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Terrorists, Police Corruption, and Assassination
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Terrorist activity isn't confined to the Middle East or Ireland.
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There always has been, and probably will always be radical groups in a free
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society. In America, our freedom of speech tolerates radical groups --
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especially when they are based on religion. Radical groups too often use
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violence or threats of violence to get their way. When they are ignored, it
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usually leads to death threats, bombings and other means of deadly
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violence. When that happens, they are terrorists by legal definition.
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Sometimes it starts out as just another way to make a living, by collecting
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donations from members and financial supporters. But leaders of such groups
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are on an ego trip. They enjoy the power over their followers. They impose
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strict rules on followers and harsh punishment when they break the rules.
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Eventually, it gets out of control. To remain a leader, the self-appointed
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person must eventually practice what he's been preaching -- physical
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violence. If he doesn't, a more aggressive member will take over and lead
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the group to it's final conclusion -- deadly violence!
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Recent escalation of Anti-abortionists' activities include fire bombing,
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nauseous chemical spraying of clinics, and finally, the murder of a medical
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doctor. Anti-abortionists who use violence or threats of violence to force
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their viewpoints on the public (and clerics who publicly support and
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encourage them) are terrorists by definition. They should be prosecuted as
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terrorists, and pay the price for terrorizing innocent people who don't
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agree with their religious or political beliefs.
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When a "priest" uses his official position or the pulpit to encourage or
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support terrorist acts, the church itself, or any building where church
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services are performed, should be forfeited as the "vehicle" instrumental
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and related to proven terrorist acts!
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Another example: "60 Minutes" devoted a segment of their program on Dec. 9,
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1990 to an activist group in Milwaukee called the Black Panthers. Their
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leader, Mike McGee, an alderman of the city, was shown wearing a khaki
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uniform similar to Fidel Castro's. The theatrical effect showed the
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militant posture of his group -- presumably as a revolutionary leader.
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He was openly preaching that violence is the only way to get "proper"
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attention to make economic reforms for the black community. Unless their
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(vague) demands for a better life are met by 1995, he promised violence in
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the streets.
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When I read the following definition of Acts of terrorism, I believe
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that Mike McGee and many others like him are simply terrorists. Many
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radicals use violence as a means of drawing attention to their groups.
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Their main goal in life (it seems) is to be constantly embroiled in a
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conspiracy to threaten, or actually commit, terrorist acts!
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CrimeFighters should look for such groups. Join them as undercover agents
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to get the required evidence for prosecution as terrorists. There are large
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rewards from $100,000 to $500,000 to pay for your time and personal risk.
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Terrorists are dangerous. Religious terrorists are the deadliest because
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members often feel they are martyrs to the cause and "expendable", and
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blessed, when they Kill in the name of their God!
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18: USCS 3071 through 3074
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Reward for Information Concerning Terrorist Acts
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3071. Information for which rewards authorized
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With respect to acts of terrorism primarily within the territorial
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jurisdiction of the United States, the Attorney General may reward any
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individual who furnishes information - -
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(1) leading to the arrest or conviction, in any country, of any individual
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or individuals for the commission of an act of terrorism against a United
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States person or United States property; or
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(2) leading to the arrest or conviction, in any country, of any individual
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or individuals for conspiring or attempting to commit an act of terrorism
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against a United States person or property: or
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(3) leading to the prevention, frustration, or unfavorable resolution of an
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act of terrorism against a United States person or property.
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3072. Determination of Entitlement; maximum amount; Presidential approval;
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conclusiveness.
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The Attorney General shall determine whether an individual furnishing
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information described in section 3071 is entitles to a reward and the
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amount to be paid. A reward under this section may be in an amount not to
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exceed $500,000. A reward of $100,000 or more may not be made without the
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approval of the President or the Attorney General personally. A
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determination made by the Attorney General or the President under this
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chapter (204) shall be final and conclusive, and no court shall have power
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or jurisdiction to review it.
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3073. Protection of identity
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Any reward granted under this chapter shall be certified for payment by the
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Attorney General. If it is determined that the identity of the recipient of
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a reward or of the members of the recipient's immediate family must be
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protected, the Attorney General may take such measures in connection with
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the payment of the reward as deemed necessary to effect such protection.
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3074. Exception of government officials
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No officer or employee of any government entity who, while in the
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performance of his or her official duties, furnishes the information
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described in section 3071 shall be eligible for any monetary reward under
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this chapter.
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3075. Authorization for appropriations
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There are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitations,
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$5,000,000 for the purpose of this chapter.
