Opinion: As your district attorney, I will continue to hold the hateful accountable: George Gascón
Last year, hate crimes reported in California increased more than 30% over the previous year, reaching their highest level since 2001. Members of the Black community are the most targeted group in the state, according to the recently released 2021 Hate Crime in California report.
As district attorney for Los Angeles County, it is my job to lead our community toward a safer, healthier future. A prosecutor’s primary role is to impose accountability for harms caused, especially those with far-reaching effects, like hate crimes. My attorneys take every hate crime allegation seriously. Whether the crime stemmed from bias founded in race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity.
We must begin by acknowledging the reasons why so many in our community are under attack. The reality is, many of our elected leaders have long capitalized on hate for political gain. But Donald Trump’s ascendancy to power brought hateful rhetoric and blatant prejudice to the forefront of political conversations. To many, attacks motivated by animus became politically acceptable.
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