{"id":2944,"date":"2021-02-17T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2021-02-18T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:05:26","slug":"gascons-fake-resignation-from-das-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=2944","title":{"rendered":"Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s Fake Resignation from DA&#8217;s Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A widely covered piece of breaking news, breathlessly <a href=\"https:\/\/theappeal.org\/politicalreport\/george-gascon-leaves-californias-district-attorney-association\/\">reported<\/a> by Jerry Lannelli in the Appeal, announced that Los Angeles District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n has sent an open letter resigning his membership in the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA). &#8220;Among other criticisms, the letter mentioned the CDAA\u2019s failure to appoint a single person of color to its 17-member board of directors.&#8221;\u00a0 The article cites Anne Irwin, head of Smart Justice California, who said &#8220;Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s decision could dramatically alter the CDAA\u2019s power in Sacramento and continue to break apart the notion that prosecutors have \u201cone voice.\u201d Los Angeles County and its 10 milion residents represent over one fourth of California\u2019s population.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 There is only one problem with this story, Gasc\u00f3n is not a member of CDAA.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/17\/los-angeles-county-district-attorney-george-gascon-resigns-california-district-attorney-association-group-publicity-stunt\/\">reported<\/a> in today&#8217;s Daily Caller, the President of the CDAA, El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson, notes that \u201cMr. Gasc\u00f3n cannot resign because he has not been a member of CDAA since October 2019 when he quit his job as DA of San Francisco.\u00a0 On the ethnicity issue, his remarks are disingenuous, as he ran against the first sitting Los Angeles District Attorney who was both a woman and an African American. Incidentally, she was a CDAA board officer and in line to become president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis appears to be a publicity stunt to divert attention from his favoring criminals at the expense of victims and growing calls for his recall,\u201d Pierson continued, noting shootings and other violent crimes were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/08\/los-angeles-da-george-gascon-cash-bail-death-penalty-crime-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increasing<\/a> in LA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A widely covered piece of breaking news, breathlessly reported by Jerry Lannelli in the Appeal, announced that Los Angeles District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n has sent an open letter resigning his membership in the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA). &#8220;Among other criticisms, the letter mentioned the CDAA\u2019s failure to appoint a single person of color to its 17-member board of directors.&#8221;\u00a0 The article cites Anne Irwin, head of Smart Justice California, who said &#8220;Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s decision could dramatically alter the CDAA\u2019s power in Sacramento and continue to break apart the notion that prosecutors have \u201cone voice.\u201d Los Angeles County and its 10 milion residents represent over one fourth of California\u2019s population.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 There is only one problem with this story, Gasc\u00f3n is not a member of CDAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gasc\u00f3n&#039;s Fake Resignation from DA&#039;s Association - Crime &amp; 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