Posted on 03/05/2022 6:15:49 AM PST by Libloather
Los Angeles Dist. Atty. George Gascón, the cop-turned-reformer who came to office in 2020 promising to transform the justice system so it “works for everyone,” is fighting for his political life.
There’s a movement underway to recall him, and its backers say they’ve already raised $2.7 million. He is opposed by hundreds of rank-and-file prosecutors in his own office, who voted nearly unanimously last week to support his ouster.
Even his longtime friend and colleague, former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, recently rescinded his endorsement. Mayoral candidate Rick Caruso says Gascón’s progressive policies have “put people at risk and made our communities more dangerous,” and he recently contributed $50,000 to the recall effort.
On the defensive, Gascón reversed course and said he would allow minors to be tried as adults in certain cases. He then rescinded another policy, saying prosecutors could now in some situations seek life sentences without parole for murder defendants.
But those moves satisfied few people on either the right or the left.
Gascón’s travails are substantial, but at least he can take comfort in the fact that he’s not alone. All around the country, progressive prosecutors who were winning elections just a few years ago by promising to undo the tough-on-crime policies of previous decades are under fire, struggling to keep their jobs in the face of rising violent crime rates and a growing political backlash.
In San Francisco, Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin faces a tough recall election in June. Boudin, who was elected in 2019, is being accused of coddling criminals and being “anti-cop,” among others things. Even San Francisco Mayor London Breed, a Democrat, has gone after him. That’s not a promising sign.
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lets finish that headline, “...before progressive reforms have had a chance to destroy this Republic.” That’s much more accurate.
“Progressive” reforms had a chance, and they failed spectacularly because they are spectacularly stupid.
Those policies have been shown to be directionally incorrect, as predicted by many.
As we used to say on the Freep: Mega-Dittoes!
OIC, the ‘progressive reforms’ are not the cause of the increased crime...They Are the cure, they just haven’t had enough time to work.
This is an incident of “Harfing”
Harfing is when somebody says something so stupid, you have no actual response, and you can only stare in stunned silence. Named after famed liberal spokesperson Marie Harf.
Bah, humbug.
These policies demonstrate the truth that Democrats at their core are pathologically delusional. Wherever they take power the entity declines rapidly. The elections of 2022 and 2024 will determine the future of the American nation.
I wonder if Nicholas Goldberg lives in one of Los Angeles’s guard gated communities?
These crooks always say this.
They say the same thing about communism too.
why doesn’t it surprise me that someone named Goldberg would come out with full-throated support for the other termites gnawing away at the woodwork of civilization?
They’ve made changes that can’t be judged successes or failures yet.
Is skyrocketing crime considered a success or failure?
LA Times via MSN
Say no more. That's all you need to know.
We’ve had decades worth of progressive “reforms” that have caused so many problems.
The progressive baby is a lecherous middle aged sot … time to throw him and his filthy funky bath out.
But they are succeeding so very well at it, just as intended!
The part that stood out to me “In the 1960s, there was a movement to encourage rehabilitation over punishment. By the 1980s and 1990s, rising crime rates, and rising fear of crime, led to tough-guy policies”.
Maybe it was those policies in the 60’s that led to those later problems. Deja Vu all over again to quote the great philosopher Yogi Berra.
“Even San Francisco Mayor London Breed, a Democrat, has gone after him. That’s not a promising sign.”
Au contraire, that’s a very promising sign, a sign that sanity is slowly making a comeback.
Wow, just like Communism: if we only had a few more decades to let this work.
“We’re swinging back toward ‘tough-on-crime’ before progressive reforms have had a chance
Next time Goldberg is on fire, sounds like his flawless Wokie logic dictates he wait to see what happens before he turns the water hose on.
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