new mini-doc: "Los Angeles is Living the BLM Dream"

inside George Gascon's dystopia

Squad —

Four years ago, in the heat of our “social justice” summer, the people of Los Angeles decided to make a man named George Gascon their District Attorney. Gascon’s politics had met their moment; he was a pure vessel of Black Lives Matter orthodoxy, denouncing the legal system as inherently racist and promising to slash criminal penalties and empty jails.

Once he assumed office, Gascon held to his word. He stopped enforcing many misdemeanor crimes. He gave thousands of prisoners early release. He slashed felony sentences. He hamstrung prosecutors with new rules on bail and parole.

Gascon is up for re-election in November. We went to Los Angeles to investigate how his experiment has been going, to watch Gascon's grand visions collide with reality.

Shots From Our Sneak Preview Screening

In downtown Los Angeles last week:

Three Minutes with Former L.A. District Attorney Steve Cooley

Steve Cooley has an unusual political pedigree: he’s a registered Republican who won three consecutive terms for District Attorney in the overwhelmingly Democratic Los Angeles county. We got a chance to sit down with Cooley, and here’s the best four minutes, including his thoughts on Gascon’s “reforms,” how the political climate in L.A. has changed since 2020, and who he thinks is going to win in November:

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