Posted on 06/06/2021 3:24:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The city of Los Angeles saw a sharp 36 percent increase in homicides in 2020—but the L.A. County sheriff said this year is looking even more grim, and he’s blaming the widespread uptick in crime on District Attorney George Gascón.
“In 2021, that 36 percent has now become 92 percent, which is a huge statistical jump,” Sheriff Alex Villanueva told The Epoch Times. “We’re seeing increases in all the categories—assault with a deadly weapon, arson, rape … these things are continuing upward unabated.”
The widespread uptick in crime is the direct result of Gascón’s election as DA of L.A. County and his failure to prosecute offenses, according to Villanueva. Since Gascón took office, 2,690 cases—about 30 percent—“that normally would have gone through were rejected,” he said.
While Gascón has defended his reform policies, criminals in prison are toasting the DA to celebrate their early release, according to officials—and the sheriff said the DA’s policies are making it more difficult for him to do his job.
“You’re supposed to have a district attorney who represents the people … but [he’s] acting like a public defender,” Villanueva said.
“There’s no one left representing the people. I need to work in partnership with the person who’s representing the people. I don’t have that right now.”
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What?? Everyone knows it’s systemic racism and white supremacists.
President Trump personally comes down there and beats people./s
Didn’t CA release a bunch of prisoners before their parole/max-out dates because of COVID-19? This is a double-ended problem. On one end, the incarcerated receive a get out jail for free card, and on the other end the DA is handing out stay out of court cards for free.
This guy is a lib with some working brain cells left.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva was CLEARLY born with a couple, unlike most ‘men’ in Los Angeles, who are now Metrosexual.
Good to see he’s willing to do what’s needed to actually HELP his people, rather than assist in imposing Fascism.
Villanueva was trying to build a heliport near his private residence until neighbors found out what was up. It would have been so cool to fly to work above the never ending traffic jams with all the unwashed slobs.
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