David Aceveda List of The Shield characters

1 david aceveda

1.1 personality
1.2 career
1.3 farmington
1.4 city council
1.5 relationship vic mackey
1.6 rape incident, alliance vic, , mayoral status

david aceveda

david segovia aceveda, played benito martinez, character on fx s television crime drama shield.

originally, captain of barn , fictional lapd precinct in also-fictional farmington district of los angeles, california. however, in season three, elected los angeles city council , relinquished command in first episode of season 4. though no longer captain, responsibilities city council representative of farmington district keep him in forefront of show. according show creator shawn ryan s commentary on season 1 dvd, aceveda character heavily influenced former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa.

personality

aceveda born politician—extremely intelligent , ambitious. main reason taking captaincy in farmington raise profile in community enable him run seat on city council , eventually, mayor. prisoner ambition , place morals aside protect it. during tenure @ barn , turn blind eye of corruption occurred, long brought results elevate stature.

early career

david aceveda grew in los angeles, graduating university of southern california degree in law. though little of aceveda s police career known, began uniformed officer , made way rankings, aided both affirmative action , own talent. aceveda awarded position of captain of farmington district upon inception.

farmington

aceveda arrived in farmington high aspirations , aware of vic mackey s heavy-handed tactics. didn t want him on strike team, assistant chief ben gilroy pushed vic s position through. though aceveda tried take down vic , corrupt strike team, attempt result in death of detective terry crowley. cause became more , more difficult, aceveda attempted focus more on controlling problems within district. while captain, aceveda showed signs of racial prioritizing, getting more involved in cases involved latino victims cases victims of different race.

farmington s crime rate began fall strike team, along other detectives barn made progress. result, aceveda began gain more accolades , praise city , community leaders alike. aceveda s status became more prominent, announced running farmington s city council seat. though aceveda struggled on, go on win primary, , eventually, election.

city council

upon election city council, aceveda resigned police department, remained reserve officer. volunteered service once far, while assisting on search missing officers carl miller , scooby haimes. however, seemed aceveda still desired control events @ barn, seen clashes replacement, captain monica rawling.

aceveda briefly under investigation bribery , corruption charges headed iad, investigation shelved jon kavanaugh in exchange cooperation activities of vic mackey. aceveda supplied vic false information leaks in order assist kavanaugh organization. 1 of these leaks, false information lem had worked out deal iad in exchange testimony against strike team, inadvertently lead lem s death @ hands of shane vendrell. result, aceveda indirectly responsible death.

in aftermath of lemansky s death, aceveda made statement media lem s heroin theft. upon learning lem had not worked out deal iad, vic angrily confronted aceveda before press conference, blaming aceveda causing lem run. aceveda countered accusing vic of not taking responsibility actions, when saw vic angering point of physical violence against him, wisely decided off. later on evening, aceveda announced, in citywide press conference, city conducting investigation police department in attempt rid of corrupt officers. stated lem s death, while regrettable, result of corrupt actions, renewing vic s anger.

as events of charges against vic progressed, aceveda stayed in contact new captain claudette wyms, offering support, in form of funding more officers , influence on other captains ease crime statistics being reported @ barn, in exchange information how case progressing. after charges against vic dropped, aceveda arrived photographer part of campaign improve image of farmington police department. of these actions may viewed in larger scope of aceveda attempting increase standing within community.

as time passed, aceveda continued push progress on san marcos killings, massacre of several mexican immigrants unknown assailants, @ behest of mexican real estate developer cruz pezuela, financing investigation committee possible run mayor. aceveda used clout behind scenes ensure mackey voted out of force @ hearing. however, events took wild turn image juan lozano took of aceveda performing oral sex on him reappeared in hands of pezuela, gave photo mackey way save job.

vic attempted use photo against aceveda, have denounced fake , have aceveda s lawyer threaten him lawsuit slander , blackmail. mackey later returned memory card, background story of photo, , existing copies. aceveda stunned hear cruz pezuela s involvement in photo , after listening mackey s theory, agreed him in investigation pezuela s holdings. scope of operation stunned both of them, mexican drug cartels buying farmington , planned on using various businesses fronts illegal activities, including laundering money. aceveda received memory card symbol of trust between him , mackey , 2 decided investigate pezuela, in hopes of shutting operation down. later evening, aceveda met vic, discovered large box of sensitive material involving several important people in los angeles. vic left material, which, when returned right people, enough save job.

relationship vic mackey

aceveda has had tempestuous relationship vic mackey. during beginning of captaincy, sought take down strike team corruption in district , assigned detective terry crowley team. when crowley killed while in company of mackey, aceveda dedicated himself bringing him down. however, in bizarre twist of fate, when assistant chief ben gilroy attempted sacrifice both aceveda , mackey save own career, mackey , aceveda realized in best interests work through problem together. point end of aceveda s captaincy, 2 maintained uneasy alliance.

