FightBackVenice

In 2021, George Gascón struck Mr Gregory Black’s prior strike, and gave him time served and probation for attempted murder. Mr Black had 11 prior arrests and multiple prior felony convictions. Mr Black, while on felony probation, was driving over 90 mph in a Mercedes. He ran multiple red lights, crashed into an Uber carrying Kimberly Izquierdo, Veronica Amezola and Juvelyn Arroyo and killed them. Gascon did not issue a press release saying he was sorry or offering his condolences to the families. Instead, his office did say this: “Mr Black was previously placed on probation for attempted murder after a careful review of the evidence.” Gascón has zero experience being an actual prosecutor. When he came into office, he claimed he was going to reform the system and make everyone safer. He did the exact opposite. Striking prior strikes and giving dangerous people probation when these people have long criminal records is setting them up for failure and making our community much less safe. It’s not a reform. It’s the exact opposite. Three innocent young women have lost their lives and Mr Black is now going to prison for the rest of his. This helped no one. It’s not progress. Holding people accountable and responsible for crimes and ordering some level of punishment must happen before rehabilitation can work. Citing people out for repeated crimes, giving people sweet-heart deals, placing repeat violent offenders on probation, not charging provable allegations, and always striking prior strikes is not a reform and it’s not making us any safer. Blanket policies don’t work. There are just too many cases during Gascon’s last three years where tragedies like this have happened. They didn’t need to happen! This isn’t fair to the families, the children left behind or our communities. Time to vote Gascón out! We’ve suffered enough. LA deserves so much better.