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Phatguysrule said:
Yes, there you go. That is cause for concern. Violent people like this need removed from society for a while.
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The problem is that he isn't charging a lot of crimes, especially gang and gun related.

https://laist.com/news/criminal-jus...ascon-sparking-debate-over-justice-and-safety

On Dec. 7, 2020, the day he took office, Gascón took aim at two common so-called sentencing enhancements L.A. prosecutors had used to lengthen prison time for tens of thousands of people accused of using guns while committing crimes and/or committing crimes for the benefit of a gang. The overwhelming majority of them were Black and Brown men.

Using the California Public Records Act, we obtained data on the filing of gang and gun sentencing enhancements — also called allegations — for the first half of each year from 2012 to 2021. The numbers reveal a tectonic shift.

The data shows the filing of gang allegations from January through June of this year plunged 99% compared with the average for the same time period over the previous nine years — from 2,289 to 30.

Prosecutors filed 731 gun allegations in the first six months of this year — that’s a 63% drop compared with the average of 1,973 in the first half of the previous nine years.

California adopted these enhancements in the 1980s and 90’s in response to an explosion of violence — much of it on the streets of L.A. and places like Compton. But they were draconian, Gascón said.
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Wow, sad....

https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/bloodied-olympian-kim-glass-moments-after-horror-l-a-attack/

Good Samaritan held attacker for police after he nearly blinded Olympian Kim Glass with metal pipe

The suspect accused of nearly blinding volleyball star Kim Glass was caught on camera getting pinned down after the attack — just feet from the sobbing Olympian on a blood-splattered street.

Good Samaritan Benson Parks posted a clip to social media showing him holding down the suspect in Saturday’s brutal attack, whom the LAPD identified as 51-year-old Semeon Tesfamariam.

“What the f–k is wrong with you?” someone asked as the suspect was held down with a foot on his back in downtown Los Angeles.

Olympic silver-medal-winning athlete Glass, 37, could be seen nearby, clutching her damaged eye as blood splattered the sidewalk between her and the pinned suspect.

“Can you call my mom?” she asked, her voice fighting back tears as a woman tried to tend to her injuries as others called 911.
 
s/b Severely in thread title
 
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