Chuck Turner: 'I know I am innocent'

another piece of leftist liberal socialist garbage bites the dust. they better wake up out there. ethics are going to be back in vogue

Notice how Chuckie didn't deny he took the money. He just said he didn't do anything wrong. Must be a proud graduate of the Wilkerson School.

So it took about a minute from when he walked out fo the court room for him to pull out the race card....SHOCKER!!

The real problem is that most of these left wing pols can't make it in the private sector. An elected "job" should be part time or term limited and not a career. Eliminate the posh pensions and let them get real jobs!!! Good luck!!!

wow another person taking a bribe from roxbury,sounds like discimination to me...AGAIN.Cameras can't lie twice Chucky.Time to take your lumps like a big boy.Hope you go down too you racist

What a buffoon. "Abuse of power . . ." Who is this criminal kidding. He is the abuser here. If his "constituents" can't see that they should all lose their PRIVLAGE to vote.

don't believe your lying eyes...i'm innocent

what a surpirse....he says he is not guilty

Just another Marion Barry

what a dope.

Letter to Chuck,
Picutres tell a thousand words. And the dollars are clearly visible going into your hand. Good job! It was only last month that you telling us how clean you were, that 90% of the politicians were dirty and you were a member of the othe 10%.

Please do the right thing and resign.

There you go, if Chuck said it, I believe him - NOT!!!!
Ah Chuck - they got Dianne stuffing the cash in her bra but you just accepting it in your hand so I guess that's where the difference is? Watch your back buddy, she's the one that threw you under the bus!!!
And this is all because your black right? YEAH OKAY!!!

I love it when these "crooks" say, "I'm innocent". He was caught on camera just like Wilkerson. He is a guilty as she is.

oh please!!! Innocent? Are you serious....

No matter what color politicians are, when they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar, they're all of the same stripe...as in, "I'm totally innocent."
The fact that Menino among others claim to be shocked by these latest revelations is truly pathetic. Who are they kidding? Oh, and by the way, how dumb do they think we are?

A picture tells a thousand words. You got to love it. Thank goodness for politics it makes great theater.

NO ONE WANTS YOU THERE! YOU JERK! ADMIT YOU GOT CAUGHT AND QUIT!

i feel that if he is guilty than that needs to be proven in a court of law, but also that he doesn't need to be in office either. i feel that he should step down until all proceedings have been handled in the courts. it is unfair to be in office knowing that these charges are being held over his head. he needs time to take care of his own personal issues before he should be allowed to handle the states issues. there is enough of a mess in the state without him trying to handle this on top of the states' issues.

The Feds better arrest a white politician soon, or this investigation will start to look like a witch hunt. Surely there's someone of Irish or Italian descent, or even better, a Yankee, who is on the take in the City of Boston.

In Mass its not difficult to get a group of people to support a criminal. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and can fool 30 supporters its still a crooked duck. You and your supporter get a life, preferably behind bars.

How many more more will go down in this probe? These stories make people disillusioned about politics.

Chuck-you suck.

It's ok Chuck. OJ was found not guilty too.......

Diane Wilkerson - Boston College Law School
Chuck Turner - Harvard University
The results of Affirmative Action
Barack Obama, Harvard Law, Affirmative Action, God forbid

Somebody on Boston.com a few weeks ago commented that politics is the only job where having experience is looked down upon. The reason is that, for so many politicians like Mr. Turner, they suffer from a surfeit of self-regard. They feel that they are above the law, and are so delusional about their power, or the power they THINK they have been given by the people, that they believe they can do anything. How else to explain someone who has seen photos of himself taking bribes.

And does he really believe the FBI doesn't have the audio to go along with the photos? How else to explain it other than conceit and arrogance?

This is why the system in Massachusetts, that is essentially a one-party rule, is fatally flawed.

What a piece of work. Get's caught and denies it, and then has the nerve to say that his constituents support him. good luck to his people if they want a crook in office.

Please Mr. Turner,just go away. Big deal you're be back to work on Monday. However, don't come back using that same old cliches, "They [the white man] is setting me up." You and Dianna and others like you have been running the race card for years, that you have poison the minds of Black with forever telling them in a roundabout way to dislike the Man because he's racist; but I believe that you are the racist ones. I hope politicians like you just go away and stop lying and playing on the people and having them believe that you're okay. If I were you, I would go to work on Monday only to resign my seat. Please don't drage... this...... out with a

You gotta be kiddin me right Chucky boy? They got a picture of you with the cash and you got the balls to deny it? You and Wilkerson are two of a kind and that posse that runs with you is as blind as you are crooked.

