thank you for writing this. thank you for appearing. we re talking about the cases that really galvanized a lot of the black lives matter and police reform movement. your movement finds leaders are actually facing a backlash because of the rise in crime. our reporting shows they re dealing with the facts of rising crime and the surge of violent crime in a number of cities. you know, these are progressive prosecutors in a lot of these major cities that were kind of the embodiment of that argument to reimagine policing. they ve been pushing unt the elimination of cash bail, to lower sentences, moving away from that punishment model. as we ve seen in recent months and years there s been a political backlash against them. somewhat because of the crime surge but also the mid-term politics of it all. democratic party not thinking about the same type of voters it was thinking in the presidential election as the midterm elections.
our reporting shows they re dealing with the facts of rising crime and the surge of violent crime in a number of cities. you know, these are progressive prosecutors in a lot of these major cities that were kind of the embodiment of that argument to reimagine policing. they ve been pushing unt the elimination of cash bail, to lower sentences, moving away from that punishment model. as we ve seen in recent months and years there s been a political backlash against them. somewhat because of the crime surge but also the mid-term politics of it lch am all. so some of those alliances that were true for some of these progressive prosecutors over the last four years are becoming more strained. what s a political calculus for all these new progressive leaders facing crimes in their cities. the policies they want to enact