Payback Time for Rafael Perez
Re “Judge Orders Perez Freed From Prison,” July 24: Now that Rafael Perez has been released from prison, how about his starting to assume some of his financial responsibilities for the hundreds of millions of dollars Los Angeles taxpayers are burdened with as a result of his corruption? Maybe he can mow Javier Ovando’s lawn for him, since Ovando’s encounter with Perez left him wheelchair-bound. Perez stole an awful lot of cocaine; he must have money lying around somewhere. And to all you who laud Perez for exposing corruption in the Police Department, the only reason Perez “exposed” anyone was to save himself.
Sabrina Beldner
Granada Hills
Referring to Perez as a whistle-blower is laughable. Perez cooperated with the prosecution in order to avoid spending 12 years sampling institutional dining. To bestow the appellation of “whistle-blower” on him trivializes and demeans the courage of persons who have voluntarily come forward to expose abuse or corruption by powerful entities. Perez didn’t blow the whistle on anything. He cut a deal!
Joseph Gius
Los Angeles
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