Another victim of the Republican culture of corruption…

Wait a minute…

In less than a year and a half, former Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic party boss Clarence Norman was found guilty [3 times] on corruption charges. This time, a jury found Norman guilty of five counts of coercion, grand larceny by extortion, and attempted grand larceny by extortion related to, as the Daily News put it, “shaking down court candidate Karen Yellen for $10,000″ back in 2002. Norman’s threat was that she would lose his support if she didn’t use certain campaign consultants. Norman was acquitted of five other similar charges related to extorting another candidate, Marcia Sikowitz.

Grand larceny…

Extortion…

Grand larceny by extortion…

Nice guy, huh?

Anyway, Gothamist has a great breakdown of the most recent conviction and some links so you can catch up on how this Republican Culture of Corruption^tm victim came to be convicted and what he did to get there.

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