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Government,
Criminal

Oct. 6, 2020

LA DA and election opponent critique records in debate

The two candidates accused each other of allowing violent crime and not being aggressive in prosecuting police.

Clashing in a heated televised debate weeks ahead of the November runoff election, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey and former San Francisco DA George Gascon critiqued each other’s prosecutorial records and accused one another of allowing violent crime to increase on their watch.

Pointing to Lacey’s decisions not to prosecute several police officers involved in fatal shootings of unarmed civilians, Gascon accused La...

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