John, let’s talk about the perceptions of crime during election season.

Our opponents LOVE to attack criminal justice reform with blanket statements that cities with progressive DAs see violent crime rising. But that could not be more FALSE.

An exhaustive new study recently released by the Center for American Progress, reported on by The Atlantic, compared cities that have elected progressive DAs and prosecutors versus more moderate approaches. 

The conclusion? The study found that homicides over recent years increased less rapidly in cities with progressive prosecutors than in those with more traditional pro-mass incarceration district attorneys. 

Conservatives who claim that our pro-civil rights DAs and their bold approach to criminal justice are making communities less safe couldn’t be more wrong. 

Our DAs are creating real public safety solutions, freeing innocent people from jail, ending mass incarceration, reforming bail systems, and protecting our civil, human, and reproductive rights.

And that is why it’s so critical we fight against the misinformation and fearmongering conservatives are putting out there this close to Election Day and give our 9 endorsed candidates all the support we can. 

Can you make a donation right now to help us fight back against the lies opponents are spewing against our justice-minded candidates and help them with critical voter outreach in these final days?

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That wasn’t all in the findings. The study also concluded:

• No meaningful differences between cities with progressive or traditional DAs in the trends for larceny and robbery.
• Per capita murder rates in 2020 were 40 percent higher in states that voted for Donald Trump than in those that voted for President Joe Biden.
• From 2015 to 2019, the study found that murder rates increased in a smaller share of cities with progressive prosecutors than in those with traditional prosecutors, or prosecutors who fell in the middle.
• The absolute number of murders increased by more in the cities with traditional and moderate prosecutors than in those with progressive ones.
• When homicide rates jumped from 2020 to 2021, the study found, the increase was slightly lower in the cities with progressive prosecutors than in those with traditional prosecutors.

The facts are on our side!! We just need the tools and people-power to spread the truth. That starts with doing as much voter outreach as we can ahead of Election Day for our 9 candidates. 

Together, we can show that progressive District Attorneys keep folks safe and provide REAL, LASTING solutions — instead of just throwing more Black and brown people in jail under the guise of “safety.”

So please, make a donation right now to power the most critical outreach yet for our endorsed candidates nationwide. Together, we need to spread the truth about the power of progressive DAs!

Let’s win this,

Real Justice