Every cop in Los Angeles has a grin on his face after this news:

Civil rights attorney Stephen G. Yagman, whose relentless quarter-century crusade against police brutality drew both admiration and ire, was convicted Friday in federal court of 19 felony counts of tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud and money laundering.
The verdict, if upheld on appeal, would end the career of the combative and pioneering litigator, who brought hundreds of cases against the Los Angeles Police Department and other law enforcement agencies.
Yagman, 62, could be sentenced to more than six years in federal prison, according to Assistant U.S. Atty. Alka Sagar.
The Venice attorney leaned back in his chair with an impassive expression as U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson read the jury’s verdict.
After the jury filed out, Sagar argued that Yagman should be taken into custody or put on electronic monitoring before his sentencing, scheduled for Sept. 24. But Wilson ruled that he was not a flight risk and allowed him to remain free on a $100,000 bond.
Yagman and his attorney, Barry Tarlow, declined comment after the verdict.
It was a rare moment of restraint for Yagman, whose record of litigation was matched only by his vociferous criticism of all manner of authority.
In court filings, Tarlow argued that the case was a "vindictive prosecution" for Yagman’s "contentious history with federal law enforcement agencies."
Yagman had railed against federal prosecutors and judges for failing to uphold civil rights laws. In 2002, he filed the first federal suits challenging the Bush administration’s policy of imprisoning terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
As a special prosecutor, he pursued charges against the FBI sniper who killed the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver in the Ruby Ridge shootings. And he sued the IRS for violent conduct by an agent and won a $650,000 settlement.
But after a contentious four-week trial, in which Yagman was on the stand for several days, the jury didn’t believe his claim that he was unfairly targeted.
It upheld every count and act alleged in the June 2006 indictment: that he hid his assets, committed bankruptcy fraud and laundered money in a scheme to avoid paying more than $200,000 in state and federal taxes.
Prosecutors alleged that Yagman had transferred the deed of his house to his girlfriend, K.D. Mattox, and deposited all of his income into her account, while signing checks in her name. They also claimed he had filed for bankruptcy in New York so trustees would not find his assets in California.
"Hours after he filed for bankruptcy, he spent $2,000 in shoes and clothing … on Madison Avenue," Assistant U.S. Atty. Beong-Soo Kim told jurors during the trial. And he went out to a $260 dinner, he added.
That man would take on the silliest, most benign complaint from someone who felt he was wronged by getting a ticket and turn it into a media circus where the cop was ALWAYS the bad guy. He put on teaching seminars for lawyers on how to best sue police departments, and how to get the most money out of it.
Former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates let out a slow, deep chuckle. "What can I say? He’s been playing the system for a long, long time," he said. "This is a real bad man, a disgrace to the bar."
Joe Gunn, a retired LAPD commander and a deputy for former Mayor Richard Riordan, said Yagman undermined the department’s standing in minority communities with false allegations. "He won very few cases, but you say things long enough and people start believing it."
The man was a disgusting pos, or as he once called Chief gates "the personification of evil" , and I’m happy to see him behind bars. Not ashamed to admit that.

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Nifong, Fitzfong, Yagmonfong, Edwards the channeler, 9 babyfied US attorneys without the guts to do their job or quit are fired, Osama Obama showed his true Islamic colors by insulting the republicans/christians. Is there an really honest attorney in the U.S.? Beginning to look doubtful.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer creep. At least having his head up his ass will nicely have pre-sized him for his new roomies. Or don’t they do that out of professional courtesy???
Just Love it when the worm turns!
PS. Dear ACLU, hope this one feels like a cactus hemorroid!
And, to the LAPD: Batter up! and swing away, SWING AWAY!