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3076. Eligibility for witness security program
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Any individual (and the immediate family of such individual) who furnishes
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information which would justify a reward by the Attorney General under this
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chapter or by the Secretary of State under section 36 of the State
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Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 may, in the discretion of the
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Attorney General, participate in the Attorney General's witness security
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program authorized under chapter 224 of this title.
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3077. Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the term -
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(1) "act of terrorism" means an activity that -
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(a) Involves a violent act or an act dangerous to human life that is a
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violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or
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would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the
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United States or of any State; and
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(b) appears to be intended -
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(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
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(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion;
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or
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(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or
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kidnapping."
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Comments: This definition seems to fit many radical groups - who use bomb
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threats, bombing, arson, destruction of private and public property or
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other illegal acts of coercion and violence -- to broadcast their objection
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to government policy.
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Peaceful demonstrations are not illegal. They are a desirable democratic
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means to make public objection to government policy or any other issue. But
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when peaceful demonstrators habitually use violence to get their message
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across in the media, they are stepping over the line. Sooner or later,
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they'll use more violence or threats of violence and become terrorists.
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When any self-appointed leader or any of their followers actually do
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something that constitutes an act of violence as defined by law, and you
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know about it, blow the whistle on them. Acts of violence against innocent
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people solely as a means of expressing dissent against government policies
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by radical groups cannot be condoned. Large rewards of $100,000 to $500,000
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provides CrimeFighters the incentive to do something about it!
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Police Corruption
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It's no surprise to anyone when a politician is accused of bribery. There
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is no specific reward for corruption, but if bribes, payoffs, kickbacks, or
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malfeasance of public office is involved, it's usually a crime and rewards
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are available under 3059, and possibly RICO. Besides a multitude of crooked
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politicians, there are also crooked cops!
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Police corruption isn't anything new. It's been with us ever since police
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forces were created. As long as there are temptations, anyone can be
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corrupted. The bigger the temptation, the easier it is. It's not just cops.
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It applies to all people in any profession -- doctors, lawyers, judges, and
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priests. Cops are exposed to far more temptations than others. It's so easy
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to put money in their pockets. Being a cop is a tough job. Being an honest
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cop is tougher still. (That also applies to CrimeFighters!)
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The reason for mentioning police corruption in this otherwise pro-cop book
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is: (a) to tell CrimeFighters to resist temptation because they'll get
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caught eventually; (b) to look for police corruption and report it to the
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FBI; and (c) to work mainly with the FBI and federal agents. Not that all
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FBI agents are guaranteed 100% "untouchable", but the odds favor the Feds
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more than local cops.
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The pocketbook "Cocaine Wars," mentions that 1 out of 10 Miami cops were on
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the take. (Note the past tense.) While that situation is over, I don't
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believe corruption has been completely eradicated, and those incidents are
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not confined to Miami alone.
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From the book "Serpico," a true story of one brave cop's fight against
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widespread police corruption in the N.Y. P.D.:
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Pg 138: ".....This situation was not unique to New York. During the past
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quarter century scandals have repeatedly shaken police departments around
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the country, in Atlanta, Baltimore, San Francisco, Philadelphia, in Newark,
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Louisville, Reno, Kansas City, and Detroit, Reading, and Albany, N.Y."
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"In the summer of 1966 -- just about the time Serpico was meeting with
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Captain Foran -- a study of police corruption in Boston, Washington, D.C.,
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and Chicago showed that one out of every five policemen "was observed in a
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criminal violation," even though they knew they were being watched. The
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study, conducted by Dr. Albert J.Ries of Yale University under a grant from
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the President's Crime Commission, involved 36 trained observers reporting
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on the activities of 597 cops chosen at random in the three cities. Crimes
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that were witnessed embraced actual theft, receiving protection payoffs,
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and accepting money to alter sworn testimony. They did not include such
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examples of petty graft as free meals and drinks, small gifts, and
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discounts on purchases."
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Here's a quote from "Wiseguy, Life in a Mafia Family," by Nicholas Pileggi,
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Pocketbooks (1985) that may shake you up. (The book is full of similar
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revealing "secrets" N.Y. cops weren't happy with.)
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Pg 120: "After about four months I took my first pinch for running a wire
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room. It was in August of 1967, and the cops who broke in said we were
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doing $2 million worth of business a week. I only wish. We'd gotten word
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from the cops we'd paid off that we were going to be busted. We were due.
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They just went through the motions. It was done right. No cuffs or
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anything. After we were booked we took the cops for dinner on Mulberry
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Street before we went to night court for the arraignment. Al Newman, our
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bondsman, was already in court when we got there. I grabbed a cab home. The
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cops dropped Milty off. The next day we were back in action at a different
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apartment. We had taken a pinch and now were okay for a while. John Sutter,
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my lawyer, bounced the case around the courts for a year until I finally
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pleaded guilty. I got fined $100 and went home. The city was spending
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millions of dollars for plainclothes cops to catch bookmakers, but it was
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obvious that the whole thing was set up so the cops could shake us down.
