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Prosecutors: Black defendants in Dallas corruption case sought to make whites pay up
DMN ^ | 6-29-09 | JASON TRAHAN

Posted on 06/29/2009 12:56:14 PM PDT by Dysart

The prosecution in the corruption trial of former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and others gave jurors a tantalizing glimpse of what authorities called a web of intrigue in which black leaders solicited bribes from white developers because, they said, it was time for those developers to pay.

“The game has done changed,” defendant Darren Reagan is heard saying on an audio tape played during opening statements by the prosecution.

Defense opening statements were taking place this afternoon. In a surprising development, Hill's attorney, Ray Jackson, said his client would take the stand during the trial.

Prosecutors say Reagan used the Black State Employees Association, which represented no employees but orchestrated protests, to put pressure on white developers to pay bribes to Hill and others.

Reagan is heard saying on the recording that white developers had become wealthy off southern Dallas projects, and that it was time for them to pay.

On the wiretap recording, prosecutors say, Reagan is plotting with Allen McGill -- who has already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion -- to squeeze money from Bill Fisher, a white developer who is the principal informant in the government’s case.

“I love to see old Bill sweating like a pig,” Reagan says to McGill on the recording, adding that, “the days of offering a few donations are over.”

Prosecutors allege that hundreds of thousands of dollars ended up in the hands of Hill or the other defendants, much of it bribes from developer Brian Potashnik and his wife Cheryl.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: agenda; corruptdems; cultureofcorruption; dallas; democrats; donhill; mayor; payola; playtheracecard; racism; scandals; whitey
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To: Dysart

Not one mention of a HATE CRIME!!!!


21 posted on 06/29/2009 1:15:33 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: MrB

Of course they are reparations. Just not many people willing to say so.


22 posted on 06/29/2009 1:16:32 PM PDT by Dysart (It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong--Voltaire)
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To: Dysart

Obama’s blackshirts in action.


23 posted on 06/29/2009 1:16:54 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Dysart

There you have it, a perfect reason for Obama/Holder to force the DoJ to drop the charges.


24 posted on 06/29/2009 1:19:45 PM PDT by Boiling Pots (B. Hussein Obama: The final turd George W. Bush laid on America)
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To: 2banana

Hate Crime charges will be brought against anyone that speaks out against this corruption.


25 posted on 06/29/2009 1:22:31 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Dysart; nanetteclaret

Is this 2009? Or 1866 in the South?


26 posted on 06/29/2009 1:26:10 PM PDT by boxlunch
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To: MrB

Empowered, no kidding. This may be anecdotal, but it happened anyway. I was at a Wendys to get some lunch while in Louisiana after the election. There were several older white couples in line in front of me. Four black women came in and walked right in front of the line and then glared at the old white women as if to say, “Don’t you say nothing”. The old folks tried to be polite saying something like, hey the line starts back there, but they ignored them. I finally got my food, went out to the car just shaking my head. I don’t know if this was just an isolated event with a bunch of real rude people or if this was part of the new attitude of “We won”.
Since then, I have seen this happen quite a few times, but more people are getting back in their faces and making them adhere to some sort of manners. Anyone else see this happening? Just curious.


27 posted on 06/29/2009 1:30:23 PM PDT by Texas resident
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To: Texas resident

I’ve seen/heard many reports of things like this.

When the person behind the counter is black,
don’t count on getting asked “may I he’p you”
until all the blacks in line are served.

The hatred and resentment runs deep,
and I’m afraid it’s going to get real ugly
when decent folks get tired of it.


28 posted on 06/29/2009 1:33:48 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Dysart

I am absolutely, totally, freaking tired of RACE HUSTLERS including the one in the White house and his cronies! You just wait. We are all about to ‘PAY’ for reparations! Count on it! Never mind that we have spent BILLIONS on WELFARE for NOTHING! It hasn’t taught them a damn thing and they have NEVER appreciated where it came from!


29 posted on 06/29/2009 1:35:42 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: PapaBear3625
I would have really liked having “hate crime” added to the list of crimes.

That only applies if you are WHITE! Didn't you know that blacks can't be racists. /s

30 posted on 06/29/2009 1:38:00 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Slapshot68
I’m not white. I’m Irish-German-English American.

Yeah, me too! I'm a Fort Worth-American ... wait ... I'm a Waco-Fort Worth-American ... hold on ... if I go back further ... I'm a Alabama-Georgia-South Carolina-Waco-Fort Worth-American ... I think I have to go over seas ... I'm a England-Moravian-Virginia-Alabama-Georgia-South Carolina-Waco-Fort Worth-American ... dad gummit, I'm still white ... I'm a Garden-Of-Eden-Middle-Eastern-North-African-England-Moravian-Virginia-Alabama-Georgia-South Carolina-Waco-Fort Worth-American. (more or less)

There much better ...

31 posted on 06/29/2009 1:38:23 PM PDT by TexGuy (If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
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To: MrB

The proper response when faced with this overt bigotry is to overtly walk out, and declare that you will never patronize the establishment again.


32 posted on 06/29/2009 1:42:57 PM PDT by henkster (Bumper Sticker: Please don't tell 0bama what comes after a Trillion!)
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To: henkster

Of course, you should also “spread the word” about the establishment.


33 posted on 06/29/2009 1:45:09 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Dysart
Welcome to turd world Kenya USA ...
34 posted on 06/29/2009 1:50:33 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: Dysart
It just goes to prove that the civil rights movement was not about equality .... but, to get back at " Honky Whitey “ by all means necessary...

35 posted on 06/29/2009 1:55:50 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: WayneS
I wonder what they really means by " Whites pay up " .... does it mean more than monetary ? ....
As some radical racist black leaders would say " the final solution for whites "
36 posted on 06/29/2009 1:58:05 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: MrB

I say for all conservatives who can afford to move out of a liberal area, city, or state, to move... and leave the turd world crap hole liberal cities, areas, states to the white liberals who brought us this mess....


37 posted on 06/29/2009 2:02:47 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: MrB

And write letters to the management and owners that black racism is going on in their stores...


38 posted on 06/29/2009 2:04:11 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

Once Tx and/or other states form a new republic,
the trick will be keeping the libs out,

because their country is going to be hell,
and they’ll want to come and bring their ideology with them.


39 posted on 06/29/2009 2:04:20 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: MrB

The hatred does run deep. Unfortunately it is severely misdirected.


40 posted on 06/29/2009 2:27:48 PM PDT by Texas resident
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