Please Mr. Turner,just go away. Big deal you're be back to work on Monday. However, don't come back using that same old cliches, "They [the white man] is setting me up." You and Dianna and others like you have been running the race card for years, that you have poison the minds of Black with forever telling them in a roundabout way to dislike the Man because he's racist; but I believe that you are the racist ones. I hope politicians like you just go away and stop lying and playing on the people and having them believe that you're okay. If I were you, I would go to work on Monday only to resign my seat. Please don't drage... this...... out with a

I totally agree with Art K.

A posh government pension should not be available to politicians who only performs LIP SERVICE to the public. Limit their term of service, city councilor, state senator, governor, house representatives, (it should have an overall term)

The last thing this country need is LIFE-TIME politicians, with their guaranteed pension plan and retirement benefits.
Let them compete with us and do something real.
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First Diane Wilkerson, then him. Is there something in the water? When will DeMasi have his perp walk?

Caught red handed and still has nerve to say he didn't do it. What a shame! Its also a shame to see people debating this issue by bringing in the race factor. Why can't it be a simple issue of RIGHT vs WRONG??? As long people keep tying race to every single issue, crooks like the councilor will divide and rule the masses.
We have elected a black president, we have minorities in leadership positions in public and private sectors. There is racism from all groups, not just white against other races.
By the way, I have lived other countries which are far less developed economically than the US, but believe me when I say that race is not big of an issue there as compared to this country. I hope people of all races revolt against politicians who are upto no good. We deserve better.

what about the us soldier's fake rape pictures i heard about ??????

No shame; what a shame.

Hey Ruby #24. Where'd you go to college, Old Racist U? Why tie Wilkerson and Turner to the president-elect? There are plenty of corrupt white politicians, too, and plenty of good public servants, black and white, Asian and Latino. Bet you're just jealous that the trio you named went to prestigious colleges while you had to settle for Podunk Community College and welched on your college loans.

Diane is guilty as sin. But the affidavit on Turner is pretty thin. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would sell his soul for $1,000. This one smells fishy to me. He deserves his day in court.

The FBI photos may be obvious as to what they contain, but until found guilty by a jury at trial, both Wilkerson and Turner have been treated as if "innocent until proven guilty" doesn't exist in our judicial system.

Affirmative action? Are the results of their academic work so inferior that professors know who submitted the junk they have to grade? I wish one of them would fess up and tell the truth about how these individuals (Wilkerson-BC and Turner-Harvard). got degrees. Bet these institutions feel duped for allowing these dopes to wear the degrees.

Bob Marley wrote "You can fool some people some time / But you can't fool all the people all the time". Bob wrote that in protest of white power pulling the wool over America's eyes. One would assume he sheds a tear in heaven as his lyrics describe Wilkerson and Turner. In his name, I have dropped the Mrs. and Mr., respectively, as they are signs of respect......

This man works 65 hour weeks, advocating for the community that he's been living and working in for over 40 years. He gets over 80% of the vote (unlike Ms. Wilkerson) because he treats his constituents with respect, and he is tireless in doing what he can to improve the conditions in his District. I would guess that those quick to cast judgment have never had him help you keep your lights on, or get your kid into a green jobs training program, or helped stop you from getting evicted because your landlord got forclosed on. I work in a GED program around the corner from his District Office in Dudley Square, and I remember walking by and watching him struggle to help a much bigger guy who had fallen over because he was so drunk. I remember thinking that any other politician would look at this guy with scorn, but Chuck as a short stout and older guy that he is, is getting pulled over trying to help him up. Chuck drives a sh*tty light blue early 90's datsun or something, and is one of two Councilors who voted against yet another raise for the Council members. He is also the only City Councilor who has a "District Office" because he pays for the rent, lights, phones etc out of his own pocket. Dozens of people go through that office every day, getting help on food stamps, job leads, childcare, registering to vote, and apparently setting up sting operations. The truth is that when people have their backs up against the wall, they go to Chuck for help, and he does what he can to help them, and treats them like they have dignity while doing it. Of course, those outside of the community only know him as he's portrayed in the media, as a unstable anti-white crazy Black man. So it doesn't surprise me that people are so quick to judge. But the sentiment in the community seems to be, that even if he did pocket some money, people look at the rest of the politicians in this state, and start to wonder why Chuck is being humiliated for an alleged $1000. Meanwhile, the real political establishment (Menino, DiMasi, Murray and friends) walk around like royalty and take cash and presents for granted, like its an everyday offering for the gift their governance. I don't condone bribery, and was saddened by Wilkerson's inability to get it right. But I'm disturbed by the ecstasy of so many Globe posters by the possibility of this scandal. I have always been a firm believer in the principle of innocence until proven guilty. Its a good tenant for our justice system, and I think a good guide for personal judgments too. I agree that its frustrating to be in the dark about this situation, and am disgusted that our political culture condones an army of (mostly) callous egomaniacs to run this state. But I personally think this set up sting operation and the ensuing media circus has got us barking up the wrong tree. Sadly, its at the expense of a good man's reputation and his ability to represent his community that depends on his so much.

