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Law enforcement unions have long stood in the way of needed criminal justice reforms, especially those that would fix excessive sentences or enhance police accountability. Many of the tough-on-crime bills and ballot measures that overfilled prisons and jails in the 1980s and 1990s were bankrolled by the state prison guards’ union. The Los Angeles Police Protective League won a 2017 ballot measure that pushed back against tougher officer discipline adopted in the wake of the Rodney King beating 26 years earlier. Police unions blocked several bills in Sacramento last year, written amid protests over the killing of George Floyd, that would have enhanced police oversight. The Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys is the most outspoken opponent of reform measures put in place by its members’ boss, D.A. George Gascón.
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Prison inmate threatens to attack guard in LA County to fall under Gascónâs jurisdiction for resentencing
Inmate threatens to attack guard in LA County to fall under Gasconâs jurisdiction for resentencing
LOS ANGELES - An inmate serving a life sentence at a California state prison recently called the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office and left a voicemail, alerting them that he planned to beat the s t out of a prison guard during an upcoming transfer so he could be eligible for resentencing under D.A. George Gascón’s jurisdiction, and FOX 11 has obtained the recording.
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