{"id":1101787,"date":"2021-12-09T09:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1101787"},"modified":"2021-12-09T09:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:13:36","slug":"questions-about-crime-ruin-soros-funded-george-gascons-one-year-anniversary-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/questions-about-crime-ruin-soros-funded-george-gascons-one-year-anniversary-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions About Crime Ruin Soros-funded George Gascon&#039;s One-year Anniversary Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fquestions-about-crime-ruin-soros-funded-george-gascons-one-year-anniversary-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1101787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/George-Gascon-Getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n gathered \u201cprogressive\u201d prosecutors from around the country to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his time in office, but the party was derailed by questions about rising violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n, who ran against the first black woman to hold the job, and who received millions of dollars in donations from left-wing billionaire George Soros, has pursued an aggressive, radical agenda of \u201ccriminal justice reform\u201d since taking office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>But crime has spiked, leaving the city in the throes of what the&nbsp;<em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-12-04\/brutal-brazen-incidents-push-crime-into-focus-in-l-a\">called<\/a> a spate of \u201cbrutal, brazen\u201d crimes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/12\/07\/convict-arrested-for-murder-of-jacqueline-avant-as-l-a-faces-violent-crime-surge-in-wake-of-reforms\/\">Last week<\/a>, Jacqueline Avant, a prominent philanthropist in the black community who was married to legendary music producer Clarence Avant, was gunned down in her home, allegedly by a man recently freed from state prison.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/da.lacounty.gov\/media\/news\/district-attorney-gascon-outlines-accomplishments-from-first-year-in-office\">statement<\/a> touting his achievements after a year in office, Gasc\u00f3n was short on crime numbers, but heavy on \u201creforms.\u201d For example, he touted ending the death penalty \u2014 a controversial policy that he has applied to cases like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/05\/07\/soros-backed-los-angeles-da-george-gascon-drops-death-penalty-in-murder-torture-of-10-year-old-boy\/\">child murder<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>Death sentences are no longer sought in Los Angeles County. Nor will the office seek execution dates for people sentenced to death. In addition, post-conviction death penalty cases currently are being reviewed to determine if thereis [sic] ameritorious [sic] legal reason to vacate the death sentence or resentence the individuals in the interest of justice. To date, five people, including four with cognitive or intellectual disabilities, have been resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n had hoped to celebrate, as he did after 100 days in office, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/03\/18\/soros-backed-l-a-d-a-george-gascon-boasts-after-100-days-8172-fewer-years-in-prison\/\">celebrated<\/a> thousands of hours in reduced prison sentences. But as the&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-12-08\/marking-one-year-in-office-l-a-d-a-gascon-touts-accomplishments-spars-with-critics-on-crime\">reports<\/a>, his party was crashed by reporters seeking answers to the public\u2019s urgent questions:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25.263157894737\">\n<p>One year and one day later, Gasc\u00f3n was flanked by progressive prosecutors from around the country as he stood before a room full of reporters during a 90-minute news conference meant to celebrate what he saw as his successes during his first 12 months on the job.<\/p>\n<p>But on the heels of <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-12-04\/brutal-brazen-incidents-push-crime-into-focus-in-l-a\">weeks of high-profile crimes<\/a>, including the killing of a beloved Beverly Hills philanthropist, an explosion of gunfire that left one child dead in Wilmington and viral videos of smash-and-grab robberies at retail stores, Gasc\u00f3n instead spent much of his time sparring with reporters and trying to counter questions about criticism levied by those seeking to recall him.<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n stood firm, saying there was no link between his policies and what he called the inaccurate perception that crime is rising in L.A. County.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad used to say that when you wrestle with a pig, you both get muddy and the pig likes it,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n said, before clarifying that he didn\u2019t mean to insult law enforcement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Murders have skyrocketed in L.A., as are car thefts, but burglaries are down \u2014 possibly because more people are at home.<\/p>\n<p>One of the prosecutors at Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s party: Kim Foxx, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/26\/george-soros-donated-408k-to-kim-foxx-prosecutor-who-let-jussie-smollett-walk\/\">Soros-funded<\/a> Cook County prosecutor from Chicago who declined to prosecute actor Jussie Smollett for faking a racist and homophobic attack. The Smollett case was later taken up by a special prosecutor and he is currently on trial \u2014 while Chicago struggles with shootings, gang violence, and \u201cmass looting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other prosecutors who took time out of their schedules to fly to L.A. to celebrate with Gasc\u00f3n included&nbsp;Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney for Arlington County; and&nbsp;Suffolk County, Mass., District Attorney Rachael Rollins.<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n faces a second recall petition effort after the first failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n gathered \u201cprogressive\u201d prosecutors from around the country to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his time in office, but the party was derailed by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1101787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1101787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1101787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1101787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}