Sen. Bernie Sanders named George Gascón as one of ten reform-focused candidates he was endorsing in the wake of George Floyd's death
Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders threw his support Thursday behind former San Francisco Dist. Atty. George Gascón in his bid to unseat Jackie Lacey as Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor.
“Los Angeles is home to the largest criminal justice jurisdiction and jail in the nation. George is facing a two-term ‘tough on crime’ incumbent who has been criticized by Black Lives Matter and the ACLU for failing to hold officers accountable for excessive use of force,” Sanders said in a statement.
While Gascón did not charge any police officers in fatal uses of force during his two terms in office in San Francisco, the former Los Angeles police officer is seen as the reform candidate. A co-author of Proposition 47, which reduced violations for some low-level felonies to misdemeanors, Gascón has also championed ending cash bail and expunged thousands of marijuana convictions in the Bay Area during his time in office.
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