smash-and-grab robberies before christmas. whether it s fair or not to point the finger at him, the finger is being pointed. reporter: also for some headline making murders. a well loved beverly hills philanthropist shot dead in her home. a 70-year-old nurse murdered at a bus stop. a young clerk stabbed to death in a furniture store. you ve really got to wake up to what s happening all over los angeles. reporter: the d.a. easily survived one recall attempt last year but now faces another. he has abandoned all of us victims in favor of criminals. reporter: the union that represents gascon s own deputy d.a.s is suing him. yes, it is rare. reporter: claiming the directives are not merely radical but plainly unlawful. he has created this environment where there s no accountability. criminals are arrested, and
country. reporter: gascon has ordered his deputy d.a. s, no under 18s charged as adults, no more three strikes, and in many cases do not even prosecute most misdemeanors like trespassing, and don t seek more prison time if guns or gangs are involved. all he says to make the system more humane, more equitable. reporter: but union pacific is now actually asking the d.a. to rethink his reforms because of this. they claim more than 100 arrests have been made but apparently not one prosecution. they have not presented 100 case, okay. they did not present 100 cases to us. that s misleading. reporter: gascon also taking heat after a spate of smash and grab robberies before christmas. whether it s fair or not, to point this, the fingerer is being pointed. the incident follows a string of what police call follow-home
woke-ish district attorney, elected in the wake of george floyd s murder and flanked for his one-year anniversary presser by progressive d.a.s from around the country. we have set a path for ourself to turn around the criminal legal system in this country. reporter: gascon has ordered his deputy d.a.s, no under-18s charged as adults, no more three strikes, and in many cases, do not even prosecute most misdemeanors like trespassing, and don t seek more prison time if guns or gangs are involved. all, he says, to make the system more humane, more equitable. reporter: but union pacific is now actually asking the d.a. to rethink his reforms because of this. they claim more than 100 arrests have been made, but apparently not one prosecution. they did not present 100 cases to us. that s misleading. reporter: gascon also taking heat after a spate of