Mark Ridley-Thomas found guilty of corruption

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[davidbeal]

Nice to see a politician being held accountable.

[torreon]

Suspended L.A. city councilman being a “powerful advocate for civil rights and racial justice” does not excuse the criminality.

[taustin]

WHY isn’t whoever made this deal at UCLA to give his son a scholarship and a job (neither of which he might have deserved) on the hook as well. The college should be answering for this as well. This isn’t the first time this college has taken bribes for placement/scholarships and they have yet to be held accountable.

[lalaruetangelino]

Fantastic news! Justice prevails. This guy should have been jailed years ago. He stole money to remodel a room in his home and billed the city. He also spent nearly 80k to remodel his office (he is in one of the top three poorest jurisdictions in the US. Bye boy bye

[Mike_Greentea]

I'd trust a serial killer before I'd trust a politician.

[marcotoasa]

When is his wife son and close friends are going to put in jail

[Ceyx]

A corrupt democrat politician (I know it's redundant but that's not my fault)

[ursulaglissmann]

Democrat who probably forgot to pay someone off.

[jack-of-all-trades]

Corruption in California. You don't say! I'm totally taken by surprise.
😂😂😂😂

[AFaceintheCrowd]

A crook’s a crook no matter what color.

[Ras]

Imagine that...another crooked politician found guilty.

[nowayarte]

Wolf in sheep’s clothing. Doesn’t surprise me the least bit. Just imagine all of the ones who have been getting away with this type of power abuse for years.

[tikimaka]

He needs to be removed from the city Council immediately. Lock him up now!

[BabaYaga-yhyi]

Corruption?
It wasn’t Reparation?
😂😂😂

[thagigolo]

Now do the rest of the LA city council 🎉

[norm]

Surprise surprise surprise another crooked politician

[jack-of-all-trades]

Racial priority beneficiary shines through.

[miguelvargas]

Its time to move onto the rest of the board of supervisors because they’re all crooks

[snowench]

Talk about a fly-by blip of reporting.
Corporate ‘news’ programs just suck a$$.

[DK-scgn]

Finally, the justice system works as it should!! 🎉