Group slams Los Angeles district attorney for rising crime in county

[RandySF]

A group supporting the opponent of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is making a six-figure ad buy blaming him for rising crime in the county.

The organization, which bills itself as a coalition of labor unions, first responders and small businesses, is supporting Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor and former assistant U.S. attorney general during the George W. Bush administration. The ad was released exclusively to The Hill on Monday.

The group behind the ad is sponsored by the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, a union for deputy sheriffs and district attorney investigators in the county. Its supporters include numerous police groups and Gascón’s predecessor. The group made the ad independent of Hochman’s campaign.

The narrator in the ad says the county has seen an increase in violent crime under Gascón, including homicides and armed robberies, smash-and-grabs, property crime and retail theft.




https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4919384-los-angeles-district-attorney-crime/

[Tweedy]

1. How very Trumpy of them

Crime is down significantly in Los Angeles.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-12/violent-crime-is-down-fear-is-up-why-is-la-perceived-as-dangerous

From the link

« Citywide, violent crime has declined nearly 7% compared with this time last year, with 1,650 fewer incidents reported as of Sept. 30, 2024. »

Petty theft is up from a low level but all other property crimes are down. Shootings have decreased by 17%.

Yet, despite these drops (& the fact that crime here was not high last year either), many think crime is rising.

Why? Fearmongering would be my guess. The kind of fear mongering invented out of thin air.

George Gascon is doing what we elected him to do. He is doing a decent job of it, too.

Don’t get fooled by trumpy nonsense. Stay the course with Gascon.