ACORN cleared of charges relating to 'prostitution ring'

[Kuya]

Source is here, quoting all of the text:

WASHINGTON -- A four-month investigation by the Brooklyn district attorney found no evidence that the local ACORN office had engaged in any criminal conduct, despite the hype conservative media gave to tapes of a fake prostitute asking for help from the organization.

"They edited the tape to meet their agenda," a law enforcement source told the New York Daily News, which reported the investigation's results on Monday.

The Brooklyn office was one of several ACORN sites visited by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles for their hidden camera report that, they claimed, "proved" the organization was helping prostitutes and pimps engage in child sex slavery. (Though Breitbart seems to like pretending otherwise, there was no actual prostitution involved.) But as the decision by prosecutors not to file any charges underscores, the only thing O'Keefe really proved is that ACORN employed some people who were easily duped into playing along with his stunt.

Breitbart, meanwhile, has refused to release the full videotapes of any of the ACORN visits. He says his critics may not "have the stomach to deal with" what's on the tapes. But if Brooklyn authorities are any guide, there may not be all that much there, anyway.

Some of you might recall that the first thing the Democrats did was to denounce the Republicans and declare that they can't punish the organization because no wrong doing had been proven...

Republicans succeeded in drawing overwhelming support from Democrats Thursday to eliminate federal funding to a now-scandalized ACORN, the community organizing group that has come under heavy fire in the wake of damaging undercover videos that purport to show counselors giving advice on tax fraud to a "pimp" and "prostitute."

The House voted 345-75 to strike ACORN funding from a student aid bill with two voting present.

Later, the Senate voted 85-11 to eliminate ACORN funding from an Interior Department spending bill.

lulz

[Cleverness]

What the hell, how did they get clea..

WASHINGTON -- A four-month investigation by the Brooklyn district attorney

God damnit

[Rhinox]

Unfortunately nothing will come of this and it will be brushed under the mat and an injustice will have taken place.

[joft]

they still help poor people vote, and if that alone isn't reason enough to hate them then i don't know what is

[Kuya]

they still help poor people vote, and if that alone isn't reason enough to hate them then i don't know what is

It's not exactly "P.C." to say that we hate them because they help the poor. We prefer to say that they are Obama's footsoldiers in a socialist takeover of the country.

[joft]

only socialists care about PC anyway. true american heroes and patriots do everything in their power to be as politically incorrect as possible at all times

[Beckwin]

hate to say I told you so...

but goddam that piece of shit did enough propaganda damage to fuck up a good thing. goddamit amurrica

[Qalbert]

that's just nuts

[Pirian]

Where's Leif? He needs to be the shinning ray of hope that ACORN is still guilty even they are found not guilty

[archibaldcrane]

Republicans.

They're so fucking good at this stuff.

[Pikarya]

http://i45.tinypic.com/ek3gv9.gif

[Stumblingdrunk]

This wasn't discredited after the filmmaker was arrested for posing as a repairman and trying to tap a Senator's phone?

Nope, the fact that he was an American hero trying to defeat the evils of acorn was used as a reason to "withhold judgment" on his illegal wiretapping.(by fox news anyway) You see, its a good kid that made a bad decision if its a republican, loser criminal otherwise.

[Pirian]

Nope, the fact that he was an American hero

Except that he wasn't a hero, just some punk kid trying to make a name for himself by editing a video to make false accusations.

[Stumblingdrunk]

Except that he wasn't a hero, just some punk kid trying to make a name for himself by editing a video to make false accusations.

i did say (by fox news) -.-

[Pirian]

i did say (by fox news) -.-

That's completely my bad!