DA who does not want to prosecute many criminals goes after law enforcment

 Washington Examiner:

District Attorney George Gascon has criminally charged a Los Angeles County sheriff’s lieutenant as punishment after Gascon was criticized in the media over lax prosecution standards against international drug cartels, Sheriff Alex Villanueva says.

“Justice is supposed to be blind, but with Gascon in office, anything goes,” Villanueva said. “This appears to be happening because we challenged Gascon’s soft-on-cartel policies.”

Villanueva is referring to a Washington Examiner investigation that exposed a bevy of marijuana growers that seemingly operate with impunity in the desert region of Los Angeles County. The growers suck dry valuable water from wells to feed their thirsty crops in an era in which drought is devastating the state’s farming industry.

Sheriff’s Lt. Howard Fuchs heads a task force aimed at shutting down the cartels, but he told the Washington Examiner that it’s difficult to convince Gascon to file any charges even though he has the evidence.

As a result, Fuchs says, Gascon charged him with two domestic violence charges two days before the one-year statute of limitations ended.

Although the charges are misdemeanors and likely carry no jail time, the fallout would cause Fuchs to lose his job because he would be prohibited from carrying a gun.

“Ironically, if a kid is walking around with a loaded gun, that’s OK because he can’t be charged under Gascon’s policies,” Villanueva said.

The sheriff is referring to a Gascon mandate that prohibits prosecutors from utilizing a state law that can tack on a gun possession charge to another crime, resulting in up to life in prison.

In one famous incident, that policy had deadly consequences when a gang member was given a plea bargain for a gun possession charge and released from jail only to shoot to death two police officers at a motel this summer, according to former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley.

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LA County voters really made a mistake when they elected this Soros-backed soft-on-crime prosecutor.  Recent attempts to remove him apparently failed.  He has made this part of southern California less safe for law-abiding citizens and safer for criminals.

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