the alliance broken when revealed before aceveda left post, submitted scathing letter mackey administration, killing possibility of promotion vic. mackey livid , 2 came blows. aceveda has since attempted remain civil vic since arrival @ scene possibly saved life. however, remains no secret aceveda wants mackey imprisoned.

the rape incident, alliance vic, , mayoral status

during gang bust of home, aceveda remained behind after uniformed officers left. however, 2 gang members, juan lozano , ricky, returned home , overpowered aceveda. restraining him , taking weapon, juan threatened force aceveda perform oral sex on him @ gunpoint. however, 2 officers returned , knocked on door. juan held hand on aceveda s mouth , gun head while ricky checked see if cops leave. unable hear aceveda s muffled screams help, left. juan orally raped aceveda , took photo using camera phone posterity. appeared aceveda going killed, arrival of mackey , strike team scared 2 off.

aceveda followed ricky on period of several months, killing him when robbed korean grocery store. recovered cell phone picture in process, , caught juan. though juan threatened go public picture if not released aceveda called bluff, suggesting juan not tech-savvy enough have copied picture computer before aceveda deleted phone. juan s reaction suggestion put aceveda s mind rest regarding picture, thinking copies had been destroyed. further put mind @ ease aceveda threatened juan s family dissuade him talking incident, before putting him in prison. however, incident scarred aceveda mentally months afterward. became estranged family , began having violent affair prostitute, re-enacting rape fantasies intensifying brutality until pulled gun, attempting re-enact own rape. horrified, aceveda cut off relations hooker , seemed make peace himself.

juan, wanting revenge, contacted aceveda through girlfriend, attempted aceveda acknowledge rape taping conversation of threatening go public incident. aceveda, however, predicted move , claimed ignorance event before taking tape recorder her. fact juan s girlfriend had tried gain proof of event taping aceveda s acknowledgement of emboldened aceveda in belief photo no longer existed, despite juan s claims. despite setback juan continued in threats go public, claiming councilman no longer had leverage on him grandmother had died , cousin had been deported, both being outside realm of aceveda s influence. fearing damage image, aceveda made deal imprisoned drug lord antwon mitchell have juan intimated ; falsely telling him juan opposed deal dea; in exchange freedom (although antwon s freedom officially part of deal dea inform against salvadoran drug lord bonilla). 2 did fulfill own parts of bargain (and juan ends killed), though mitchell imprisoned again after captain monica rawling sacrificed career keep mitchell behind bars. seems aceveda has put incident behind him.

in season 5, aceveda worked iad lt. jon kavanaugh put away strike team once , all. however, after kavanaugh witnessed several suspicious meetings between vic , aceveda, iad s investigation strike team spread councilman well. kavanaugh began dig highly coincidental meetings aceveda had juan , antwon before juan killed. kavanaugh s incarceration in season 6 gave impression aceveda s secret safe, however, not be. mexican real estate developer named cruz pezuela provided camera phone picture vic blackmail aceveda keeping job. calling vic s bluff, aceveda released lawyer on vic threatening loss of pension , long legal struggle ahead. hearing of this, vic returns cruz , gets memory card , of photos favors down line once gets job back. vic again approaches aceveda new information , aceveda agrees try vic keep job , in turn vic later gives aceveda memory card , of original pictures. vic , aceveda form alliance find out corrupt developer brewing.

the scope of operation stunned both of them; pezuela helping mexican drug cartels buy farmington, , planned on using various businesses fronts money laundering, drug trafficking, , prostitution. aceveda received memory card symbol of trust between him , mackey, , 2 decided investigate pezuela, in hopes of shutting operation down.

later, aceveda met vic, had walked out on department review board hearing , stolen car full of blackmail material 1 of pezuela s couriers. aceveda shocked learn dirty secrets of many of influential people in southern california, including public officials, mayoral aides, , heads of special interest groups. vic asked him, enough save job? aceveda responded of assent. letting david take own vehicle, vic taunted pezuela s courier , drove away.

as series come close, aceveda seemed poised win los angeles mayoral election. in addition, , vic continued collaborate in order destroy both pezuela , drug cartel ruled psychopathic boss, guillermo beltran. friendship ended, however, when vic destroyed aceveda s attempts blackmail ice agent olivia murray information pezuela s box.

after vic arranged immunity deal ice, aceveda enraged vic never prosecuted of crimes. 2 collaborated 1 last time, however, in order arrange arrest of beltran. while speaking on phone, aceveda expressed satisfaction ice had realized that, have reptile working them. mackey, however, reminded aceveda prior statement respecting each other s endgames.