{"id":17701,"date":"2021-03-05T01:25:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T08:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17701"},"modified":"2021-03-05T01:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T08:25:23","slug":"sympathy-for-the-devil-in-the-city-of-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/03\/05\/sympathy-for-the-devil-in-the-city-of-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Sympathy For The Devil In The City Of Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17702\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Angels-Heaven-Hell-Black-Sabbath-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Angels-Heaven-Hell-Black-Sabbath-Cover.jpg 700w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Angels-Heaven-Hell-Black-Sabbath-Cover-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: The police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">who prosecute the offenders<\/span> <em>who say f**k the police while at most slapping criminals on the wrist<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/gascon-under-scrutiny-after-hiring-public-defender-to-high-ranking-prosecutor-position\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is one of their stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLos Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n is under scrutiny after he hired a public defender who helped with his campaign to a high-ranking prosecutor position in his administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThat public defender has in the past posted anti-police comments on social media and now, the police and prosecutor unions are crying foul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2026During the George Floyd unrest across Los Angeles, [Tiffiny] Blacknell called LAPD barbarians in a tweet and described them as an occupying army with the hashtag #DefundPolice<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cShe also posted that prison is obsolete and called for prisons to be abolished. The former public defender posted on Facebook during the series of looting that took place in May 2020 that she herself was a looter during the 1992 Rodney King riots. Blacknell shared a message for anyone complaining about the looting of West Hollywood or Santa Monica to \u2018cry me a river.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBlacknell posted a selfie wearing a shirt that says \u2018The Police Are Trained to Kill Us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THREAD: I&#39;ve confirmed D.A. George Gascon has hired public defender Tiffiny Blacknell to his administration as a Grade 4 prosecutor. Blacknell served on Gascon\u2019s policy committee during his campaign. She has called LAPD &quot;barbarians&quot; and says prisons should be abolished. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOXLA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lJG20sLIvX\">pic.twitter.com\/lJG20sLIvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1364787696418217988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1364787696418217988.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cronyism <em>and<\/em> wokeness<\/a>! It\u2019s good to be the <em>Nomenklatura<\/em>, ain\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is yet another example of how \u201cthe revolution\u201d against the \u201csystem\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/08\/17\/the-revolution-is-coming-from-the-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coming<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/09\/14\/the-state-is-revolting-against-the-people-and-criminals-are-their-vanguard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the inside<\/a>, where \u201call the cops are criminals; all the sinners saints\u201d.\u00a0 Ah, that sympathy for the devil in, of all places, the city of angels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgnClrx8N2k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/idn50Xj_CiY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sympathy For The Devil In The City Of Angels\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: The police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who say f**k the police while at most slapping criminals on the wrist. 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