California anti-gun senator Leland Yee to be sentenced for gun trafficking and racket

[mick silver]

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Former California state senator Leland Yee is expected to be sentenced today after acknowledging in a plea deal that he accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and discussed helping an undercover FBI agent buy automatic weapons from the Philippines. Yee's attorneys have called for no more than five years and three months behind bars, saying Yee has a history of public service and his wife is ill.
Prosecutors recommended an eight-year sentence, saying that would reflect the extent of Yee's crimes.
Senior District Court Judge Charles Breyer also has the option of imposing a different term at today’s hearing.
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Ex-state senator in racketeering case sentenced to 5 years

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Posted:Feb 23 2016 10:25PM PST
Updated:Feb 24 2016 11:05AM PST


SAN FRANCISCO (AP, BCN) - Former California state senator Leland Yee was sentenced Wednesday after acknowledging in a plea deal that he accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and discussed helping an undercover FBI agent buy automatic weapons from the Philippines.
He was sentenced to five years.







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Yee pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to engage in racketeering.


The charge was filed as part of a wide-ranging probe of organized crime in San Francisco's Chinatown that led to charges against more than two dozen people. He has remained free while awaiting sentencing.
Political consultant and former San Francisco school board president Keith Jackson is also being sentenced today for his role in that same probe.
Jackson plead guilty in July to a racketeering conspiracy to accept campaign contributions as bribes for political favors.
Jackson’s’ son, Brandon Jackson and sports agent Marlon Sullivan will also be sentenced; they pleaded guilty to a separate organized-crime racketeering conspiracy charges

[Joshua01]

Ironic, don't you agree?

[mick silver]

I bet you are I would of been in for life what you think about that

[Cebu_4_2]

Anytime I read something regarding the FBI I instantly think setup. If the FBI wasn't there then he wouldn't have 'discussed' buying guns from the Phil.

[Cebu_4_2]

Leland Yin Yee (Chinese (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language): 余胤良; pinyin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): Yú Yìnliáng, born November 20, 1948) is a former Democratic California State Senator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Senate) for District 8 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_8th_State_Senate_district), which when he was elected, covered parts of San Francisco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco) and the Peninsula (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Peninsula). Yee was arrested by the FBI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) on March 26, 2014 on charges related to public corruption (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption) and gun trafficking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_trafficking) — specifically buying automatic firearms and shoulder-launched missiles from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_Islamic_Liberation_Front), an Islamist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist) extremist group located in the southern Philippines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines) and attempting to re-sell those weapons to an undercover FBI agent, as well as accepting a $10,000 bribe from an undercover agent in exchange for placing a call to the California Department of Public Health (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Department_of_Public_Health) regarding a contract at the organization.[2]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee#cite_note-SFLucas03262014-2)

Prior to becoming state senator, Yee was a California State Assemblyman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly), Supervisor of San Francisco's Sunset District, and was a member and President of the San Francisco School Board. In 2004 Yee became the first Asian American (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_American) to be appointed Speaker pro Tempore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_pro_Tempore), making him the second highest ranking Democrat (javascript:void(0)) of the California State Assembly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly). He is an award-winning gun control (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control) advocate.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee#cite_note-LATimes03262014-3)[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee#cite_note-kcra_arrest-4)[5]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee#cite_note-5)

In response to the gun running and other criminal charges against him, the California State Senate suspended Yee as a Senator on March 28, 2014.[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee#cite_note-McGreevyLATimes03282014-6)
On July 1, 2015, Yee pleaded guilty to a felony racketeering count in relation to money laundering, public corruption and bribery in a San Francisco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco) Chinatown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown) organized crime case. He is currently awaiting sentencing scheduled for February 24, 2016. Yee faces up to twenty years in prison.[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee#cite_note-7)

[collector]

I think his attitude runs rampant in the entire gun control movement
He is an award-winning gun control (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control) advocate
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The sting that got him busted;
http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/27/local/la-me-ln-leland-yee-gun-lobby-20140327

"Do I think we can make some money? I think we can make some money,” the state senator said, according to the complaint. “Do I think we can get the goods? I think we can get the goods."
The complaint says Yee described his approach to arms dealing as "agnostic."
“People want to get whatever they want to get. Do I care? No, I don’t care. People need certain things,” Yee said, according to the complaint.

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an example of Yee's legislation;
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/sb-249-ca-sen-leland-yee-gun-control-bill_n_1752190.html
“While most gun owners are law-abiding, it is a fact that such weapons are more likely to be used to kill an innocent person than used in self-defense," Yee said in a press release. "One only needs to look at England, Japan, and other nations with strict gun access to see that these types of gun control laws are effective in preventing gun-related homicides.”

[mick silver]

does it really matter a man that hate gun the turn around and buy guns t called that what he gets
Anytime I read something regarding the FBI I instantly think setup. If the FBI wasn't there then he wouldn't have 'discussed' buying guns from the Phil.

[osoab]

Ironic, don't you agree?

When did sop become ironic?

[Cebu_4_2]

When did sop become ironic?

Whats sop?

I learn shit every day and this is a part.

[madfranks]

Whats sop?

Standard Operating Procedure.
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