{"id":6879,"date":"2016-02-10T17:16:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T23:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6879"},"modified":"2016-02-10T17:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T23:16:13","slug":"no-one-is-above-the-law-not-even-the-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6879","title":{"rendered":"No one is above the law&#8230;not even the sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There needs to be communication, confidence, and trust between citizens and law enforcement. \u00a0These things must be restored. It would be so nice to believe that everyone is always telling the truth, and that there is no ugliness in this world, but do any of us really believe that? \u00a0I know it would be nice to pretend that is how it is, but if we try to fool ourselves into believing a lie does that really mean it&#8217;s true?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6886\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?attachment_id=6886\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Baca\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?fit=584%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6886\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Baca\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Baca.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\">Today&#8217;s news &#8211; FORMER LASD SHERIFF LEE BACA WILL PLEAD GUILTY <em>(click on links below to read news articles)<\/em><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"headline\"><strong>Good officers need to be supported by good leadership, when there is corruption, not only do citizens pay, but so do all the good law enforcement officers&#8230;and their job is hard enough as it is. \u00a0So I applaud our federal agents for stepping in and putting together this case. \u00a0I also applaud the U.S. attorney&#8217;s office for proceeding with this case, as well as the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs for weighing in with their support.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>\u201cFormer Sheriff Lee Baca deserves punishment for the charge he pled guilty to today,\u201d said George Hofstetter, President of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs. \u201cThe plea agreement sends a strong message that no one is above the law. There must be zero tolerance for this type of failed leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to the Los Angeles CBS article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2016\/02\/10\/former-la-county-sheriff-lee-baca-to-plead-guilty-to-charge-of-lying-to-feds\/\">http:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2016\/02\/10\/former-la-county-sheriff-lee-baca-to-plead-guilty-to-charge-of-lying-to-feds\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seven former LASD deputies, sergeants and lieutenants were convicted in 2014 for their roles in the operations. \u00a0Today it was announced that former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca is to plead guilty in this federal investigation case in which\u00a0Baca would now be the 18th former member of the department convicted in the case, according to U.S attorney\u2019s spokesman Thom Mrozek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaca&#8217;s guilty plea &#8220;demonstrates that the illegal behavior in the Sheriff&#8217;s Department went to the very top of this organization,&#8221; said Eileen Decker, U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, at a news conference Wednesday.. &#8220;More importantly, it illustrates that those who foster and then try to hide a corrupt culture will be held accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\">FORMER LASD SHERIFF LEE BACA WILL PLEAD GUILTY, ATTORNEY SAYS<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abc7.com\/news\/former-lasd-sheriff-lee-baca-will-plead-guilty-attorney-says\/1194963\/\">http:\/\/abc7.com\/news\/former-lasd-sheriff-lee-baca-will-plead-guilty-attorney-says\/1194963\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OPERATION PANDORA&#8217;S BOX<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-at-heart-of-sheriff-s-scandal-was-top-secret-operation-pandora-s-box-20160210-story.html\">http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-at-heart-of-sheriff-s-scandal-was-top-secret-operation-pandora-s-box-20160210-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So for anyone that still wants to &#8220;pretend&#8221; that everything they read in the police reports &#8220;has to be true&#8221; and that nothing corrupt could ever be going on in law enforcement, I would like you to please know that it does happen, it is not right, and if you truly care about the good officers you will never stand by and pretend corruption does not exist &#8211; it does exist, it is illegal, and when it is discovered it must be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Support law enforcement by standing behind those who really do uphold the law in this country, and not behind those who abuse their power. \u00a0Because the good officers are the ones that deserve our support, not the power hungry, corrupt individuals, or the weak foot soldiers that follow in order to rise up in the ranks&#8230;let us all support truth and justice, not corruption and lies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There needs to be communication, confidence, and trust between citizens and law enforcement. \u00a0These things must be restored. It would be so nice to believe that everyone is always telling the truth, and that there is no ugliness in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6879\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[490],"tags":[825,629,417,980,512,17,981,866,989,1059,867,237,982],"class_list":["post-6879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morgans-investigation","tag-colorado-killing","tag-garfield-county-colorado","tag-justice-for-morgan","tag-morgan-ingram","tag-morgan-was-murdered-by-stalkers","tag-morgans-stalking","tag-murder-in-colorado","tag-serial-murderers","tag-serial-stalker","tag-sheriff-lee-baca","tag-staged-crime-scenes","tag-stalked-and-murdered","tag-toni-ingram-colorado"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wvjS-1MX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5939,"url":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=5939","url_meta":{"origin":6879,"position":0},"title":"It is the &#8216;Right of the People&#8217;","author":"Toni Ingram","date":"September 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"When a any form of Government, even a coroner or a sheriff become destructive to the people it is the 'Right of the People' to alter or abolish that government and institute a new government. \u00a0The people of Garfield County and all people of Colorado need to step up and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Morgan's Investigation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Morgan's Investigation","link":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?cat=490"},"img":{"alt_text":"the right of the people","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/the-right-of-the-people-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5472,"url":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=5472","url_meta":{"origin":6879,"position":1},"title":"Someone Knows What Happened to 14 Year Old Ronda Blaylock","author":"Toni Ingram","date":"April 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.hlntv.com\/article\/2015\/04\/01\/ronda-blaylock-cold-case-murder-reopened-dna-evidence This is great news...we need law enforcement to continue to fight for justice in cold cases. 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