Pennsylvania County Believes Discovered Voter Application Fraud Connected To ‘Large-Scale’ Operation
'At this point, it is believed that the fraudulent voter registrations are connected to a large-scale canvassing operation[] for voter registrations,' said Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams.Kamala Harris’ Career Of Releasing Murderers And Drug Dealers Proves She Won’t Be ‘Tough On Crime’
Harris' disastrous policies as the San Francisco district attorney increased crime, freed murderers, and cost lives.Memphis pastor shot in face unlikely to see proper justice thanks to leftist DA's office
Rev. Clemmie Livingston Jr. is the 71-year-old pastor of New Zionfield Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. On Feb. 25, Livingston attempted to stop thugs from stealing a car just feet away from the doors of his church. One of the thugs shot him in the face while driving away, leaving the pastor for dead.
After multiple surgeries, Livingston told WREG-TV, "Laying there, I kept saying to myself that I'll be dead in a little while. Well, what would a person say when they bleeding in the manner that I was bleeding?"
"While I was down on my knees, let me tell you what [God] said. He said to me, 'Stop trying to die and start back living,'" said the pastor. "In my spirit and in my heart, I know that Jesus brought me through this."
Gwendoline Livingston, the pastor's wife, indicated Friday that Livingston is still wearing a face brace and may have to either undergo a bone graft or have a metal plate inserted in his jaw.
"I am still not able to eat like normal people, and, of course, my bone is still shattered down there," he told WHBQ-TV.
The Shelby County District Attorney's Office has given the pastor one more thing to be sore about.
R'Shunio Greer, 18, was arrested in May in connection to unrelated car theft and aggravated assault cases. WHBQ reported that investigators found photos of Greer in the victim's 2019 Corvette. He allegedly admitted to being at the scene of the robbery when the pastor was shot and driving one of two Camaros spotted at the scene by witnesses. The same Camaro was later wrecked during a police chase.
Greer was slapped with various charges including aggravated robbery and theft of property.
However, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office — helmed by Steve Mulroy, a Democrat with a reputation for being soft on criminals who has reportedly received donations from Soros-linked organizations — dropped all but the theft charge against Greer in Livingston's case.
'I don't let things disappoint me such as this.'
Mulroy's office tried to blame the dismissal of the charges on witnesses failing to show up in court, but the pastor insisted that was simply not true, reported WHBQ.
"I was stunned when they said there were not any witnesses there, knowing that we were there," said the pastor. "That was the thing that shocked me."
"I don't let things disappoint me such as this," said Livingston. "I feel like the judicial system, they do what they want to do anyway."
After the pastor refuted the claim about witnesses showing up in the press, Mulroy's office effectively confirmed it had misled the public, indicating the aggravated robbery charge had been dropped despite witnesses having been present for the hearing.
Livingston indicated he will continue to pray about the situation, holding out hope that the accomplices referenced in Greer's statement will be brought in. The pastor expressed an interest in the rehabilitation of his attackers while in custody.
Livingston's case is far from the only one in Shelby County in which Mulroy's office has sought to let off criminals lightly. Mulroy recently indicated he would lean toward rehabilitation as opposed to incarceration for felons caught with illegal firearms, citing the need to address racial disparities.
Tennessee state Sen. Brent Taylor (R) told WMC-TV in a statement, "In a city plagued by gun violence, the thought that our DA will not aggressively prosecute felons in possession of a firearm is not only nonsensical, but it is dangerous. Our county is being targeted by restorative justice scheming groups because they know our DA is weak, compliant, and acquiescent. Not only is it harming our community, but it's harming law enforcement across the state."
Taylor notified Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (R) last month of his intent to remove Mulroy.
"Public welfare demanding it, causes for such removal will be set forth in the Senate Joint Resolution, but shall include 'dereliction of duty' for failing to properly prosecute convicted felons in possession of a firearm," Taylor said in his letter.
McNally responded with words of encouragement, indicating he "wholeheartedly" supports the removal effort, reported the Tennessee Lookout.
"DA Mulroy's record of refusal to prosecute laws he does not personally care for is long-standing and clear. I believe it is time for him to go," said McNally.
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Soros-backed DA worsens rift with Asian community over planned presser to announce her 'Chinese name'
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price assumed office on Jan. 2, 2023, after running on a pledge to seek shorter sentences for criminals, to reduce incarceration, and to hound police about the execution of their duties.
Price, whom George Soros reportedly funded in a previous run for the DA's office, began to made good on her soft-on-crime promises right away. A leaked memo revealed in March 2023 that barring "extraordinary circumstances" and Price's approval, most crimes would be met with probation or the lowest-level prison term, reported the Berkeley Scanner.
Having faced the fallout of Price's apparent deference to criminals, concerned citizens mounted a recall campaign. The group spearheading that initiative, Save Alameda For Everyone, secured enough valid signatures in April, meaning Price now faces a potential ouster in November.
Price's political vulnerability has evidently not led to greater caution or care on her part.
This week, she planned on smoothing over her rocky relationship with the Asian community. When that proved to be a failure, she released a defensive video, reassuring the Asian community she once had an office near Chinatown.
Digging a hole
Price's relationship became especially strained last year when she decided to drop sentencing enhancements against thugs charged in connection with the 2021 murder of 1-year-old Jasper Wu in Oakland.
Two gang members were initially charged with the boy's slaying and with other felonies related to their alleged "gun battle" on the freeway, reported the Berkeley Scanner. The thugs had pursued a rival gang member onto the freeway, where Trevor Green allegedly fired wildly into traffic, striking Wu as he slept in his car seat several lanes over.
