L.A.'s New District Attorney

[Ben]

Sounds more like a Public Defender to me.

He's apparently going the full, no bail, criminals don't get convicted, but people who disobey socialist rules do, route.

Here he is talking about "uneducated people" heckling him. The people he's referring to include the mother of someone tortured and murdered. Her son's killers were given life without parole, but he just took that off the table and they will be eligible for parole at some point. The mother is understandably upset.

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2020/12/19/las-district-attorney-says-he-wasnt-aware-people-who-did-not-have-enough-education-to-keep-their-mouths-shut-are-family-of-murder-victim/

[Angel Eyes]

Gascon used to be district attorney in San Francisco.  From Wikipedia:

During Gascon's time as [San Francisco] District Attorney, property crime increased by 49%. Some of Gascon's critics have blamed this increase on his office's reluctance to file charges against low-level offenders; during Gascon's tenure, misdemeanor charges were only filed in 40% of cases presented by the San Francisco Police Department.[26] Having worked with Gascon, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and City Attorney Dennis Herrera declined to endorse him in his bid to become the District Attorney of Los Angeles County; Breed and Herrera instead endorsed his opponent, the incumbent Jackie Lacey

Sounds like his move to L.A. is either a case of failing upwards or an attempt to outrun his bad reputation.

[MillCreek]

Or this a step towards AG of California?

[Angel Eyes]

I already said "failing upwards."