California police officer shot in back by criminal who should have been in jail: progressive DA's challenger

A known gang member with a long violent criminal history accused of shooting a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy could have been kept behind bars if not for soft-on-crime policies by the region's top prosecutor, his election opponent said.

Raymundo Duran, 47, who allegedly shot Deputy Samuel Aispuro in the back at a stop light while he was sitting on his marked sheriff's department motorcycle on April 22 in West Covina, California, has been involved in a number of violent crimes, including two felony assaults that he committed while serving an 11-year sentence for manslaughter, according to court records.

Aispuro, a nearly 20-year veteran of the department, was wearing his bulletproof vest and survived the unprovoked attack.

In 2021, Duran was arrested after leading authorities on a car and foot chase in which he was charged with committing a hit-and-run, resisting arrest and fleeing from a police officer. Authorities were forced to collide with Duran's vehicle to stop him before he briefly ran from the scene, authorities said.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, a Democrat, could have had Duran imprisoned, but he was instead sentenced to probation as part of a plea deal, according to Gascón's election challenger.

"Raymundo Duran, by all accounts, is a sociopath who has committed violent act after violent act for decades," Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor running as an independent to unseat Gascón, told Fox News Digital. "Unfortunately, the sentences that he's received haven't deterred him from committing additional violent conduct."

"So, when George Gascón has his chance to deal with Mr. Duran and make it so he won't be able to victimize others, he decides to go for the lowest sentences," he added.

“...he decides to go for the lowest sentences.”

Kind of sounds like our non-biologist Supreme Court Justice Jackson, who apologizes to convicted pedophiles for long sentences.

3 posted on 05/09/2024 9:07:42 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)

Is the San Andreas fault the only hope for restoring California of the 50s?

No, a Giant Meteor and Tsunami are also possible....................

5 posted on 05/09/2024 9:15:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

“Is the San Andreas fault the only hope for restoring California of the 50s?”

It may not restore CA back to what it was, but it would certainly cure the infection that CA is to the US.

6 posted on 05/09/2024 9:19:10 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)

Darn that Superman for ruining Lex Luthor's plans.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kqD0pqDOAtk

7 posted on 05/09/2024 9:37:00 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)

Is the San Andreas fault the only hope for restoring California of the 50s?

California, tumbles into the sea
That’ll be the day I go back to Annandale

10 posted on 05/09/2024 12:51:33 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OFRICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER ngressman is.GODS BEFORE HIM!)

11 posted on 05/11/2024 10:32:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

Darn that Superman for ruining Lex Luthor's plans.

Even as a kid I thought there were problems with that part of the story.

Here's how Superman: The Movie should have ended.

12 posted on 05/13/2024 9:22:49 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (America needs deliberalization like Germany needed denazification.)

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