{"id":177196,"date":"2021-02-26T15:27:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=177196"},"modified":"2021-02-26T15:28:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:28:51","slug":"los-angeles-da-hires-anti-cop-activist-for-top-prosecutor-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-da-hires-anti-cop-activist-for-top-prosecutor-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles DA Hires Anti-Cop Activist for Top Prosecutor Job"},"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%2Flos-angeles-da-hires-anti-cop-activist-for-top-prosecutor-job%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=177196&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\/02\/GettyImages-89746816_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles&#8217;s Democratic district attorney elevated a close political ally who has referred to the city&#8217;s police as &#8220;barbarians.&#8221;\u00a0Law enforcement officials are now criticizing D.A. George Gasc\u00f3n for hiring someone they say is unqualified for the position.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Gasc\u00f3n, who became the California city&#8217;s district attorney last December, confirmed this week that he hired campaign aide\u00a0Tiffiny Blacknell to be a high-ranking deputy district attorney. Blacknell worked as a public defender and has no experience as a prosecutor, and her hiring has sparked immediate pushback by law enforcement members who view the hiring as &#8220;blatant cronyism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a slap in the face to all of our members who are patiently waiting for a promotion,&#8221; Eric Siddall, vice president of the city&#8217;s prosecutors&#8217; union, told Fox 11 Los Angeles, which was first to report on Blacknell&#8217;s hiring. &#8220;This is really about political cronyism rather than someone who actually meets the qualification standards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Blacknell, who served on Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s policy committee during his campaign, joins Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s office as a Grade 4 prosecutor\u2014the second-highest grade a prosecutor can attain; in this role, she can make up to $15,000 a month. Gasc\u00f3n elevated her even though she lacks the required two years of experience as a Grade 3 prosecutor, prompting some <span class=\"il\">Los<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Angeles<\/span> cops to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-under-scrutiny-after-hiring-public-defender-to-high-ranking-prosecutor-position\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-under-scrutiny-after-hiring-public-defender-to-high-ranking-prosecutor-position&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614379394345000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEvQALRTCTT8MnQ-PIDGlAFNoUo2w\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">call<\/a> the arrangement &#8220;blatant cronyism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Democrats<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/los-angeles-da-hires-anti-police-campaign-aide-for-top-prosecutor-job\/\"><strong>Los Angeles DA Hires Anti-Cop Activist for Top Prosecutor Job<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/bass-under-fire-for-praise-of-ethiopian-prime-minister\/\"><strong>Bass Under Fire for Praise of Ethiopian Prime Minister<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/former-cuomo-aide-details-alleged-abuse-sexual-harassment-by-n-y-gov\/\"><strong>Former Cuomo Aide Details Alleged Abuse, Sexual Harassment by N.Y. Gov<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Blacknell&#8217;s new role as a prosecutor appears to fly in the face of her anti-law enforcement views\u2014in the past year, she admitted that she herself had taken part in the city&#8217;s 1992 riots, and said anyone criticizing this summer&#8217;s\u00a0looting of West Hollywood or Santa Monica should &#8220;cry me a river.&#8221; She is also\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/la-district-attorney-lacey-slams-controversial-tweets-allegedly-from-gascons-public-policy-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/la-district-attorney-lacey-slams-controversial-tweets-allegedly-from-gascons-public-policy-committee&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614379394345000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEPsWfQcSabqIl7h-IVMSBisHtliA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">vocal<\/a> prison abolitionist, tweeting support from her now-locked account for the #AbolishPrisons movement. In August 2019, Blacknell argued that &#8220;prison is obsolete&#8221; and &#8220;we need to reimagine America without it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her role additionally requires regularly interacting with law enforcement officials, which will be complicated by her already fraught relationship with <span class=\"il\">Los<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Angeles<\/span> police. Over the summer, Blacknell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/la-district-attorney-lacey-slams-controversial-tweets-allegedly-from-gascons-public-policy-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/la-district-attorney-lacey-slams-controversial-tweets-allegedly-from-gascons-public-policy-committee&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614379394345000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEPsWfQcSabqIl7h-IVMSBisHtliA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">referred<\/a> to the <span class=\"il\">Los<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Angeles<\/span> police officers as &#8220;barbarians&#8221; and as an &#8220;occupying army.&#8221; In one of her posts, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-under-scrutiny-after-hiring-public-defender-to-high-ranking-prosecutor-position\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-under-scrutiny-after-hiring-public-defender-to-high-ranking-prosecutor-position&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614379394345000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEvQALRTCTT8MnQ-PIDGlAFNoUo2w\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">wore<\/a> a shirt that read, &#8220;The Police Are Trained to Kill Us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The union that represents <span class=\"il\">Los<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Angeles<\/span> police officers slammed Gasc\u00f3n for the hire, saying, &#8220;Gasc\u00f3n is thumbing his nose at crime victims by hiring someone who wants to abolish prisons, defund public safety, and who has expressed outright hatred toward police officers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While Blacknell worked as a public defender, she was accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-adviser-accused-of-offering-sweetheart-deal-to-gang-murder-suspect-behind-back-of-prosecutor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-adviser-accused-of-offering-sweetheart-deal-to-gang-murder-suspect-behind-back-of-prosecutor&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614379394345000&#038;usg=AFQjCNG9IGVUoX2wBmx9uzVu_Nz1OubYDw\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">offering<\/a> a sweetheart deal to a gang murderer. While working on the case, Blacknell was accused of going behind the prosector&#8217;s back and offering a plea deal to the accused murderer through his public defender. Her deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-under-scrutiny-after-hiring-public-defender-to-high-ranking-prosecutor-position\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-under-scrutiny-after-hiring-public-defender-to-high-ranking-prosecutor-position&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614379394345000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEvQALRTCTT8MnQ-PIDGlAFNoUo2w\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">fell apart<\/a> when the case&#8217;s judge found out about it and criticized the deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles&#8217;s Democratic district attorney elevated a close political ally who has referred to the city&#8217;s police as &#8220;barbarians.&#8221;\u00a0Law enforcement officials are now criticizing D.A. 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