The California Senate’s Committee on Public Safety this week unanimously passed SB 299. Authored by Senator Connie Leyva (SD-20), which would extend services to victims of police violence and expand eligibility for survivors of homicide victims.
“It is unacceptable that in order to receive assistance through the Victim Compensation program, police reports and the opinion of police would carry such heavy weight in the application for compensation when the injuries were sustained as a result of police actions,” Senator Leyva said.
“SB 299 will improve access to vital resources for victims of police violence as they recover from the physical and emotional injuries caused due to the actions of police or in the cases of individuals killed by police be able to bury their loved ones with dignity and respect,” he said.
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Homicide surge ratchets up pressure on progressive DAs
Larry Krasner reinvented the role of big-city district attorney. Philadelphia Democratic officials aren’t sure they like it.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner blames larger societal forces for the spike in homicides which are up 29 percent compared with this time in 2020. | AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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PHILADELPHIA Larry Krasner’s election in 2017 was a triumph for progressives nationwide: The man who had sued cops 75 times, represented Black Lives Matter, promised to end cash bail and was widely seen as the most liberal district attorney candidate in the country won.
Four years later, Philadelphia’s top prosecutor and one of the leading figures of the country’s criminal justice reform movement is under siege.
Spotlighting progressive prosecutor challenges and politics circa spring 2021
Politico has this extended and timely new article headlined Left-wing prosecutors hit fierce resistance: An uptick in murders across the country is testing their resolve and their electability. Here are excerpts:
Larry Krasner’s election in 2017 was a triumph for progressives nationwide: The man who had sued cops 75 times, represented Black Lives Matter, promised to end cash bail and was widely seen as the most liberal district attorney candidate in the country won.
Four years later, Philadelphia’s top prosecutor and one of the leading figures of the country’s criminal justice reform movement is under siege. Homicides are skyrocketing in the city, and local officials are grumbling. A former assistant district attorney backed by the local police union is challenging Krasner in the May primary. And in recent weeks, the Philadelphia Democratic Party broke with years of tradition and
Report: Soros-backed L.A. D.A. George Gascón Cuts Gang, Narcotics Units by Half
1 Apr 2021
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is reportedly cutting the county’s “hardcore gang” unit and narcotics units by half, according to several reports by local journalists.
Billionaire left-wing donor George Soros donated millions fo Gascón’s 2020 campaign, as part of a nationwide push to elect prosecutors who would pursue “criminal justice reform.” Gascón unseated Jackie Lacey, the first black woman in the DA job.
As Breitbart News has reported previously:
Gascón took office [in December 2020] and immediately pushed to end cash bail, bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, and end sentence enhancements for most aggravating circumstances.”
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