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Los Angeles County has banned any potential election monitors from watching the counting of the votes in the upcoming race to recall corrupt District Attorney George Gascon, increasing the risk of voter fraud in an already contentious election. According to the Washington Examiner, the county made its decision by declaring that the recall election is technically not considered an “election” by county standards. “A reference to monitors/observers in the presidential election is not an accurate comparison as an election does allow for public observation, and Los Angeles County does have an Election Observer Program where members of the public get...

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón has asked a local judge to reverse the death penalty handed down to a murderer who executed two innocent college students, one from Japan, in a car hijacking in the parking lot of a grocery store in 1994. The controversial prosecutor, who won election in 2020 with the help of tmillions of dollars in spending from left-wing billionaire George Soros, vowed to end the death penalty as soon as he took office. He continues to pursue that goal, despite a massive crime wave and a likely recall election in November, the result of the...

Embattled Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is to disband a group of victims’ advocates within his office known as the “Lifer” unit that notifies victims when the people convicted of harming them are about to begin parole hearings. The Parole Unit, also known as the “Lifer Unit,” will be disbanded by the end of the year. The move comes after Gascon has banned prosecutors from attending parole hearings. Gascon’s office confirmed the move to Fox News, saying that notifying the victims can be “triggering” to them, that it bogs down resources, and that ultimately, it is the responsibility...

Los Angeles County will pay for the funeral of a gang member who died in a police shootout after killing two officers, according to a mandate issued by beleaguered District Attorney George Gascon. Gascon, who has been sued by his own prosecutors and blasted by law enforcement due to policies seen as anti-victim, issued a directive on Dec. 7, 2020, that funds funerals, burials, and mental health services for “individuals killed by police” and others. “It is so far from my way of thinking [that] I can’t imagine such a concept,” former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley told...

. . . Another juvenile case that caused national outrage toward Gascon was Hannah Tubbs, a transgender criminal who allegedly sexually assaulted a girl in the woman's restaurant at a Denny's as a teenager in 2014. The 26-year-old was tried as a juvenile, despite being eight years over the legal age. Tubbs was sentenced to two years in a juvenile facility, despite being found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor and had been accused of assaulting a four-year-old the year before. Gascon said he was concerned Tubbs could be victimized due to her gender identity in an adult facility. ....

Olga Garcia blames District Attorney George Gascón for the death of her son Officer Joseph Santana. Jeff Nguyen reports.

Two El Monte California police officers were shot and killed on June 14 while responding to a report of a stabbing at a local motel. They were identified as Cpl. Michael Domingo Paredes and Officer Joseph Anthony Santana. Paredes, 42, had served as a full-time officer with the department since July 2000, working several specialized assignments before achieving the rank of corporal, officials said. He started his law enforcement career as a cadet with El Monte police. Paredes leaves behind his wife, a daughter and a son. Santana, 31, initially joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in September 2018...

A repeat offender who was spared prison time by Los Angeles’ progressive District Attorney might be eligible for a state-funded funeral after shooting and killing two police officers. Justin Flores, 35, was killed after a shootout at a hotel in El Monte, a city east of Los Angeles, on Tuesday. Two police officers later died of gunshot wounds they suffered at the hands of Flores. Corporal Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana of the El Monte Police Department were responding to a domestic violence report at a local hotel, according to CBS News. In a sick twist, Flores himself may...

A California court sharply rebuked soft-on-crime LA County District Attorney George Gascon Thursday, ruling that he must comply with the law instead of just making his own. “The district attorney overstates his authority,” the ruling said. “He (Gascon) is an elected official who must comply with the law, not a sovereign with absolute, unreviewable discretion.” Their legalese might be a little better than mine, but basically what the judges are saying is, “Who the heck do you think you are?!” The three-justice panel of the Appeals Court said in its ruling that Gascon cannot order prosecutors to refuse to charge...

George Gascon is the Soros-backed twit who masquerades as the Los Angeles District Attorney, when in fact what he does is act as defense attorney for criminals, valuing the lives of those who commit crimes over the lives of the victims. Gascon has a history of leniency for all kinds of law breakers: December - Gascon tried to have the two previous 'strikes' in the case of a mother accused of murdering her daughter removed. Akira Keyshell Smith, 36, is facing charges for murder, assault on a child, and torture in the death of Eternity Smith, four, who died in...

