arrested

Vince

California state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) -- one of the state's strongest advocates for gun control -- was arrested Wednesday on charges that include scheming to defraud citizens of honest services and conspiracy to illegally traffic firearms.

Firearms Trafficking

Suzanne

How could this be true, he's such a stand-up guy;
Chow acknowledged in an unpublished autobiography that he ran prostitution rings in the 1980s, smuggled drugs and extorted thousands from business owners as a Chinatown gang member, KGO-TV reported two years ago.

In 1992, Chow was among more than two-dozen people indicted on racketeering charges for their alleged involvement in crimes ranging from teenage prostitution to an international drug trade mostly involving heroin.

He was later convicted of gun charges and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. He spent 11 years in prison and was released in 2003 after he cut a deal with the government to testify against another high-ranking associate, Peter Chong. Chong was later convicted of racketeering.

But Chow told KGO-TV in a 2012 interview that he had changed and was working with at-risk children in San Francisco.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California issued a statement in 2012 recognizing Chow as a former offender who had become an asset to his community, the Sacramento Bee reported. Chow was also praised by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee for his "willingness to give back to the community," the Bee reported.

Now let's see if it gets much press time, even tho there's that pressing matter of a missing airplane....oh and something happening in Russia and Putin and all....

Suz

Ominivision1

Couldn't happen to a better guy.

www.latimes.com/local/...0592.story

dhc4ever

To complete the fall from grace, send in the real bastards, the IRS Smile

lesterg3

Sounds like a typical politician to me.

gelandangan

Bah, politicians..
They all in it to line their pockets.

Vince

gelandangan wrote:

Bah, politicians..
They all in it to line their pockets.

AMEN Gelan...110% correct mate.