{"id":94073,"date":"2020-06-22T09:01:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=94073"},"modified":"2020-06-22T09:02:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:02:02","slug":"activists-campaign-against-third-term-for-da-jackie-lacey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/06\/22\/activists-campaign-against-third-term-for-da-jackie-lacey\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists campaign against third term for DA Jackie Lacey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jackie Lacey [Image via Twitter]<\/figcaption><\/figure>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<\/strong> in her bid for a third term.<\/p>\n

The two — Najee Ali<\/strong> of Project Islamic Hope and Earl Ofari Hutchinso<\/strong>n 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.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Rep. Adam Schiff, <\/strong>D-Burbank, and Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, <\/strong>D-Glendale, withdrew their endorsements of Lacey.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

Friedman issued a nearly identical tweet at the same time.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

In November, Lacey will face former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon<\/strong>, who is regarded as a progressive prosecutor.<\/p>\n

About 90 minutes after Schiff’s tweet, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/strong> of Massachusetts tweeted her endorsement of Gascon.<\/p>\n

“(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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/strong> on Nov. 19 and Daniel Hernandez Bravo<\/strong> on April 30. Family members of both men led the protests, calling for her to be voted out of office.<\/p>\n

Lacey has declined to prosecute several law enforcement officers involved in fatal shootings during her two terms in office.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

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