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An Ex-Cop Is Running as a Reformer to Unseat LA’s First Black District Attorney

In the days after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, George Gascón, an ex-police officer who is now running for district attorney in Los Angeles County, stepped out of his home near Long Beach to join anti-police protesters in the area. Later, he watched television footage of the protests, and saw officers pelt demonstrators with rubber bullets, even those who were chanting slogans while seated on the ground. Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of BLM, calls it “the single most important DA race in the country.” The footage made him uncomfortable.

 

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