Larry Langford Loves Bribes
Sackcloth man above is Larry Langford, the former mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
He lasted two whole years in office before being booted out for corruption. Really, really pervasive corruption: he was convicted on 60 (!) bribery-related counts against him. The centerpiece of the case was the testimony of Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount and lobbyist Al LaPierre, both of whom pleaded guilty and testified that Langford received bribes from them amounting to $236,000 in money, clothes and jewelry.
In return, Langford ensured that Blount’s investment bank, Blount Parrish & Co., was included in Jefferson County bond deals and interest-rate swaps that reaped the firm $7.1 million. Somewhat counter-intuitively, Blount claimed that he was motivated by the desire to “help him [Langford] avoid political sandal.”
In which case, I’d love to see the havoc that he could wreak if he actually intended to cause a scandal.
The verdict is undoubtedly upsetting for Larry’s wife, Melva, who proved that she has imbibed every morsel of the Left’s grievance-mongering, race-baiting modus operandi and then some, by stating that,
Yeah, that’s right, Melva. The trial was unfair because (a) the defendant was black and (b) he was found to be guilty. What stunningly impartial criteria you have there.
Langford faces a potential sentence of 805 years in prison, which is by far the most awesome thing that I’ve read today.
PS – Langford faced 101 indictments in all, the list of which can be read here. Should you follow that link, however, I can just about guarantee that you’ll hit the “back” button as soon as it’s loaded. Nevertheless, if you want a chuckle over this moron’s concentrated criminality, go right ahead.
December 4th, 2009 at 15:43
For $236,000, you’d think the guy could afford a designer potato sack at least.
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December 4th, 2009 at 19:44
He hit the jackpot, but I will predict he will get off if it goes to a jury trial. I’ve seem many like that here in Mississippi in the last 10 years. Always a few black jurors feeling that whitey is out to get a black man—reality not justice in America!
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December 5th, 2009 at 01:13
So sad, too bad. Now suck it up and be a man! The same goes for your husband too!
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December 5th, 2009 at 16:27
I really think you should have a page devoted to these POS.
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December 8th, 2009 at 12:21
Check out the fingernails on that woman! All sort of things get caught under there, so I would have to speculate that perhaps she schmeared him with a bit of something.
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