Posted on 02/27/2021 7:25:46 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Law enforcement calls hire 'slap in the face'
Los Angeles's Democratic district attorney elevated a close political ally who has referred to the city's police as "barbarians." Law enforcement officials are now criticizing D.A. George Gascón for hiring someone they say is unqualified for her position.
Gascón, who became the California city's district attorney last December, confirmed this week that he hired campaign aide Tiffiny Blacknell to be a high-ranking deputy district attorney. Blacknell worked as a public defender and has no experience as a prosecutor, and her hiring has sparked immediate pushback by law enforcement members who view the hiring as "blatant cronyism."
"I think it's a slap in the face to all of our members who are patiently waiting for a promotion," Eric Siddall, vice president of the city's prosecutors' union, told Fox 11 Los Angeles, which was first to report on Blacknell's hiring. "This is really about political cronyism rather than someone who actually meets the qualification standards."
Blacknell, who served on Gascón's policy committee during his campaign, joins Gascón's office as a Grade 4 prosecutor—the second-highest grade a prosecutor can attain; in this role, she can make up to $15,000 a month. Gascón elevated her even though she lacks the required two years of experience as a Grade 3 prosecutor, prompting some Los Angeles cops to call the arrangement "blatant cronyism."
Blacknell's new role as a prosecutor appears to fly in the face of her anti-law enforcement views—in the past year, she admitted that she herself had taken part in the city's 1992 riots, and said anyone criticizing this summer's looting of West Hollywood or Santa Monica should "cry me a river." She is also a vocal prison abolitionist, tweeting support from her now-locked account for the #AbolishPrisons movement. In August 2019, Blacknell argued that "prison is obsolete" and "we need to reimagine America without it."
Her role additionally requires regularly interacting with law enforcement officials, which will be complicated by her already fraught relationship with Los Angeles police. Over the summer, Blacknell referred to the Los Angeles police officers as "barbarians" and as an "occupying army." In one of her posts, she wore a shirt that read, "The Police Are Trained to Kill Us."
The union that represents Los Angeles police officers slammed Gascón for the hire, saying, "Gascón is thumbing his nose at crime victims by hiring someone who wants to abolish prisons, defund public safety, and who has expressed outright hatred toward police officers."
While Blacknell worked as a public defender, she was accused of offering a sweetheart deal to a gang murderer. While working on the case, Blacknell was accused of going behind the prosector's back and offering a plea deal to the accused murderer through his public defender. Her deal fell apart when the case's judge found out about it and criticized the deal.
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Tiffiny Blacknell's new role as a prosecutor appears to fly in the face of her anti-law enforcement views—in the past year, she admitted that she herself had taken part in the city's 1992 riots, and said anyone criticizing this summer's looting of West Hollywood or Santa Monica should "cry me a river."
And this is how the deep state grows and establishes a foothold in our institutions.
Why wouldn’t he?
First thing you do is get into her college and law school records. See just how much of a star student she was. If she is legit in the academic sense, then you start running ads on all of her dirt.
Aside from all of that, if I was a cop in LA County, I wouldn’t lift a finger for anyone other than the old lady walking across the street. This is who the people of LA County voted for. Elections have consequences. Let them deal with it.
All the cops should just do their 20 to get to retirement, anyone with 10 or less should be looking for another department. Let LA turn into a scene from Escape From NY.
The police there simply need to GO ON STRIKE, given what they’re forced to operate under. If the police are such a big problem, then fine, let the county find out, ONCE AND FOR ALL, where the problem lies...since we (and they) haven’t been able to convince them any other way.
She must be related to Harris.
The police there simply need to GO ON STRIKE,
Have you noticed how conservatives are always "extremists", and liberals are always "activists?"
“And this is how the deep state grows and establishes a foothold in our institutions.”
On the contrary. The Mexicans in LA are not happy with the black racists trying to push them around. This is the kind of stuff that ignites race wars, and the blacks are seriously outnumbered.
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