10,000 employees and visitors go through detection everyday at City Hall. No issues. He walks around, snarles and challenges the guards to stop him. Think of that

Many of these comments make me ashamed to be a MA resident. This man is innocent until proven guilty in the courts; a picture is not the be-all and end-all. It sickens me that people with my skin color are apparently foaming at the mouth for a controversy involving an accomplished black leader so they can finally unleash their racism in a venue like this. It's as if all this hatred that's been stored up inside of you is just waiting for an outlet. I am sorry for whatever it was in your lives that made you so angry.

I didn't hear chuckie say he did not take the money. He said a jury of HIS peers would find him innocent. I am quite sure he is correct!

Are you going to believe me, or your lying eyes?

I was merely holding the money for a friend.

Just like on COPS... "I DIDN"T DO IT"

Off to jail you go, You'll plead out like they all do. Your screen actor's card has expired. No sympathy here in this city. You'll naturally will play race card , it's in you. You two clowns are a great role models for our young kids.
Corrupt pols r us. How can you breath the same air we do and look yourself in the mirror in the morning. Sorry but then again crooks can.

Poor guy got caught for only $1,000 dollar and he getting into big trouble. Why can they go after those that still million and million of dollar. Why can they fired that guy Demasi.....

"I know I am innocent...I just don't know how yet. Please give my lawyers some time."

This State is a joke to trust Democrats so much. (So's half the country)

I was declared a security risk by the FBI at the age of 19 because of a children's sermon I gave when I was 15. My career as a potential rocket scientist was nipped in the bud. The villainy of J. Edgar Hoover is exceeded only by the absolute innocence of Chuck Turner, friend of the people.

I am all for accountability of corrupt politicians. Let us start at the top. Vice President Cheney is Ex CEO of a company that gets all the major contracts in IRAQ worth billions of dollars of our tax money, and then overcharges the government . He makes sure the country goes to war for no good reason where other peoples sons and daughters get killed while Halliburton makes a " killing" . He organizes an energy policy team filled with his energy company buddies. Why does the FBI not start by knocking on his door?
If Councillor Turner is proven guilty in a court of law his constituents have the right to vote him out of office. No one has the right to try him by the media until such time. The State House is made of glass and the people in there are hardly safe in throwing stones at others. So no more Salem please!

Although I cannot determine Chuck's innocence or guilt, I can say what the elders taught me almost six decades ago, "Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear." Since that time, I've had the opportunity to experiment with the media myself and know for a fact that everything that's in print ain't true.
I say anyone is innocent until proven guilty beyond any shadow of a doubt. And there is a shadow, as far as I'm concerned, on a grainy video.

People who live lives of fear and distortion will find it very easy to believe anything that reaffirms their personal positions.

good old Chuck - always has his race card ready to play.. He claims that the law is targeting black politicians. Hey Chuck talk to Tom Finneran..

Have we (American Whites) forgotten that America is built on the foundation of ROME, thus, right and wrong do not apply but Duty and Glory do apply. Are we not complicit, have you forgotten it was our grand parents that gave Turner this institution after Lincoln was forced to free them, (American Blacks). How quick you are to pair him in all so familiar racist terms and phrases. So what if he has taken money, I too have photographs of Whites taking money, what will you say then if I release those photos to the Federal Government.

I'm not not shocked by all the racist comments that have been posted but I am deeply offended by them. No matter if he's guilty or not, it has nothing to do with what race he is. It will just be another person who got caught breaking the law. People please grow up & lets move on.This is 2008 get over it! One nation, One people.

He needs to go that's the bottom line

I was shocked when I read this about Chuck. I used to run men's groups with him and I would have never questioned his honesty. The video certainly doesn't look good and I hope that if Chuck did do this he takes responsibility for his actions and the consequences of said actions. He would have expected nothing less from the men in the groups we used to lead.

I think those of you who posted the racist and ignorant comments found above should be very ashamed of yourselves!! People like you just fuel the stress and hatred that drives a wedge between all of us.