A furious Los Angeles mom who was mowed down with her baby by a hit-and-run teen driver has lashed out at soft-on-crime District Attorney George Gascon after the perp was given just five months probation. The mother, only identified as Rachel, took aim at LA’s top prosecutor in a scathing victim impact statement after the 16-year-old driver was ordered to participate in a diversionary program over the August 2021 incident, Fox News reported Friday. “George Gascon doesn’t value my life or the life of my child, or any other victim out there, and would rather reward the monsters like [the...

Progressive Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is walking back his claim that the county sheriff’s department “agreed with the felony charges” and lenient sentencing against a teenager who was convicted of driving a car into a mother and her 8-month-old son. The 17-year-old pleaded guilty to two felony charges of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and one felony count of hit-and-run, but was sentenced to spend five to seven months in a juvenile probation camp. Prosecutors describe the camp as “less than a military school and a little bit tougher than a summer...

Santa Monica police arrested the man suspected of assaulting or harassing three letter carriers in a three-month period - but he is back on the street because authorities say his crimes aren't enough to keep him behind bars. Residents of the 1300 block of 14th Street haven't gotten their mail for half a week because of three attacks by Davon Ray Morgan, 38, on postal workers since January, according to the United States Postal Service. 'Delivery is temp suspended; this is an unusual, but a necessary step to protect our employees,' USPS spokeswoman Natasha Garvin tweeted on Monday. **SNIP** Jim...

Los Angeles Dist. Atty. George Gascón, the cop-turned-reformer who came to office in 2020 promising to transform the justice system so it “works for everyone,” is fighting for his political life. There’s a movement underway to recall him, and its backers say they’ve already raised $2.7 million. He is opposed by hundreds of rank-and-file prosecutors in his own office, who voted nearly unanimously last week to support his ouster. Even his longtime friend and colleague, former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, recently rescinded his endorsement. Mayoral candidate Rick Caruso says Gascón’s progressive policies have “put people at risk and made our...

Embattled Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón's staffers say he was shamed into changing his stance on 'outlier' juvenile sentencing because of a bombshell report that suggested one of the criminals he advocated for had little remorse. He flip-flopped on his famously reformative approach to justice last week after jailhouse audio recordings obtained by Fox News captured transgender pedophile Hannah Tubbs bragging about her light sentence in a juvenile facility. Tubbs was sentenced to two years in jail for molesting a 10-year-old girl inside a restaurant bathroom. After the top prosecutor became aware of troubling comments Tubbs made in...

Hollywood Democratic heavyweights have thrown their weight behind a campaign to recall the 'woke' district attorney of Los Angeles, with Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador to Norway and George Clooney's producing partner among those demanding George Gascon step down. Gascon, a 67-year-old former assistant chief of Los Angeles Police Department, took over as district attorney in the heavily-Democrat city in December 2020 and immediately embarked on a progressive justice reform agenda - eliminating the use of sentencing enhancements for gang membership, certain uses of guns, and for prior convictions. As LA battles rising crime, critics are blaming Gascon's 'soft'...

After getting arrested for sexually molesting children is a good time to declare yourself transsexual — and make sure to do it in a jurisdiction run by liberals. Just ask James “Hannah” Tubbs: A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday ordered Hannah Tubbs, a transgender California woman, to serve two years in a juvenile facility after [he] pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2014. Two years in juvie is pretty mild for molesting a 10-year-old — especially when a guy gets to serve it in a female facility. Before doing so, the judge criticized far-left District Attorney...

A UCLA grad student has been stabbed to death in a random attack while she was working in a luxury furniture store in Los Angeles. Brianna Kupfer, 24, was alone in the Croft House store on La Brea Avenue in LA's upscale Fairfax neighborhood when a man entered and knifed her. The architectural design student from Pacific Palisades was discovered 20 minutes later by another customer. By the time police arrived at the scene, she was already dead. Police said the male suspect is believed to be homeless and fled through the back door before calming walking down an alley,...

A mentally disturbed transgender woman who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl could be allowed to serve her sentence under house arrest, after the Los Angeles County district attorney refused to prosecute the 26-year-old as an adult for the crime committed shortly before their 18th birthday.

Joseph Iniguez, the chief of staff for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, allegedly threatened to place a policeman on a list of dishonest officers after the staffer’s fiancée was stopped Dec. 11 for an illegal U-turn in her Tesla. The UK Daily Mail reports: Iniguez, according to a prosecutor, called the officer a ‘f—up’ and said he’d ‘put him in the Brady system,’ the outlet reported. The Brady list, established by a 1963 Supreme Court ruling, adds officers who have a record of knowingly lying in a professional capacity to said list. If an officer gets put on...