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The cops didn't want to put us out of business any more than they wanted to
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shoot the golden goose."
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Another interesting book to read is "The Cops are Robbers," by Gerald W.
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Clemente with Kevin Stevens, published by Avon Books, 1987.
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From the back cover:
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"MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, 1980 - MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
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"A uniformed police sergeant in his cruiser patrols the darkened street
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outside the Depositors Trust Bank. A conscientious cop safeguarding the
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life savings of the citizenry?
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"Hardly. While the sergeant keeps lookout, his five pals, including two
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other cops, dynamite their way into the bank's vault and raid hundreds of
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safe deposit boxes. Gold, diamonds, cash -- they snatch it all. Returning
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the next two nights, they make a total haul estimated as high as $25
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million. And they get away clean.
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"The problem was they couldn't stay clean.
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"In `The Cops are Robbers,' ex-police captain Jerry Clemente tells the
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whole truth about the tale even "60 Minutes" couldn't unravel. And how
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drugs, gambling, and greed finally turned the perfect crime into a
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headline-making expose of police corruption."
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Comment: The book covers many other areas of police corruption besides the
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main story -- including supervisors selling answers to exams to a large
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number of cops so they could "buy" their promotion for $3,000, instead of
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earning it by studying.
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At the back of the book, in the Epilogue, Gerald Clemente says:
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"There is some sign that times are changing. The old guard, with its code
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of silence and fanatical sense of brotherhood, is beginning to be replaced
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by a younger corps of police administrators eager to bring corruption to
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light. These new men often have motives that are less than noble -- many
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are trying to garner media interest that will spread their names and
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advance their careers. In the same way, many of the old guard did what they
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did out of a true sense of honor. But the final result, it seems, will be a
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cleaner police force. Whatever the case, it seems clear to me that without
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a recognition that policemen are human and subject to temptation, and
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without a policy that provides someone to watch over the individual
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activities of the police, the problem of corruption will never be solved."
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Not all cops are crooked or corruptible. The vast majority are honest,
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hard-working, and conscientious. But there are enough crooked cops
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percentage-wise to be a serious threat to CrimeFighters if they should
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chance upon police corruption and report it to local cops. I recommend
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CrimeFighters report police corruption, if they find any, only to the FBI.
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(And apply for a reward, too.) The FBI will report it to the Internal
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Affairs Division (IAD) of the local P.D., and will monitor the case to
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prevent a cover up.
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Assassination
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18 USCS 1751 Presidential and Presidential staff assassination,
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kidnapping, and assault; penalties.
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(a) Whoever kills (1) any individual who is the President of the United
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States, the President-elect, the Vice President, or, if there is no Vice
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President, the officer next in the order of succession to the Office of the
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President of the United States, the Vice-President-elect, or any person who
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is acting as President under the Constitution and laws of the United
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States, or; (2) any person appointed under section 105(a)(2)(A) of title 3
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employed in the Executive Office of the President or appointed under
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section 106(a)(1)(A) of title 3 employed in the Office of the Vice
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President, shall be punished as provided by sections 1111 and 1112 of this
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title.
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(b) Whoever kidnaps any individual designated in subsection (a) of this
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section shall be punished (1) by imprisonment for any term of years or for
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life, or (2) by death or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, if
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death results to such individual.
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(c) Whoever attempts to kill or kidnap any individual designated in
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subsection (a) of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for any
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term of years or for life.
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(d) If two or more persons conspire to kill or kidnap any individual
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designated in subsection (a) of this section and one or more of such
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persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be
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punished (1) by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or (2) by
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death or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, if death results
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to such individual.
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(e) Whoever assaults any person designated in subsection (a)(1) shall be
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fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
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Whoever assaults any person designated in subsection (a)(2) shall be fined
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not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both; and if
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personal injury results, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or
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imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
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(f) skipped
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(g) The Attorney General of the United States, in his discretion is author-
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ized to pay an amount not to exceed $100,000 for information and services
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concerning a violation of subsection (a)(1). Any officer or employee of the
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United States or of any State or local government who furnishes information
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or renders service in the performance of his official duties shall not be
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eligible for payment under this subsection.
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(h) skipped
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(i) Violations of this section shall be investigated by the Federal Bureau
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of Investigation. Assistance may be requested from any Federal, State, or
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local agency, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force, any statute, rule,
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or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding.
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