Posted on 08/13/2020 11:31:44 PM PDT by upchuck
I’m happy to report that Paul Howard, Fulton County, Georgia’s district attorney, has gone down to crushing defeat in his primary race. Howard, who has been the DA for more than two decades, lost his runoff race with Fani Willis by more than 45 points.
Readers will recall that Howard charged Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe with felony murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. Brooks had fired a taser gun at Rolfe. Howard had recently declared a taser to be a deadly weapon under Georgia State law.
Charging Rolfe with murder is indefensible. It’s doubtful whether Rolfe even committed a crime. And Howard didn’t wait for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to complete its investigation.
The overcharging of Rolfe appeared to be an attempt by Howard to salvage victory in his primary race. Polling showed Howard to be well behind Willis, who ran ahead of him in the first round. Howard was laboring under charges of sexual harassment and corruption.
Now, Howard can fully devote himself to defending against these charges, plus an investigation into the way grand jury subpoenas were issued by his office in the Rayshard Brooks case.
Willis will become the new DA. Apparently, she faces no Republican opposition.
According to this report, Willis worked in Howard’s office for 16 years, and has been a defense attorney and a judge. She campaigned on promises to put more resources into investigating cases prior to making charging decisions, to implement pre-indictment diversion programs, to place more prosecutors in courtrooms, and to increase transparency in police use-of-force cases.
A quick Google search for Willis’ name coupled with that of George Soros came up empty. But then, why would Soros want to see a prosecutor like Paul Howard defeated?
Perhaps Willis’ biggest virtue is that she’s not Howard. We’ll know a lot more about her when we see what she does with the Rolfe prosecution.
Oh I guess yohr really screwed the pooch bringing those charges
Howard would have lost even if the Wendys shooting never happened. The news that should get more attention is that no Republican even bothered to run for the job. That is a good indicator that not only is Atlanta a mess but the office will be run the same way just with a different person in charge.
Ask around...just how many Republican-identified lawyers actually live within the Atlanta City area. I doubt if you find more than thirty. Most who work in Atlanta....live beyond the city limits. You find the trend going in most southern metropolis ‘zones’.
Yep. “here comes the new boss...same as the old boss..”
Since BLM is about the words and not the organization. Friends of Trump should organize protesters with BLM shirts at all Dirty Cop Harris events.
Calling for her to do the right thing and step down as VP as a sign to the country her repentance of abuse and corruption in law enforcement.
President Trump would make the statement he knows all too well the damage dirty cops have done to society and fellow law officers such as Comey, Mueller and Dirty Cop Harris.
He has the support of law enforcement and has their back as well and will root out injustice while fully funding the vast majority of good cops in our country
There are only about 5 of us in Kansas City.
Meet the new boss, same jackass as the old boss...
I lived in Forsyth County, north of Atlanta near Lake Lanier, for many years. It’s actually less crazy now than when Bill Campbell and Cynthia McKinney were local pols there.
Seems very reasonable here now.
Don’t count on it. That isn’t why Howard was defeated
Replacement is most likely worse
Howard is also under investigation by the GBI for misappropriation of office funds. You’re shocked,I know.
The atl will get the gubmint it richly deserves.
Atlanta is Afracanized America.
That was true before the election season. Howard was very shady
The best govt money can buy
Forever
GOOD!!!!!!
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