{"id":395140,"date":"2022-01-17T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T05:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cracking-the-case-of-the-woke-prosecutor\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T05:30:32","slug":"cracking-the-case-of-the-woke-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cracking-the-case-of-the-woke-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cracking the case of the \u2018woke\u2019 prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2910d366412\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2910d366412\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cracking-the-case-of-the-woke-prosecutor\/#Consider_Philly\" >Consider Philly\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cracking-the-case-of-the-woke-prosecutor\/#Dispirit_of_St_Louis\" >Dispirit of St. Louis\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Cracking the case of the \u2018woke\u2019 prosecutor<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>One of the most puzzling conundrums about \u201cprogressive\u201d prosecutors \u2014 who favor de-prosecution and de-carceration \u2014 is to ascertain their motivations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What are these elected chief prosecutors thinking when they unilaterally decide not to enforce the law? And why, even as murders increase in the big cities they police, do they continue to support these policies without shame?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s consider the options:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARE THEY RACISTS?<\/strong> One of the big arguments from the left today is that \u201cdisparate impact\u201d is in and of itself and indication of racism. If fewer African-American children are graduating high school, for instance, the system must be racist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Consider_Philly\"><\/span>Consider Philly\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Well, in Philadelphia, homicides have exploded from a low of 248 murders in 2014 to 562 killings in 2020, a new all-time record. The victims of this violence are almost entirely people of color living in the poorest sections of the city. In 2020, more than 85% of the homicide victims in Philadelphia were black. Progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner is overseeing policies and programs that are corresponding with the deaths of hundreds of people of color every year, from children to young men to the elderly. All evidence suggests Krasner does not care, or he would change his policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1191069249-1.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner addresses the media after a press conference announcing Danielle Outlaw as the new Police Commissioner on December 30, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Outlaw, Philadelphia's first black female police commissioner, was previously the police chief in Portland, OR.  (Photo by Mark Makela\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-20857767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1191069249-1.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1191069249-1.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1191069249-1.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1191069249-1.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Despite being a progressive prosecutor, Larry Krasner has seen homicide victims mainly be people of color during his administration.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Mark Makela\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ARE THEY FISCAL CONSERVATIVES?<\/strong> The cost of solving a homicide and convicting a guilty party is enormous. Estimates of the all-in costs of investigation, trial and incarceration range from $8 million to $17 million per case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the number of homicides has been spiking under progressive prosecutors, the clearance rate for homicides has been plummeting: Once around 80%, rates are dropping into the 30% range in some cities. Great <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for the bottom line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chicago progressive prosecutor Kim Foxx is a prime example. Homicides have gone through the roof under her watch. Chicago recorded 770 homicides in 2020, the year Foxx was re-elected, and more than 800 homicides in 2021, levels not seen since the 1990s crack epidemic. Solving all the homicides and convicting a defendant for just 2020\u2019s cases would have cost Chicago taxpayers up to $13 billion. However, under Foxx\u2019s leadership, the clearance rate for homicides in 2020 was around 44%. Thus, Foxx saved Chicago more than $7 billion in one year. While the victims\u2019 families may be dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed, Foxx has wisely overlooked their selfish viewpoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARE THEY INSANE?<\/strong> A popular definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. The just-indicted Baltimore State\u2019s Attorney Marilyn Mosby is an interesting candidate for this theory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Baltimore_Prosecutor-Indictment.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby speaks during a news conference announcing the indictment of correctional officers, on Dec. 3, 2019, in Baltimore. A federal grand jury indicted Mosby, Baltimore\u2019s top prosecutor, on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, on charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications in the purchase of two Florida vacation homes, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office.\" class=\"wp-image-20857733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Baltimore_Prosecutor-Indictment.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Baltimore_Prosecutor-Indictment.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Baltimore_Prosecutor-Indictment.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Baltimore_Prosecutor-Indictment.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>While Marilyn Mosby has served as Baltimore\u2019s prosecutor, she has defamed police.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Julio Cortez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2014, the year before she took office, Baltimore recorded 211 homicides. Since then, Mosby has de-prosecuted crimes on a wholesale basis, vilified the police and led the way in de-carcerating even violent criminals. Not surprisingly, homicides promptly rose to more than 300 per year. Throughout that time, Mosby publicly wondered what might bring down Baltimore\u2019s violent crime rate. But she never considered changing her own policies, except to double down on them. When in 2020 homicides still were above 300 but showed a decline of fewer than 15, Mosby had the hubris to ask on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> what Baltimore was doing right and the rest of American cities could learn from Baltimore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARE THEY ANARCHISTS?<\/strong> Perhaps these prosecutors are letting large swaths of the poor population get killed and failing to convict perpetrators of crimes because they crave disorder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dispirit_of_St_Louis\"><\/span>Dispirit of St. Louis\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner supplies evidence for this. Since Gardner was elected on a progressive platform as the St. Louis circuit attorney in 2016, she has vigorously de-prosecuted misdemeanors and felonies; in 2019, she prosecuted only 1,641 of the 7,045 felony prosecutions the city\u2019s police department sought.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There has been more than 100% turnover in the office, as line prosecutors voted with their feet and left. Gardner is under investigation by the Missouri disciplinary board for misconduct in her role as a prosecutor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She sued the St. Louis PD for racism, and the case was promptly dismissed. She previously admitted to campaign-finance-law violations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her most recent gaffe was virtually inconceivable for a competent prosecutor \u2014 when a prosecutor assigned to a homicide case was out on maternity leave, Gardner failed to appoint another one to handle the prosecution, leading to multiple failures to appear for hearings related to the case and the ultimate dismissal of the homicide charges. The judge on the case stated that Gardner\u2019s office \u201cessentially abandoned its duty to prosecute those it charges with crimes.\u201d The prosecutor who was on leave quit in disgust.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Election_2020_St._Louis_Prosecutor-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"In a Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner speaks in St. Louis. Gardner is being challenged in the Aug. 4, 2020, Democratic primary by Mary Pat Carl. \" class=\"wp-image-20857729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Election_2020_St._Louis_Prosecutor-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Election_2020_St._Louis_Prosecutor-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Election_2020_St._Louis_Prosecutor-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Election_2020_St._Louis_Prosecutor-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Since Kim Gardner was elected on a progressive platform as the St. Louis circuit attorney in 2016, she has vigorously de-prosecuted misdemeanors and felonies.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Jim Salter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Gardner\u2019s remarkable tenure so far, homicides and shootings in St. Louis spiked and remain demoralizingly high. The city, which saw just 74 homicides as recently as 2003, now rejoices when its homicide rate reverts to the levels of the 1990s crack-cocaine epidemic. One can only conclude is that\u2019s the way Gardner likes the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pity the American cities failing to see that these prosecutors are a cancer eating away at their own hosts. Alvin Bragg is threatening to bring this circus of ineptitude to Manhattan, and the Big Apple is justifiably concerned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a grim but truthful statement, Philadelphia\u2019s progressive mayor recently predicted another five to 10 years of violence in that city. Five to 10 years sounds suspiciously like a criminal\u2019s sentence, not a plan for civic success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Tom Hogan, now in private practice, has served as a federal prosecutor, local prosecutor and elected district attorney.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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