Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón: Part 2

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🗓️ 11 September 2024

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George Gascón is unlike many prosecutors. His background and sweeping criminal justice policy reforms as Los Angeles District Attorney have made him a polarizing national figure. LAist Correspondent Frank Stoltze speaks with Gascón about his journey from hard-nosed LAPD cop to one of the most progressive prosecutors in the country and reports on the rebellion inside Gascón’s own DA’s office that began brewing within hours of him taking office.

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0:20.0	Alayist and show and tell present an evening with Fran Leibowitz. Author, journalist, and social observer will take the stage Wednesday, September 25th at the
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0:28.2	This is Imperfect Paradise, a show about the gap between the dream and reality.
0:35.6	I'm Antonia Cérejido and I'm here with LA's correspondent Frank Stoltz.
0:39.2	Hi Frank.
0:40.2	Hey Antonia.
0:41.2	So you're here to tell me about what happened when George Gascon was
0:44.3	elected as district attorney of LA County in the fall of 2020. Right, you'll
0:49.0	remember he was an LAPD cop for a long time. Then he went to law school, he was in Mesa, Arizona as the police chief,
0:56.1	went to San Francisco as the DA up there, and in fact he took over Kamala Harris's position as DA in San Francisco before coming to LA.
1:05.3	As you remember, he ran as a progressive in LA County and promised to make a lot of changes right away.
1:11.6	But the members of the LA County
1:13.7	prosecutor's union were not so enthused about having George Gascon as
1:17.5	their boss. And that's because traditionally
1:20.4	district attorney's office has been people who are really tough on crime.
1:23.2	That's right, Antonia. These rank and file prosecutors had done prosecuting one way
1:28.1	for something like 40 years that even campaigned against him.
1:32.5	The prosecutor's union endorsed the incumbent Jackie Lacy in 2020.
1:37.6	And this is because they were very skeptical of George Gascon's progressive policies.
1:43.0	That's a very tense work environment to come into.
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