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Activists campaign against third term for DA Jackie Lacey

by City News Service • June 22, 2020

Jackie Lacey [Image via Twitter]
LOS ANGELES – A pair of Black activists called on several government officials Monday to withdraw their endorsements of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey in her bid for a third term.

The two — Najee Ali of Project Islamic Hope and Earl Ofari Hutchinson of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable — directed their call to L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer, and city council members Herb Wesson, David Ryu and Paul Krekorian.

“Lacey and her failure to protect us has demonstrated she is more concerned with protecting abusive and killer cops,” a statement said. “Black lives don’t matter to her, but what does matter to her is continuing to be the black face and tool of a justice system founded and steeped in white supremacy. Her tenure as District Attorney has been a complete disaster. Lacey has declined to prosecute several law enforcement officers involved in fatal shootings during her two terms in office.”

Over the weekend, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, and Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, withdrew their endorsements of Lacey.

“This is a rare time in our nation’s history. We have a responsibility to make profound changes to end systemic racism & reform criminal justice. @LauraFriedman43 and I no longer feel our endorsement of Jackie Lacey a year ago has the same meaning. We have decided to withdraw it,” Schiff tweeted Saturday morning.

Friedman issued a nearly identical tweet at the same time.

Garcetti seemed to walk back his endorsement of Lacey last week, saying during an interview that “it may be” time for a change in the District Attorney’s Office.

In a response, Lacey said in a statement Saturday that “As the first African American woman to hold the L.A. County D.A.’s office, I am proud of my record of taking on systemic racism and reforming criminal justice — from bail reform, to reducing juvenile cases by nearly 50%, to increasing our office’s focus on mental health treatment instead of incarceration. I am singularly focused on doing the work of the people of L.A. County during this time of crisis.”

In November, Lacey will face former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon, who is regarded as a progressive prosecutor.

About 90 minutes after Schiff’s tweet, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts tweeted her endorsement of Gascon.

“(Gascon) has been a national leader in criminal justice reform and a powerful advocate for rethinking our approach to public safety and ending mass incarceration,” Warren tweeted.

About 100 protesters descended on a park near Lacey’s home Saturday to demand she charge the Los Angeles Police Department officers who fatally shot Alex Flores Jr. on Nov. 19 and Daniel Hernandez Bravo on April 30. Family members of both men led the protests, calling for her to be voted out of office.

Lacey has declined to prosecute several law enforcement officers involved in fatal shootings during her two terms in office.

Since being elected in 2012, Lacey’s office has never charged a police officer with misconduct for an on-duty shooting, despite repeated appeals for her to do so.

Legal scholars say the law is heavily weighted in favor of officers who justify their actions by saying they reasonably perceived a threat to themselves or others when they opened fire — even if that belief was mistaken.

Lacey supporters say she has been prudent in determining whether she would win at trial, avoiding the humiliation of losing high-profile cases.

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Filed Under: Home, Los Angeles County, Politics

4 comments for "Activists campaign against third term for DA Jackie Lacey"

  1. Weekend says

    June 22, 2020 at 3:23 pm

    Father’s Day weekend in Chicago: 14 dead and 104 wounded.

    Source: Chicago Sun Times.

    Where is LeBron to comment on this tragedy?

    • Ron says

      June 23, 2020 at 12:46 pm

      Let them be. They will commit their own Genocide.

      • Dave says

        June 23, 2020 at 4:18 pm

        Ron uses the barrel of his gun as a pacifier. Now try and get that image out of your head.

        • Ron says

          June 23, 2020 at 6:35 pm

          What are you talking about Dave? These people in Chicago are killing each other off. Its all on them. They do it to themselves. All im doing is setting back watching them do it. Cant blame Whitey for it.

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