#Larry Krasner

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It’s time for everybody in our legislature—including the ones who walk around with an AR15 lapel pin—to face the voters…if they're not going to do something, then voters have to vote them out.

Larry Krasner, District Attorney of Philadelphia

#larry krasner #gun control

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#John Fetterman #Larry Krasner #Mehmet Oz #Election #News

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#philadelphia #district attorney #larry krasner

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What Does the Philadelphia D.A. Do Now?

What Does the Philadelphia D.A. Do Now?

Larry Krasner has been at the forefront of the progressive-prosecutor movement since becoming Philadelphia’s district attorney in 2017. Which means that he has also been at the center of an unending storm. Krasner has faced relentless battles with the police union, other local elected officials, and Republicans who control the Pennsylvania state legislature and are now making an unprecedented…

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From 2021:

Last month, journalist Ernest Owens reported that King and his Real Justice PAC were named in a 312-page lawsuit in which it was alleged that defendants had “funneled significant funds donated by unwitting citizens of Philadelphia to line the pockets of defendant Shaun King, his Real Justice PAC, and the [Larry Krasner] campaign.”

#scam #shaun king

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Ellen Greenberg

The family of a teacher who was found brutally stabbed in her home in what was deemed a suicide by authorities have demanded that the city's mayor reopen her case amid claims the governor had a conflict of interest.Ellen Greenberg was 27 years old when her fiancé Sam Goldberg found her dead in the kitchen of her Philadelphia apartment on January 26, 2011; she had 20 stab wounds, including 10 to the back of the head and neck.

Her parents have been on a journey ever since to get what they say would be justice for their daughter, who they claim was being abused by Goldberg - whose family allegedly donated to then-attorney general Josh Shapiro, now the state's governor. Ellen's father Dr. Josh Greenberg told Fox News Digital his daughter had injuries on her body 'consisted with abuse.''That's what I think the whole issue of this story,' the grieving father added. 'Somebody didn't want Ellen's abuse to get out there … and that's why she's dead.'

Ellen Greenberg was 27 years old when her iancé Sam Goldberg found her dead in the kitchen of her Philadelphia apartment on January 26, 2011Ellen's parents, Joshua and Sandee believe their daughter was killed and have spent years dedicated to finding out the truth behind her deathBack in 2022, independent journalist Gavin Fish claimed in a YouTube video that then AG Shapiro had a 'clear conflict of interest' in the case and that Goldberg's family were campaign donors. Then-AG Shapiro recused himself from the case three days after the video was published, as reported by Fox News.At the time, the AG's office denied the conflict of interest was real.'While the Office of Attorney General does not have an actual conflict in this matter, circumstances beyond our control have created the appearance of a conflict and our involvement is no longer serving one of the primary purposes of the District Attorney’s original conflict referral,' Shapiro's office told The Philadelphia Inquirer.

In July 2023, Dr Greenberg claimed Ellen's autopsy report said she suffered a huge laceration in the back of her head and that she was covered in bruises in different stages of healing. 'That's what I think the whole issue of this story,' he told Fox News Digital. 'Somebody didn't want Ellen's abuse to get out there … and that's why she's dead.' Ellen's death was initially ruled a homicide but the medical examiner's office then changed it to suicide after a meeting with police and prosecutors, per her family.

A petition asking mayor Jim Kenney to to reopen and investigate Ellen’s case has collected more than 150,000 signatures.Officials have for years said they have found no evidence of foul play in Ellen's death.Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner also previously recused himself from reinvestigating the death after having previously worked with the Greenbergs.

At the time, police claimed that the door of Greenberg's apartment was locked from the inside and there were no signs of a struggle.Goldberg told investigators he came home in 2011, kicked the door, and found his fiancé dead with a knife clinging to her chest.

In a chilling 911 call, he told police Greenberg had stabbed herself. 'Help!... My fiancé's on the floor with blood everywhere.'He later added, 'I can't see anything... there's nothing broken... Ellie!... I think she hit her head.''Oh my god! She stabbed herself... she fell on a knife... there is a knife sticking out of her heart.'

The Chester County District Attorney's Office began an outside investigation into Ellen's death last year, but now governor Shapira had been sitting on the case for years while he was attorney general.'He stole four years from us, holding the case in his office, and we have no evidence of him doing anything,' said Ellen's mother Sandee Greenberg.

Then-AG Shapiro's office, however, previously said it had undertaken 'an exhaustive review and conducted new forensic analysis' but their additional efforts did not bring 'more closure to the questions around [Ellen's] death.'Chester County officials have said their investigation into the case is ongoing.The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General alleged that several death and suicide- related searches has been performed on Greenberg's laptop in the weeks leading up to her death.But a lawyer hired by the Goldbergs said the hard-drive was subsequently examined by the FBI lab in 2011 and no such searches were found.

