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Rosalind Pichardo (left), founder of Operation Save Our City, lost her brother to gun violence in 2012, and Aleida Garcia (right), lost her son to gun violence in 2015. They organized a rally on May 11, 2021, in support of Carlos Vega, a prosecutor who’s running for Philadelphia district attorney. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
A small group of crime victims gathered Tuesday in the shadow of the Municipal Services Building to denounce Philadelphia District Larry Krasner ahead of the Democratic primary on May 18.
Rows of faux body bags and handmade headstones stood on the concrete plaza behind them. Posters featuring the faces of murder victims with unsolved cases rounded out the grim display.
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District Attorney Larry Krasner (left) and former Assistant District Attorney Carlos Vega. (Screenshot)
During a spirited candidates forum on Thursday, former city prosecutor Carlos Vega called Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner a “rich, white, out-of-touch elitist,” further freezing an already icy relationship between the two Democratic hopefuls.
The personal jab came shortly after Krasner told a virtual crowd he believes Vega will be beholden to the city’s police union because the union has endorsed Vega’s campaign, an argument Krasner has made at a previous candidates forum and during the race’s first and only televised debate.
Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic took center stage during a heated, wide-ranging debate between the two Democrats running to become the city’s next district attorney.