Posted on 01/31/2009 4:14:29 PM PST by Baladas
A man who raped women as an on-duty Los Angeles police officer, threatening them with arrest and jail if they did not submit, was hired by Los Angeles County as an X-ray technologist after he got out of prison, even though the job would leave him working alone and unsupervised with female patients.
His hiring at County-USC Medical Center a decade ago was not an oversight.
The man -- whose actions cost the city of Los Angeles nearly $300,000 in settlements for his victims -- disclosed his criminal history in his county job application. Both the head of hospital human resources and a chief aide then signed papers that said there was no reason his convictions for rape should prevent him from doing the job, according to newly obtained records and interviews.
It would not be the last time managers in the county health department would evaluate his criminal record. Each time he was promoted, someone at a management level reviewed his history. It was reviewed again in 2004, when he transferred to Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, then known as Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center.
County officials quietly fired Gariner Beasley, 48, last August -- a month after The Times uncovered the widespread incidence of serious criminal histories among King's staff -- saying managers had erred repeatedly in allowing him to be hired and remain on the job.
"We had real pinheads working for us," said Supervisor Gloria Molina, referring to managers who cleared the hires. The county fired 19 King workers, including Beasley, after the findings became public.
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"It's just a tragedy. He was a go-to person for the department. They knew about his history. Every time he was promoted or transferred, he filled out an application and disclosed it. There was a discussion each time," Mathis said.
Mathis said he believes that Beasley may have been unfairly targeted because he is black.
There you have it. A criminal who used his position of authority to rape people is the real victim here, because aside from those few isolated incidents, he apparently did a good job.
And John Wilkes Booth was a talented play actor aside from that misguided incident of 14 April 1865.
Oh, the rapist is black. Missed that, now the whole thing makes some sense.
“We had real pinheads working for us,” said Supervisor Gloria Molina, referring to managers who cleared the hires.
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I think “Pinheads” is an improper description. The managers who cleared the hires wanted the crimes to continue. Only in California will you find sick minds that think alike.
Sounds like an episode from T.J. Hooker . . .
Lets give California back to the indians.
You mean the Mexicans don't want it?? LOL
Whoops! Sorry...thought this might be a revisit to the klintoon years.
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