In the weeks prior to her death, Greenbergs parents, Josh and Sandee, said something had been troubling their daughter.However, they did not believe she was suicidal.A couple of weeks before her death Greenberg told her parents that she wanted to quit her job and 'come home.' They said she could come home if she needed to, but they wanted her to seek help for her anxiety.She told them it was the stress of organizing a wedding – she was due to marry that August and had sent out 'Save the Date' cards just four days before her death - and that work was particularly busy.Her father said, 'Something was amiss. Her personality was changed. She played it off that work was too much but when the teacher who took on Ellen's class saw her books and marking she said everything was perfect.'

Greenberg saw a therapist who prescribed her Ambien and Klonopin for anxiety. Police pointed to this as further support for a finding of suicide. But psychiatrist Dr Ellen Berman, who saw Greenberg three times before her death, was clear that her new patient was not suicidal.

Samuel Goldberg is now 40 and a married father of two living in New York. He remained in contact with the family for a year or so following Greenberg's death.

Credit: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12258959/amp/Family-Ellen-Greenberg-stabbed-20-times-suicide-demand-Philadelphia-mayor-reopen-case.html

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Pennsylvania Senate Essentially Ends Impeachment of Philadelphia DA

Pennsylvania Senate Essentially Ends Impeachment of Philadelphia DA https://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/pennsylvania-senate-essentially-ends-impeachment-of-philadephia-da-postpones-trial-indefinitely_4978682.html?utm_source=andshare

This is what political corruption looks like.

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Seven murders out of 472 is not an epidemic, it’s fear mongering and self victimization. 

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner was among a group of LGBTQ activists who spoke about a troubling trend of deadly violence against trans women in the city over the recent years. 

Investigators say on Thanksgiving morning, Sharee "Diamond" Jackson-McDonald - a transgender woman - was found shot to death inside a Germantown apartment. The murder of Jackson-McDonald was the 35 killing of a transgender or gender-non-conforming person in the United States this year. 

In Philadelphia alone, authorities say seven transwomen have been killed in recent years. Krasner argued that violence against the trans community is an ugly outgrowth of hateful speech that comes from a history of discrimination against the LGBTQ community. 

"It's no secret that law enforcement, including prosecutors' offices, have historically discriminated against LGBTQ+ people," Krasner said while flanked by advocates holding pictures of Jackson-McDonald. 

They believe the trend of deadly violence against transwomen is targeted and often at the hands of people the victim knew. 

Every murder is tragic but let’s look at the big picture

#philidelphia #trans women have some of the lowest homicide rates

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Pennsylvania state lawmakers are moving to impeach Philadelphia's far-left District Attorney Larry Krasner as the crime surge continues to plague city streets. 

Republican State Representatives Tim O'Neal, Josh Kail, and Torren Ecker detailed the effort to oust Krasner, and why they are confident the move will garner bipartisan support. 

"We want to highlight the dereliction of duty that we've seen from this district attorney," Kail told "Fox & Friends First" co-host Todd Piro. "Lives have been lost, property has been destroyed, and really families have been crushed. Enough is enough. And we need to do something, and we need to get back to the basics in this commonwealth and in this nation."

LIBERAL PHILADELPHIA DA KRASNER'S POLICIES ARE ‘GETTING PEOPLE KILLED’: RETIRED POLICE OFFICER

"Really, we need to get back to law and order," he continued. "Chaos has had too much of a reign in Philadelphia, and it's time to stop it."

The lawmakers introduced the articles of impeachment on Monday, which Krasner called "unconstitutional."

"It certainly isn't an easy process, and it's an extraordinary step," O'Neal said. "But we're confident that this is going to be a bipartisan effort. Larry Krasner's failures as a district attorney in Philadelphia are well known and very public."

The trio's effort comes shortly after San Francisco voters successfully recalled former DA Chesa Boudin with 61% of voters wanting him out. He was facing scrutiny over the city's exploding homeless population and rampant rise in violent crime. 

"He's completely lost his mind," Ecker said. "The people of the city aren't backing him. Former leaders of the city, current leaders of the city, have called for… him to step in and start prosecuting crimes."

Violent crime had increased almost 5% from 2021 in the City of Brotherly Love as of May, according to Fox News Digital. Meanwhile, murder had decreased 15% in comparison to last year. 

#nunyas news

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In the US and California in particular, a new wealthy class has been moving from suburbs to cities and displacing the urban working-class population. In San Francisco, billionaires and the ascendant class of wealthy tech workers moved into a city with all that urban life entails – noise, homelessness, people of many economic and racial backgrounds in close proximity, etc – and have responded by trying to turn the city into the suburbs. As the housing crisis worsens and cities become more wealthy and more unequal, we will see a sort of reverse of the white flight of the 1950s and 60s and the suburban tax revolts of the late 1970s, as the new urban ruling classes seek to instate a homogeneous society in place of the bustling, messy, diverse, cultured places they inherited.

