L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón on Wednesday touted what he considers the accomplishments of his first year, but found himself getting into tense exchanges with reporters about recent high-profile crimes.
On his first day in office, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón stood before a podium in a largely empty room and described hisannouncing sweeping changes to the way the office would file cases, seek bail and pursue charges.
Joined by progressive luminaries including Cook County, Ill., State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Suffolk County, Mass., Dist. Atty. Rachel Rollins, Gascón spent the better part of an hour describing what he sees as major victories in his bid to reform criminal justice in the county. “My dad used to say that when you wrestle with a pig, you both get muddy and the pig likes it,” Gascón said, before clarifying that he didn’t mean to insult law enforcement.
But property crime, which experts more often link to policies like Gascón’s that lessen punishments on low-level offenders, is actually down in 6.6% in L.A. compared to 2019. Robberies are down 13.6%, and burglaries are down 7.7%, in the same time frames, per LAPD data.according to data published on the agency’s website.
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