ACORN: Not Technically Criminals In Brooklyn

posted at 6:55 am on March 2, 2010 by
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So what we have here…:

ACORN employees caught on video apparently advising a couple posing as a prostitute and her boyfriend to lie about her profession and launder her earnings did not commit a crime, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

The office began its investigation Sept. 15, the day after the video was released online by the conservative activists who posed as an outlaw couple seeking help buying a house. It was but one in a series of such videos filmed at ACORN offices around the country that sparked a national scandal and helped drive the organization to near ruin.

…is the admission that there is no law against telling people how to set up a brothel in Brooklyn. Which, to be fair, is probably also the (lack of) law in your county, too (Rent a building, get a no-interest loan from a city community development fund, get some hookers).

Will the left portray it as “ACORN did nothing wrong?”

“We are gratified that the district attorney, after a thorough investigation, found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by ACORN,” said a statement by Jean Sassine, a spokeswoman for the organization that has replaced ACORN’s Brooklyn operation.

Well, not there, anyway.

But give it time.

UPDATE:  But was the Brooklyn DA in the bag for ACORN?

Cross-posted at Shot In The Dark.

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DAs all the time have to decide if:
1) there was a crime
2) is there enough evidence to bring to a grand jury
3) is there enough evidence to get a conviction
4) is it worthwhile to pursue this crime while taking time away from another criminal trial.

Even if the DA wasn’t in the bag for child prostitute enabling ACORN, and could satisfy 1-3, it isn’t unreasonable to assume that the DA sees no real desire to pursue this as no actual children were at risk. Still, a nice forensic accounting of ACORN would probably be in order (and lead to other criminal charges.)

rbj on March 2, 2010 at 10:13 AM

This story could be resolved if Breitbart released the full tapes like he’s been saying he would for months. It’s put up or shutup time.

Benaiah on March 2, 2010 at 1:07 PM