Crime has been rising nationwide at about the same rate, with no correlation whatsoever to progressive prosecutors or city governments

The final prong of the recall effort was a massive campaign by the media, which has ramped up around the country. Boudin’s tenure was marked by breathless coverage of crime and increasing media alarmism about the city becoming a war zone. Hundreds of articles have been written in San Francisco and elsewhere attributing rising crime to progressive prosecutors and criminal justice reform.

This hysteria is largely evidence-free: crime has been rising nationwide at about the same rate, with no correlation whatsoever to progressive prosecutors or city governments. In fact, cities with Republican mayors and prosecutors are far more dangerous. Republican-governed Jacksonville, for example, is about the same size as San Francisco and has three times the murder rate. The media, however, has focused almost exclusively on progressive-run jurisdictions. In San Francisco, people were whipped into a frenzy, despite the fact that the city is vastly safer than it was for most of the previous 50 years.

Boudin’s recall is the tip of the spear of reaction, rather than just one example of backlash against progressive governance. San Francisco is a unique city that, despite its left-leaning reputation, gave unique opportunities for conservative forces to move so aggressively. For one, Boudin only won in the first place with 36% of the vote, hardly a clear mandate. Indeed, the 40% who voted to retain him demonstrates that, if anything, he gained support over his tenure.

In contrast, the handy re-election victories of progressive prosecutors Larry Krasner in Philadelphia and Kim Foxx in Chicago further demonstrate Boudin’s unique vulnerability. Krasner and Foxx both lost white voters, winning re-election on the back of large margins from the Latino and especially Black voters who together make up a majority of both their districts. In San Francisco, however, Black people and Latinos together make up just 20% of the population, with Black residents alone just 5% of residents.

San Francisco is also vastly wealthier than most other American cities, leaving a much smaller base of people affected by policies that primarily harm poor and marginalized people. The election map shows that support for the recall was strongest in the wealthiest areas. In Philadelphia, someone seeing a homeless encampment on their way to work is likely to be a working-class person; in San Francisco, there’s a decent chance this person is a millionaire or even billionaire who will make their distaste everyone’s problem.

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@thehungrycity - this piece from today summarizes some of the issues that became apparent by very late in the evening this past Tuesday, when I — with depressingly sincere sadness and nervousness — held a funeral for the progressive left in the US.

I’ve been seeing very strong signs of ALL OF THE ABOVE growing in recent years and the local elections held last Nov were… troubling. I was also kicked out of the local dems (removed from their local roll/list) for being too progressive (and my record is pretty public in their records given things I have done for the party so…. Yeah).

The other things to keep in mind are that the democrats have, historically, been a right of center party until a huge progressive push moved them left of center. During the Clinton years? Right of center. Failed candidates who ran against Bush Jr? Right of center. The democratic party platform during Obama’s 2008 campaign? Right. of. Center. The slow and steady push left began in 2012. But now it is swinging back to the right because a lot of $$$powerful$$$ forces are making The New Urban High Income White Households very very nervous. Also, these private school educated folks merely think they are left because they are left of their christian suburban parents.

Anyhow, I CONSTANTLY hear lots of nervous nelly talk from my neighbors, ESPECIALLY women, regardless if they are 28 or 68. Fear of urban complexity. Fear of homeless people sleeping in front of their $6/per coffee cafe. Constant nonstop chatter about “suspicious” looking people walking too slowly past their “in this house we believe sign.” The gentrifiers are, as expected, swinging the dems back to the center right and when forced between a vote for a progressive (especially if a WOC) and a respectable “Soft” republican, they’ll fill in the circle next to the republican’s name. This isn’t hyperbole. The data is there. Prior voting patterns are available at the level of 500 households per aggregate. And the experiences of prior organizers, behind the scenes workers, and delegates (self included) are all there if you start asking questions in the correct places.

Additionally……… (ominous ellipses). Hm…..

Additionally, there are far too many signs that “Educated Professional America” is attempting to wipe its hands of everything to do with the progressive movements of the past 1-2 decades. Actually, I would like to see a social historian compare this modern (2020s) backing away from progressivism to what happened in 1980 in the US, when the US also took a big step backwards away from all of the advancements made during the 60s and 70s. I suspect there are solid parallels based on what I know/knew/heard from people a generation or more older than me.

And this isn’t me being a party pooper on progressivism— I STRONGLY believe (even more now than I did in 2012-14) that progressives need to focus and regroup. But there is a propaganda war against progressivism that is far older than the oldest progressives alive today. And suburban professional class people are a nervous bunch by nature (prior generations back that would have been primarily been White Protestant Americans but in more recent decades it also includes everyone who aspires for Americanized Whiteness(tm)) — i worried about what that would mean for urban areas and it has proven to play out much as I thought it would.

Sadly, so many things I predicted in the 00s and the 20-teens have come to pass.

Right now— I am very concerned about where the median will be in american politics because it is swinging back to the right and swinging fast.

For where america stands against other nations (yes, this is a little old- from 2019), see this:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunday/republican-platform-far-right.html