Did Parks Receive $21,000 In Illegal Contributions?

Reporter Betty Pleasant evidences how Councilman Bernard Parks received $21,000 in unlawful MTA campaign contributions in the Wave Newspapers on September 11, 2008. After outlining the case against Parks, Pleasant concludes her article by writing:

"I believe I've provided sufficient specificity in detailing the blatant lawlessness of our former police chief -- he who prides himself on his tough, law-and-order stanch, his disdain for any form of criminality, his intolerance for any bit of rule-bending, his penchant for gleefully throwing the first stone at anybody even accused of wrongdoing. Parks, the self-righteous paragon of law enforcement, has engaged in illegal activity for almost two years. He ought to arrest himself."

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