Posted on 08/27/2003 1:57:49 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP
Lipscomb named to police review board02:36 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Former Dallas City Council member Al Lipscomb has been approved by the Dallas City Council for a seat on a board that reviews complaints of police misconduct for the city.
Mr. Lipscomb, a civil rights advocate, won a seat on the Dallas Citizens Police Review Board by an 11-4 vote. The vote was on the entire slate of the police review board after council member John Loza tried to remove Mr. Lipscomb's name from the slate for a separate vote. That move failed, and Mayor Laura Miller and council members Mitchell Rasansky, Bill Blaydes and Mr. Loza voted against accepting the appointments.
The board hears complaints from citizens about their dealings with officers and makes recommendations to the Police Department and city administrators.
The 78-year-old was convicted on bribery charges in 2000, but that conviction was overturned last year.
The board position would represent his return to an official role in city affairs.
The approval came after Council member Don Hill made an impassioned speech on Mr. Lipscomb's behalf and urged other council members to "feel our pain today" in the wake of Tuesday's firing of Police Chief Terrell Bolton by City Manager Ted Benavides.
"Right now, it's 8-7 (against)," Mr. Hill said. "We're asking someone to help us."
Earlier in the meeting, angry black residents upset over the firing of Chief Bolton, the city's first black police chief, disrupted the City Council meeting. Members of the audience shouted Ms. Miller down as she tried to talk about Chief Bolton's firing.
Black members of the council also criticized Mr. Benavides for firing Chief Bolton and asked for an explanation about why the chief was fired.
"We will not sit back and let this continue," said Council member James Fantroy. "This is a slap in our face like it's never been slapped before. We won't put up with this any more, this is not the 1950s."
Mr. Benavides did not respond Wednesday, but on Tuesday, he said that an accumulation of issues played into his decision.
Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/082703dnmetlipscomb.49ef3608.html
Trouble is surely brewing now. Call in Al to appease the other troublemakers ? Hmm ...
I'll post links to previous articles on Al in a few minutes.
Here are some refresher pics in the meantime ...
RYAN DONNELL / SPECIAL TO DMN
Al Lipscomb (left) shakes hands with probation
officer Ted Wheelis, who helped remove his electronic
monitoring device.
CONRAD SCHMIDT / DMN
Al Lipscomb interrupted media
interviews to accept some cookies
from his grandson, Albert Lipscomb III.
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| Lipscomb 'free and clear' - Bribery retrial wouldn't serve justice, U.S. attorney says |
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| Posted by MeeknMing On 08/31/2002 8:53 AM CDT with 11 comments The Dallas Morning News ^ | August 31, 2002 | By TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News Lipscomb 'free and clear' Bribery retrial wouldn't serve justice, U.S. attorney says 08/31/2002 By TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News U.S. Attorney Jane Boyle announced Friday that she would not retry former Dallas City Council member Al Lipscomb on bribery charges, in spite of what she called overwhelming evidence of corruption. A second trial would "not serve the interests of justice," she said in a prepared statement. The decision not to retry Mr. Lipscomb, 77, comes six weeks after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed his 1999 conviction on 65 charges of accepting bribes from a... |
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| Lipscomb says no to politics - Dallas Bribery Convict changes mind, has four job offers |
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| Posted by MeeknMing On 07/16/2002 5:10 AM CDT with 2 comments The Dallas Morning News ^ | July 16, 2002 | By TODD BENSMAN and TIARA M. ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News Lipscomb says no to politics With legal fate unclear, ex-council member says he's weighing 4 job offers 07/16/2002 By TODD BENSMAN and TIARA M. ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News On his first day of freedom, Al Lipscomb said Monday that he would not run for public office and instead would look at four job offers. An appellate court reversed Mr. Lipscomb's 2000 bribery conviction Friday, but it wasn't until Monday that his probation officer removed the electronic monitoring bracelet he had worn for his 27 months of home confinement. With the 77-year-old still facing a decision by government... |
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| Lipscomb conviction overturned - Dallas Convict Al Libscomb Gets a Pass |
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| Posted by MeeknMing On 07/12/2002 8:18 PM CDT with 16 comments The Dallas Morning News ^ | July 12, 2002 | By VICTORIA LOE HICKS and TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News Lipscomb conviction overturned 07/13/2002 By VICTORIA LOE HICKS and TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News A federal appeals court set Al Lipscomb free Friday night, 27 months into the former Dallas City Council member's 41-month home confinement for taking bribes. Mr. Lipscomb, who is 77 and has a variety of health problems, greeted the news with gratitude at his southern Dallas home. "I wanted to fall on my knees and just pray," he told a WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reporter. "I'm thankful to all the people who stuck with me." Also Online Complete text of court's opinion U.S. Fifth... |
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The courts had one of these will Al's name on it ...
Right out of the clintoon book:The approval came after Council member Don Hill made an impassioned speech on Mr. Lipscomb's behalf and urged other council members to "feel our pain today" in the wake of Tuesday's firing of Police Chief Terrell Bolton by City Manager Ted Benavides.
I hate to see this stuff starting up. John Wiley Price had seemed to tone it down the last couple of years. In the initial report on Bolton's firing, his comments in the DMN was pretty nothing. But later, he seems to be reverting back to the JWP I used to know. This will get stuff stirred up in Dallas for a while it appears to me now ...I hope I'm wrong.
Exactly. Not to mention the Fake Drug convictions that are being overturned, among other things ...
So9
The other Dallas black thug is Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price ("If you want to bribe a county commissioner, be sure you consider price") fits in there somewhere. While the usual black racists are thumping the tub, Al and Price have been strangely quiet. They are usually knee jerk blacks who jump to the loud defense of ANY black under attack no matter what the facts. Their silence so far leads me to believe that the Mayor has got some real goods on Bolton.
By the way, if you watch Bolton on TV you'll swear that he is related to Gary Coleman, one of the leading candidates for the California governor's vacancy.
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