(American Police Force) Legal affairs director resigns

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

A California attorney who worked with a fledgeling security company to take over an empty jail in rural Montana has cut his ties to the project.

Santa Ana attorney Maziar Mafi had served as the legal affairs director for American Police Force. His departure follows revelations that the company's lead figure - Michael Hilton - is a convicted felon with a history of fraud and failed business dealings.

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_0bc821bc-af82-11de-95c5-001cc4c03286.html

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More from the AP in California:
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13471554

... "For the time I'm pulling out," Mafi said Friday. "I need to see more concrete action before I can be involved."

Mafi declined to elaborate on his reasons for leaving.

But Alex Friedmann with the Private Corrections Institute—a group that has long been critical of Hardin for building a jail that would be privately run—suggested it was a sign the project is doomed to failure.

"He sees the ship is going down and he wants to not be on that ship when it sinks," Friedmann said.

[TwilightGardener]

1. This whole thing will collapse, it can't bear the weight of national scrutiny.

[redqueen]

2. LOL

[BlueIdaho]

3. Maybe they can turn the jail into a Walmart.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. There goes the first rat

I wonder how many more jump before the whole thing is underwater?

[paparush]

5. Under Black water at that... :-)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. Oh, good one! nt

:thumbsup:

[TexasProgresive]

7. Hmm!

If you change that to: "an (un)convicted felon with a history of fraud and failed business dealings." it sounds like the description of a former pResident of the United States.