‘Soft on Crime’ Policies Lead to Increasing Crime in Los Angeles: Former District Attorney

‘Soft on Crime’ Policies Lead to Increasing Crime in Los Angeles: Former District Attorney
Steve Cooley, former LA County District Attorney, in an interview with EpochTV's "California Insider" in Dec. 22, 2021. Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Harry Lee
Siyamak Khorrami
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The District Attorney’s woke policies are contributing to the increase of not only the “smash-and-grab” robberies but other violent crimes in Los Angeles County as well, a former district attorney told the EpochTV’s “California Insider” program.

“In many cases, if they had a real prosecutor in Los Angeles, those crooks would be in prison. They would not be out committing these crimes,” Steve Cooley, the former three-term Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012, said in an interview that premiered last week. “So a lot of them have been released. … They’re taking advantage of the situation.”