The husband of L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey is facing 3 misdemeanor charges for pulling a gun on Black Lives Matter protesters who had gathered outside their home in early March calling for her resignation.
She described the experience as"traumatizing" and remembered asking herself if"that's how I'm going to go."
"What happened was just so outrageous and so egregious," she said."Even though we call for justice, we don't expect justice. We have very little faith in the system." "My husband acted in fear for my safety after we were subjected to months of harassment that included a death threat no less than a week earlier," she said."My husband felt that we were in danger and acted out of genuine concern for our well being."target of ongoing BLM protests for more than two years
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