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New D.A.’s Softened Hate Crime Stance Criticized
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon
By ELLEN ENDO,
Rafu Shimpo
Just four days after he was sworn in as Los Angeles County district attorney, George Gascon is coming under fire for apparently relaxing his position on hate crimes.
In the Torrance Courthouse on Dec. 11, a representative from Gascon’s office moved to dismiss the hate crime allegation against Gregory Edward Howell, who is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism in a road rage incident. Howell is accused of using a shovel to strike the car of a minority couple while gesturing with what appeared to be a Nazi salute and yelling, “White power!”
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LA County DA George Gascon s plan to reduce sentences sparks concern from his own prosecutors
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But today, Hatami says he feels targeted by new District Attorney George Gascon. A lot of DDAs (deputy district attorneys) are really scared, said Hatami. They are sending people to court to monitor what we say. They are working with the public defenders and alternate public defenders to intimidate us and document what we do and what we say.
The nearly 15-year veteran of the DA s office fought back tears as he criticized Gascon s Special Directive, which effectively ends cash bail, the death penalty and sentencing enhancements in all L.A. County prosecutions.
Deputy DA Jon Hatami, Credit: YouTube Screenshot
As one of three members assigned to the LA County District Attorney’s complex child abuse unit Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami prosecutes the most heinous and heartbreaking cases that come into the office. Between 2013 and 2018 Hatami was the lead prosecutor for one of the most infamous child abuse cases in Los Angeles history, the torture and murder of Gabriel Fernandez. After winning a conviction against Fernandez’s mother’s boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, Hatami revealed to reporters that one reason the case was so personal to him was because he had also been abused as a child.