This week the League pushed aggressively to expose the hiring of a Defense Attorney with a history of public anti-police statements as a top-level prosecutor by District Attorney George Gascon. The League also confronted an effort launched by Black Lives Matter Los Angeles to "abolish" police unions. Below is a selection of news clips on those issues. |
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Gascon Hires Anti-Police Attorney |
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Gascón under scrutiny after hiring public defender to high-ranking prosecutor position |
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Unions blast District Attorney George Gascón’s hiring of controversial prosecutor |
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Unions representing Los Angeles County prosecutors and law enforcement officers are blasting District Attorney George Gascón’s hiring of controversial Deputy Public Defender Tiffiny Blacknell, a political supporter who has described police officers as “barbarians” and advocated abolishing prisons. “Once again, Gascón is thumbing his nose at crime victims by hiring someone who wants to abolish prisons, defund public safety, and who has expressed outright hatred toward police officers, Craig Lally, the union’s president, said in a statement. “With murders and shootings at a 10-year high, do we really need criminal defense attorneys on both sides of the aisle?”
This article appeared in: Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Torrance Daily Breeze
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L.A. County DA Gascón Hires Cop Hating Public Defender as High-Ranking Prosecutor
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is under scrutiny after he hired a public defender who helped with his campaign to a high-ranking prosecutor position in his administration. That public defender has in the past posted anti-police comments on social media and now, the police and prosecutor unions are crying foul. Gascón is bringing Blacknell over from the public defender's office and hiring her as a Grade 4 Deputy DA, which is the second-highest grade a prosecutor can achieve. On top of that, the salary of that position can be up to $15,000 a month.
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Pushing Back on BLM's Anti-Union Activity |
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Black Lives Matter movement launches campaign against LA police officers union |
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Several dozen protesters gathered on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the first of what is being promised as a weekly campaign put on by the local chapter of the Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles aimed at challenging the union status of the LAPPL.“Yet another dangerous idea from the anti-public safety fringes that’s akin to their previous ideas to defund the LAPD budget by 93% or to end incarceration for dangerous convicts,” Lally said. “It’s an outright lie to suggest that this group has any ability to strip the union representation rights of our members or any member of a union. That’s an anti-democratic tactic usually promoted by authoritarian regimes, not organizations that purport to be rooted in respecting workers’ rights and democracy. The focus on divisiveness and promotion of unworkable demands does nothing to improve police and community relationships and does nothing to address the violent crime, shootings, and homicides that are plaguing many neighborhoods in Los Angeles,”
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LAPPL Calls BLM Anti-Union Campaign "Dangerous" |
"This is just another dangerous idea from anti-public safety fringe groups that want to abolish the police, they want to defund the police," said Craig Lally, President of the Los Angeles Police Protective League
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About the LAPPL Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents the more than 9,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. The LAPPL can be found on the Web at www.LAPD.com
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