“Gascón sees a cycle of 'overpolicing' and 'overcriminalizing' of poor people and people of color — a cycle that infects arrests, prosecutions, sentencing and prison life,” writes nick_goldberg for latimesopinion.
onto the back seat of a towed car, he immediately suggested that investigators look at texts the officers had sent.The texts, which were revealed by The Times’ James Queally last week, put in jeopardy hundreds of criminal cases in which the officers had testified or made arrests. Gascón‘s office has already dismissed more than 35 cases as a result.The Pomona school district recently reversed its decision to end school policing.
He remembers being in the Army during the Vietnam years and being trained to see the enemy as less moral, less right-thinking and, ultimately, less than fully human. It helps when you’re going into battle. L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón on Wednesday touted what he considers the accomplishments of his first year, but found himself getting into tense exchanges with reporters about recent high-profile crimes.
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