Los Angeles Prosecutor Wins $1.5 Million in Retaliation Lawsuit Against D.A. George Gascón
The prosecutor union VP said “there were as many as 16 other civil suits pending against the district attorney.”
A Los Angeles County jury awarded prosecutor Shawn Randolph $1.5 million in a retaliation lawsuit against George Soros-backed Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón.
Randolph, who headed the juvenile division, claimed Gascòn assigned her to the parole division because she pushed back against his progressive and lenient policies, especially not trying juveniles as adults no matter the circumstance.
The Los Angeles Times reported:
Randolph’s legal team, led by civil attorneys Greg Smith and Beth Corriea, argued that she believed Gascón’s policies violated laws pertaining to victims’ rights and that limitations on the types of felonies prosecutors could file against teens would lead them to bring charges that did not accurately represent the alleged conduct of certain defendants.
“We have a 30-year veteran complaining that there are ethical violations and Marsy’s Law violations, and you have an administration that wants their policies followed no matter what,” Smith said during his opening statement.
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“I’m grateful to have a forum where what’s happening in the district attorney’s office can be heard in a fair manner,” Randolph said outside the courtroom, describing Gascón’s conduct as an “epic failure” in leadership.
Gascón’s attorneys argued moving Randolph to the parole division was not a demotion, nor did she receive a pay cut. Her job change “was part of a broad reshuffling of the district attorney’s office that took place early in Gascón’s tenure.”
The attorneys also claimed Randolph’s argument against Gascón’s policies was inaccurate. However, Gascón has changed his stance, especially after the Jacob “Hannah” Tubbs fiasco.
The Randolph case is not a good sign for Gascón because other prosecutors claimed retaliation:
The verdict does not bode well for Gascón, who testified at the two-week trial and faces similar lawsuits from prosecutors who say they were reassigned or passed up for promotions after speaking out against his progressive policies. A number of people suing Gascón, including Victoria Adams, his former chief of staff, and Deputy Dist. Atty. Maria Ramirez, testified against him at Randolph’s trial.
Ramirez is the first of what is expected to be a raft of challengers from inside the office who will attempt to unseat Gascón if he seeks reelection next year.
Eric Siddall — vice president of the union representing rank-and-file prosecutors, which has frequently sparred with Gascón — said there were as many as 16 other civil suits pending against the district attorney.
“This is what happens when you put politics and ego ahead of public safety. Today, jurors figured it out,” Siddall tweeted. “It’s only a matter of time before the County’s registered voters do too … if they haven’t already.”
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Hope all 16 win even bigger sums
Amen.
Use their own rules against them, and hit back twice as hard.
We need to use lawfare as much as possible against the evil that infects our system.
Who pays, Gascon or the City of LA?
Shawn Randolph vs. County of Los Angeles, so the county
Lawyers will go after the deepest pockets, and the county is liable for the actions of its employees in these cases.
You can be individually responsible (as can the company potentially) if it’s sexual harassment or something like that.
Hopefully the County will raise the LA voters’ taxes enough to cover the award, plus attorney fees. Those voters need to feel the monetary bite because they elected him.
So if you vou were an LA voter who voted against Gascon would you deserve “to feel the monetary bite” as you put it?
Here is an example of a fatal flaw of democracy: holding innocent taxpayer responsible for the wrong doings of government agents.
The taxpayers did not elect him. Most of the people who elected him are not taxpayers and will not be affected by any tax increase.
Most amazing about Gascon’s office is the chaos it is in: in other words, he couldn’t run the proverbial hot dog stand.
This guy makes Pedo Pete Butthead look competent.
I would suspect it would be the city’s insurance carrier, but then I make no claim to expertise in such matters.
In most cases, the insurance carrier will raise their rates and make any reasonable pay-out back in a few years.
The jury may have figured it out, but I doubt LA county voters ever will. Between the pandering leftist politicians, LA media, democrat ballot harvesting, Soros funding and LA’s limousine leftists, the place is doomed. Maxine Waters and Adam Schiff represent parts of LA. County. This tells you all you need to know about the electorate there.
“It’s only a matter of time before the County’s registered voters do too … if they haven’t already.”
Don’t make me laugh. The voters already had a chance to recall this rat… and they declined.
The “votes” counted put Gascón in office. The electorate may have voted otherwise but those who counted the votes in both the election and recall made sure that Gascón was in office.
Correct, and this isn’t likely to change in the foreseeable future, if ever.
Swamp machines put Gascon in office, not the electorate.
“This is what happens when you put politics and ego ahead of public safety.”
I would say that California is “… what happens when you put politics and ego ahead of public safety.”
And New York.
And The southern border
and the Afghanistan withdrawal tragedy
and …
Showing deference and sympathy towards illegal aliens and criminal sociopaths, as opposed to law-abiding American citizens, is a core part of the vile Dumb-o-crats’ sociopolitical ethos.
Nice to see the police state lose.
Has it lost?
While it would be preferable for Gascón to have been personally liable for what he did, we all know that it is absolutely forbidden for any Democrat in office to ever bear any consequences for the evil they do. Still, if the TWANLOCs have to come up with the taxes to pay this and the other suits, it may also help convince any Americans who remain to come home.
Subotai Bahadur
More money paid out, less available for patronage to buy votes.
Thank you for making the case for us. The fact that you screwed everyone at the same time doesn’t change the fact that you screwed them individually as well (or why).
You thought your position allowed your marxist views to trump the law. You were wrong.