After years of declining to pursue most gun cases, the district attorney now has a team devoted to them. Is he finally hearing the pleas of city residents who are crying out for more action on crime?
— which was convened by Krasner’s office to offer a defense of his do-nothing policies. Finally, there was a scathing and revealingThe sad truth of the matter is that Philadelphia has a “faux” district attorney, a prosecutor in name only who seems focused only
While I don’t know if Krasner is going to suddenly morph from “Let ‘Em Go Larry” to “Lock ‘Em Up Larry,” I’m somewhat hopeful that the recent House Judiciary Committee hearing might compel Krasner and other progressive district attorneys to start really doing their jobs. Maybe, just maybe, the new gun unit is an indication Krasner is feeling the pressure to rethink some of his policies.
It’s worth pointing out that during his announcement about the new gun unit, Let ‘Em Go Larry didn’t mention his earlier statement about “viable strategy” in the shooting review report. I didn’t see many mainstream news reports reference it, either.
obviously, if you don’t prosecute criminals, of course, it appears that way,” O’Connor said during the hearing at the William J. Green Federal Building.
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