John,
Did you know some of the ONLY people who can hold cops accountable in cases of police violence are District Attorneys?
That’s exactly why we have supported someone like DA Diana Becton.
For the first time in the history of Contra County, California — under Diana’s guidance — a police officer, Andrew Hall, was charged in an on-duty shooting.
If Diana Becton was not the DA in Contra County, it’s likely this case would have gone uninvestigated and Andrew Hall would STILL be a police officer. This is what we mean when we talk about the importance of this work.
Then-Officer Hall killed 33-year-old Laudemer Arboleda, a man with mental illness, in November 2018. Andrew Hall’s police department CLEARED him of all misconduct after they did their own ‘investigation’. But DA Diana Becton made sure to keep investigating this case.
We CANNOT continue to let more police get off scot-free for such atrocious crimes.
One of the most immediate tools we have in fighting back against this cruelty is to elect District Attorneys who will hold police accountable for their violence.
From the beginning, we knew we couldn’t do this work without people like you. Together, we are making transformational change.
Thank you for standing with us,
Real Justice