LA 'defund the police' councilman charged with perjury, embezzlementhttps://thepostmillennial.com/la-defund-the-police-councilman-charged-with-perjury-embezzlementOn Tuesday, Los Angeles 'defund the police' City Councilmember Curren Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest, the latest of local public officials to be accused of corruption from state or federal prosecutors.
In 2020, in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis, Price launched a proposal to cut $150 million from the LAPD and to reallocate those funds to youth services for black and brown communities. He also championed the creation of a social services unit to respond to non-emergecy calls, and fought to eliminate the enforcement of traffic laws, stating that they disproportionately affected black Los Angelinos.
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The district attorney’s office alleges that Del Richardson Price, the councilmember’s wife and founder of consulting company Del Richardson & Associates, received “payments totaling more than $150,000 between 2019 and 2021 from developers before he voted to approve projects.”
Price is also accused of failing to list income Richardson Price received on government financial disclosure forms.
The 10-year veteran of the City Council was charged with five counts of grand theft by embezzlement, three counts of perjury, as well as two counts of conflict of interest, according to a criminal complaint.
Does anyone trust Gascon's minions not to take a dive if this comes to trial?
