By Milt Harris ——Bio and Archives--November 4, 2023
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There are plenty of useless liberals in the world, but some absolutely excel at it. One that stands out is Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. Gascon was elected with the use of large amounts of George Soros’s money. He has been heavily criticized for his lenient criminal sentencing policies, which in many cases border on the ridiculous.
His latest disgrace involves a clear felonious sexual assault that not only took place in broad daylight with witnesses, but was filmed entirely by a surveillance camera.
The victim, Rebekkah Pederson, said that she was walking from work near the corner of Broadway and Linden in Long Beach, when a man came up behind her and sexually assaulted her.
The video clearly shows Miguel Angel Avila Figueroa, a 30-year-old homeless man sitting on the sidewalk as Pederson walks past him. He stands up and begins following her, as he does, he unzips his pants and whips out Mr. Lonely. He then lifts Pederson’s dress and assaults her.
Figueroa ran off after the attack and was later apprehended. Upon reviewing the case Long Beach Prosecutor, Doug Haubert had this to say:
Unfortunately, only the County District Attorney can file felony charges, and liberal leftist Gascon refused to do so. Instead, he is holding Figueroa on misdemeanor charges only.
For good reason, Pederson is beyond outraged. In an interview with KABC Pederson vented her feelings:
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In a separate interview with Fox 11, Pederson called the assault “absolutely disgusting.”
Following Gascon’s decision, the Long Beach Prosecutor sent a letter to the head deputy of the Long Beach branch of the District Attorney’s Office, imploring them to reconsider the decision.
The letter in part stated:
It's pitiful that the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office must have these facts explained to them. If a clear video tape of an attempted rape isn’t sufficient, what is? Gascon envisions himself as a great social justice warrior, but his weak-kneed sentences have caused nothing but chaos for the law-abiding citizens. In truth, he is a menace to society, allowing the county to fill with smut and criminal activity. The county has lost its way as well as countless lives under his lack of leadership.
The puppets in Gascon’s office responded with a statement on Tuesday saying that even though the case was "carefully reviewed previously," another review of the evidence will take place based on "additional information" received.
As of now, Figueroa remains jailed in lieu of $75,000 bail while awaiting a pretrial hearing Nov. 8.
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Milt spent thirty years as a sales and operations manager for an international manufacturing company. He is also a four-time published author on a variety of subjects. Now, he spends most of his time researching and writing about conservative politics and liberal folly.