Activist Robert Davis to plead guilty to federal crimes

[Packman41]

Activist Robert Davis to plead guilty to federal crimes

Snippets from the article:

“Robert Davis, the indicted activist accused of stealing more than $125,000 from the cash-strapped Highland Park schools, will plead guilty to two federal crimes.”

“Davis will plead guilty to converting money from the school district for his own use and filing a false tax return, court records indicate. He could face 10 years or more in federal prison.”

“But Davis wants to keep his job as a union staff representative even though the federal conversion charge prohibits someone convicted of embezzlement from working for a union. He wants U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow to rule he can keep the union job.”

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz3CAv07SI7

Pleading guilty, probably in the hope of getting a reduced sentence as opposed to having a full trial and a full sentence. Will the frivolous lawsuits continue from jail?

[Smirnoff]

10+ years vs 24 months in the slammer w/no atty fee's......doesn't take a rocket scientist to make that decision.

[Zacha341]

Court time! Seemed like forever -- I was wondering when that train was gonna run out of track.

[Honky Tonk]

@ least he'll have a job when he gets out. Stealing money from a broke school district. What a POS.

[Hypestyles]

Dammit! The naked chicanery that masks itself in pious, culturally-sensitive community activism is absolutely shameful!

“But Davis wants to keep his job as a union staff representative even though the federal conversion charge prohibits someone convicted of embezzlement from working for a union. He wants U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow to rule he can keep the union job.”


No. The union had better cut ties-- or allow the judge to cut them-- unless they want this to get in their way come election time, and basically every election from now on. AFSCME execs have to know that the GOP folks will run hard with this, and heck, why not?

That such stupidity is allowed to fester in any number of people continues to baffle me. So many folks are prone to say "don't hate the player, hate the game."
I don't relate to the "game." So many people are apparently invested in the ideology of being a "hustler", being street-slick.. being able to take a con angle and make it work in your favor-- or your buddy's favor, or a relative's favor, or to punish a rival. Too many people are assimilated to the notion that that everything is fair, and nothing is unethical or illegal unless you get caught, even as a means to a "well-meaning" end.

... So many folks get more of an emotional rush out of knowing [[or assuming) that they've put one over on somebody, more than they get out of just doing an honest day's work..
... I'm curious how this will play out on black talk radio.. But somebody needs to say, look, it isn't good enough anymore to just say "white folks get to get away with doing XYZ, why not us?"; [[and what happened to the parental cliche of "if your friends jumped off a cliff..."?)-- meanwhile, the money being stolen/lost/diverted ostensibly would be going to the same urban, African American demographic that the likes of a Davis [[Kilpatrick, et al) is supposedly working on behalf of. Don't talk to me about the crookedness of a Snyder, etc., while your own hands are fiddling around in the public pot for your "P.A.C.", "consultancy" and "non-profit".

The Tea Party is bad enough-- the strip-club revolutionaries are another worry altogether.

[Wesley Mouch]

...He wants U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow to rule he can keep the union job.”...

Tarnow is likely to agree. Been in his court.

[Zacha341]

The Tea Party is bad enough-- the strip-club revolutionaries are another worry altogether.

Yeah we tend to have our antenna up for what the tea party folks will do. It's our fellow dems that skate too long as in this case!

[Scottathew]

Robert Davis is a professional, self-serving obstructionist with no answers, and he's an admitted, convicted thief now too.

What a low-life leech.

[Lowell]

I would like to see a stiff criminal offense statute created for "Destruction of Public Trust".

Criminals like Davis [and the Kwame's and Blagojevich's] don't just go in and steal money; it's as if they essentially messily graffiti-spray up the place too. They do great damage to public trust in government.

"Why should I pay my taxes if they are only going to be stolen." The kids, the teachers, the vast majority who are good all suffer. And by extension the public suffers through diminished services and education.

[Packman41]

Hypestyles
……meanwhile, the money being stolen/lost/diverted ostensibly would be going to the same urban, African American demographic that the likes of a Davis [[Kilpatrick, et al) is supposedly working on behalf of. Don't talk to me about the crookedness of a Snyder, etc., while your own hands are fiddling around in the public pot for your "P.A.C.", "consultancy" and "non-profit".

48307
Robert Davis is a professional, self-serving obstructionist with no answers, and he's an admitted, convicted thief now too.

What a low-life leech.

Lowell
Criminals like Davis [and the Kwame's and Blagojevich's] don't just go in and steal money; it's as if they essentially messily graffiti-spray up the place too. They do great damage to public trust in government.


Yep, we all agree on this. Case closed. But not the of the story.

Davis is asking the judge to set aside the federal prohibition of someone convicted of embezzlement from working for a union. You have to believe that Davis ran this by his local AFSCME and received their approval before running it by the judge. Because the first question any sane judge would ask the convicted felon is if his union employer has already agreed to this. So one would assume the union has given their approval.

Questions now are: Will the judge uphold the federal prohibition? Or let him work for a union?

[Honky Tonk]

Hypestyles
……meanwhile, the money being stolen/lost/diverted ostensibly would be going to the same urban, African American demographic that the likes of a Davis [[Kilpatrick, et al) is supposedly working on behalf of. Don't talk to me about the crookedness of a Snyder, etc., while your own hands are fiddling around in the public pot for your "P.A.C.", "consultancy" and "non-profit".

48307
Robert Davis is a professional, self-serving obstructionist with no answers, and he's an admitted, convicted thief now too.

What a low-life leech.

Lowell
Criminals like Davis [and the Kwame's and Blagojevich's] don't just go in and steal money; it's as if they essentially messily graffiti-spray up the place too. They do great damage to public trust in government.


Yep, we all agree on this. Case closed. But not the of the story.

Davis is asking the judge to set aside the federal prohibition of someone convicted of embezzlement from working for a union. You have to believe that Davis ran this by his local AFSCME and received their approval before running it by the judge. Because the first question any sane judge would ask the convicted felon is if his union employer has already agreed to this. So one would assume the union has given their approval.

Questions now are: Will the judge uphold the federal prohibition? Or let him work for a union?

The good Judges answer could be quite a turn of events. It could set precedents for future cases, and allow convicted embezzlers to serve unions.