“Former state Sen. Leland Yee, a powerhouse in Bay Area politics for a
quarter century and now a convicted felon … stood before a federal judge in San Francisco on
Wednesday 24 February 2016), the day of his sentencing, and asked for leniency.”
“Although U.S. District
Judge Charles Breyer told Yee he wasn’t entitled to leniency, his
sentence — five years in prison and a $20,000 fine — was near the bottom
of the federal sentencing guidelines, and well below the eight-year
term sought by prosecutors.”
“Yee, dressed immaculately in a dark suit, addressed the judge in a courtroom filled to overflowing.”
“Look at my entire life and not just the crimes I
have committed,” he said. “In the 67 years of my life, I have devoted
much of it to work with communities and the people here in San Francisco
and in California.”
“The pain he inflicted on his family, friends and constituents, he added, “will always haunt me for the rest of my life”.”
“Breyer seemed unpersuaded, telling Yee his public
service was outweighed by his willingness to trade votes for campaign
contributions. His crimes, the judge said, amounted to an “attack on
democratic institutions” and a betrayal of the public.”
“But later in the three-hour hearing, which included
sentencing for three other defendants, Breyer indicated that he had
taken into account Yee’s age, his overall career, and the health of his
wife, who has been diagnosed with cancer.”
Former state Sen. Leland Yee leaves the Phillip Burton Federal
Courthouse after receiving a five year prison sentence and a $20,000
fine in a federal bribery and corruption case in San Francisco, Calif.
“Breyer was tougher with Keith Jackson, 51, a former
San Francisco school board president who raised funds for Yee, set up
the bribery scheme and admitted taking his own payoffs from agents to
traffic in guns and drugs and arrange a supposed murder for hire.
Describing Jackson as a “one-person crime wave,” Breyer sentenced him to
nine years in prison, one year less than prosecutors had sought.”
Former San Francisco school board president Keith Jackson said his son Brandon was making $50,000 per week shipping marijuana to Tennessee.
“He then sentenced Jackson’s son, Brandon, to 41/2
years in prison, and sports agent Marlon Sullivan to 51/2 years, for
separate racketeering charges. Both men admitted plotting with
undercover agents, who posed as criminals, to deal drugs and firearms
and take part in the murder-for-hire scheme.”
“The prosecution arose from a five-year undercover
investigation that targeted a Chinatown community organization, the Ghee
Kung Tong, and its leader, Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, and yielded
charges against 29 defendants.”
“Chow, the first to go to trial, was convicted last month of
running the organization as a racketeering enterprise and murdering its
former leader, Allen Leung, in 2006. He awaits sentencing in March and
faces a mandatory life term. Federal agents said they encountered Yee
through Keith Jackson, who also worked for Chow.”
Shrimp Boy Chow
Yee is famous for campaigning against violent video games, authoring
AB-1179, a bill that, if passed, would have outlawed the sale of violent
video games. The bill was struck down by the Supreme Court.
“Yee, a child psychologist by training, was first
elected to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1988 and served as
its president during the second of his two terms, when Jackson was also
on the board. Yee won election to the Board of Supervisors from the
Sunset District in 1996 and left in the middle of his second term to run
successfully for the Assembly, where he became part of the Democratic
leadership.”
“He won the first of his two state Senate terms in
2006, representing parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties. He ran
unsuccessfully for mayor of San Francisco in 2011 and was running for
secretary of state, California’s top elections officer, when he was
arrested in April 2014. He suspended his campaign but still finished
third in the primary election, with more than 9 percent of the vote.”
“One of Yee’s causes as a legislator was gun control.
But in his guilty plea, Yee admitted agreeing in a March 2014 meeting
with Jackson, an undercover agent and the now-deceased Wilson Lim, a
Daly City dentist and Yee supporter, to illegally import weapons,
including automatic firearms, from the Philippines. Yee said the agent
paid him $6,800 in cash.”
“Breyer told Yee on Wednesday that his willingness to
traffic in guns, while publicly trumpeting his support for gun control,
was “inexplicable … hypocritical … the most venal thing and the most
dangerous thing you’ve done”.”
“Yee also acknowledged that over a period of nearly
three years, in exchange for purported campaign contributions, he
arranged a meeting between a donor and another state senator to discuss
marijuana legislation; agreed to recommend another campaign
contributor’s software company for a state contract; promised to vote
for legislation restricting workers’ compensation payments to injured
National Football League players; and agreed to sponsor a state Senate
resolution honoring Chow’s Ghee Kung Tong.”
Attorney James Lassart escorts Leland Yee through a crowd of reporters
and photographers outside the Phillip Burton Federal Courthouse after
Yee was sentenced
Left-wing gun-grabbing politician gets a slap on the wrist. Why am I not surprised?
Just another “white man” keeping a brother down.
He was bringing in arms, not just rifles and pistols but automatic weapons, explosives, and rocket/grenade launchers from the triads to the streets of California all the while he was trying to restrict people from owning firearms.
The sad part was he was still a California state senator on the roster and wasn’t removed cause they said (the Ca Senate) he might not get convicted so they wanted to wait and see.
This is how I see the Imperial Infantryman’s Uplifting Primer to be honest. I get that it’s funny seeing the hyper-propaganda like “orks are all weedy and sickly and easily killed” but I struggle to get behind that being the root of all Guard training. That’s why I prefered the Munitorum Manual, it reads more like a genuine military guide.
For a real comparison, check this out:
The little booklet on the left was the “Marne Standard” booklet. It was a required pocket item you always had to have on you in uniform (there was also a battalion one, a suicide prevention card, and some other bullshit). It has a letter from the commanding general, a brief history of the division, the uniform standard (extending AR 670-1), and then the various creeds and songs and bullshit that you’re supposed to know and care about.
That is the equivalent of the Imperial Infantryman’s Uplifting Primer.
On the right is the Field Manual covering the basics of marksmanship for the M16/M4 series of rifles and carbines. It includes an overview of how to do a battalion/company level training program, the characteristics of and how to use the rifles and the accessories commonly issued with them and so on. For a sense of scale, the first twelve pages are the table of contents. This doesn’t include how to maintain the rifles, that’s the Technical Manual (TM 9-1005-213-10 for the operator level, if you’re curious or want to find it). There’s no tactics (ATP 3-21.8), just how to use the rifle and the basics of the attachments.
So yeah, a little pocket guide is probably not what all the training is based on. Even that guardsman’s manual there would be at best a “Graphical Training Aid” or “Quick Reference Card”.
and from a teacher’s perspective, it would also be helpful to have this info from the students, because sometimes the teacher thinks “these 5 things are the most important things for my students to master,” but if the students don’t get that message from the way the teacher is teaching, the teacher needs to know that something needs to change. And knowing what students think is important and helpful in understanding how your students think and learn.
A lo’ the people did assemble their fursuits and don their tails. Taking to the streets to dry hump and make the convention staff uncomfortable. And there was much rejoicing…
…for approximately 3 days.
Then, Jackity Crackity jumped out of his grave, like a poptart out the toaster. “Sike! Not dead!” He cried. “Now put down that goat!”
The people hung their furry heads, kink-shamed. They took off their ‘sona suits, closed their RP blogs, and zipped up their flies.
Then Jackalope led them to a nearby Olive Garden for what would later be known as “The Final Brunch”. There they all gathered around a table and indulged Jeebus’s Vore/Gore fetish by Role Playing that they were eating him and drinking his blood.
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