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| Subject: Criminal Lecturing Criminals: LAPD criticized for event featuring ex-Mexican Mafia leader Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:44 pm | |
| An ex-Mexican Mafia leader serving life in prison for murder was escorted by Los Angeles officers to speak at a gathering of police chiefs and business leaders, prompting criticism from the mayor's office Thursday. Rene "Boxer" Enriquez gave a PowerPoint presentation Wednesday and spoke about how he was instrumental in building a transnational criminal enterprise that held influence over tens of thousands of violent gang members. Attendees were provided refreshments and a book about Enriquez's life and rise to power. Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Michael Downing said the event's speaker had previously talked to law enforcement officers, including personnel from federal agencies, 15 times or so over the years, Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Michael Downing said. The mayor's spokesman Yusef Robb released a short statement that read: "This was inappropriate and should have never happened. We expect a full accounting of why this occurred, and we are going to make sure this sort of thing never happens again." The criticism came a day after Steve Soboroff, head of the department's civilian oversight commission, requested that the LAPD's independent inspector general review the incident. He said the public was unnecessarily endangered. "If you step back and look, the perception is it's like 'meet a real-life Mexican Mafia informant and have some hors d'oeuvres and get a book,'" Soboroff said. "That's not the purpose of training."
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/lapd-criticized-event-featuring-ex-mexican-mafia-leader _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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