Julio Rosas, Townhall
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon remained unapologetic for his office’s decision to give an accused cop killer a slap on the wrist for a weapons charge and later went on to kill two El Monte police officers.
When Gascon became district attorney, his office reduced felon Justin Flores’ gun charge from 32 months in prison to two years of probation despite being a known gang member.
During a press conference, Gascon defended the decision to offer a lower sentence because Flores had no history of violence.
Gascon also claimed there was no evidence of a history of violence with Flores. He claimed Flores didn’t have contact w/ the criminal justice system after his 2011 strike, but his rap sheet shows numerous misdemeanor convictions in 2013, 2018, 2019, & 2020. @FoxNews
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) June 21, 2022
The family of Officer Joseph Santana have since blamed Gascon for his death. When Fox News reporter Matt Finn asked Gascon if he had anything to say to Santana’s family, Gascon walked out of the room.
The El Monte City Council, all Democrats, voted unanimously in favor of a no confidence vote against Gason, the 35th city in LA County to do so.
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Gascon is an example of why California voters should not be trusted to make important decisions. Here was Gascon, a failure from San Francisco, who. with enough money from Soros got voted in Los Angeles. Voters were too stupid to know any of his history. NOW of course they can’t wait to get rid of him.
I knew his history and would have voted against him, but I am fortunate enough not to live in that third world s***hole of Los Angeles.
It would be very interesting to see Justin Flores’ CII history and see what Gascan doesn’t deem “violent”. Gang members aren’t normally noted to be non-violent petty offenders.