Wu's parents, Xiao Xiao An and An Wu, wanted the harshest possible penalty for Green, Ivory Bivens, and a third man connected with the murder of their son. Price's predecessor, former DA Nancy O’Malley, had applied criminal enhancements to ensure the alleged killers would face the prospect of life in prison without parole; however, Price stepped in and made it possible for the duo to walk the streets in under three decades' time if convicted.
The Wu case hurt Price's reputation with the Asian community. Then came the resignation of veteran prosecutor Rebecca Warren, part of the "Asian American and Pacific Islander" community, who accused the Democratic DA of mistreating and disrespecting the "AAPI community."
Another prosecutor, Danielle Hilton, resigned shortly thereafter, stating, "Victims deserve better," reported the New York Post.
Digging deeper
KGO-TV reporter Dion Lim indicated Monday that Price was planning to hold a press conference at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center this week to announce her Chinese name to celebrate so-called AAPI Heritage Month.
"Someone messaged me to ask if this was an April Fool's joke," tweeted Lim. "I then sent this person the press release that came from the DA's office!"
Charles Huang, head of the local National Asian Pacific Islanders Prosecutors Association, told KGO, "I think it's ridiculous. It's cultural appropriation and pandering at the highest level."
After facing ruthless ridicule online, the DA's office informed KGO Tuesday that the press conference had been canceled.
Price did, however, share a defensive video to social media, closed to public comment, wherein she claims: to have a good relationship with the Asian community; to have once had an office next to Chinatown; to have a Chinese name that she would not state outright; and that the thugs charged with Wu's murder face the possibility of hundreds of years in jail if convicted.
It remains unclear from Price's remarks whether she ultimately embraced the same Chinese name she previously assigned herself in her full-page ad in the Chinese-language American paper World Journal, which the Daily Mail indicated translates to "nice virgin bureaucrat."
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
'I know the law better than you': New York district attorney caught on bodycam video cursing out cop, defying traffic stop
An upstate New York district attorney was caught on police bodycam video openly defying a traffic stop, returning to her home, and cursing out a cop.
Police bodycam footage shows the moment that officers engaged Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley after she flouted a traffic stop. Officer Cameron Crisafulli allegedly clocked Doorley going 55 mph in a 35 mph zone around 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
Officer Crisafulli allegedly activated the emergency lights on his police cruiser to pull over Doorley. She purportedly defied the attempted traffic stop and continued to drive to her home.
After defying the traffic stop, Doorley allegedly called Webster Police Chief Dennis Kohlmeier.
The DA allegedly told the police chief, "Can you please tell him to leave me alone?"
According to the New York Post, "She then storms inside the house against the officer’s orders."
She completely disregards the officer's commands on several occasions.
The officer allegedly explained that he was attempting to do a traffic stop and she replied: "I know the law better than you."
The officer responds, "What is it you’re so against me? I’m doing my job. You say you’re a DA?"
Doorsley allegedly replies, "I'm the DA … I’m the DA of Monroe County." She then purportedly calls him an "a**hole."
She reiterates, "I’m the DA of Monroe County."
"If you give me a traffic ticket, that's fine – I'm the one who prosecutes it," she declares.
Doorsley defiantly states, "Do you think I really care if I was going 20 miles over the speed limit?"
Doorsley allegedly advises the officer that he should have "ran her plates" to know how important she is.
She gets combative when the officer requests her driver's license.
She gets frustrated and says, "Just write me a f***ing traffic ticket."
Crisafulli allegedly requested a supervisor to the scene.
Bodycam footage features two officers confronting the district attorney inside the garage of her home while Crisafulli waited outside.
"I didn't want to pull over. I just figured that I'd pull into my driveway. So that's the end of story," Doorley says on bodycam video.
Doorley states that she didn't "feel" like stopping on that particular road, to which the officer fires back: "That's not your choice."
The officer notes that the DA "caused this."
The supervisor informed the district attorney that she had committed an arrestable offense.
"You should know better," he says, adding, "You made it a bigger deal than it needed to be."
She argues that she felt it "would be easier" if she stopped in her driveway.
The supervisor is heard on police bodycam video telling Crisafulli: "It's your traffic stop. I'm not going to tell you how to handle it. Do what you think is necessary."
Crisafulli told the supervisor that he was "not trying to arrest the DA of the county," but he wants to "do his job" and charge her with the speeding violation.
Doorley said in a statement released on Thursday: "By 1:00 PM (Tuesday), I pled guilty and sent the ticket to the Webster Town Court because I believe in accepting responsibility for my actions and had no intention of using my position to receive a benefit. Nobody, including your District Attorney, is above the rule of law, even traffic laws."
The Rochester City Council wants a state inquiry into Doorley’s conduct.
The council members wrote to Attorney General Letitia James: "Recent body camera footage, shared by the Webster Police Department, has raised significant concerns regarding Ms. Doorley’s behavior during a traffic stop in Webster, New York. This incident has led us to question her fitness to serve as District Attorney, and we believe an investigation by your office is warranted."
The lawmakers declared that public officials should be "held to the highest standards of ethics, accountability and respect for the law," and that Doorley’s behavior "appears to violate these standards."
The council members added, "Such behavior undermines the credibility and integrity of our justice system and erodes public trust."
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley receives speeding ticket www.youtube.com
Long-Shot Willis Challenger Hopes To Remind Voters ‘Lawfare For Personal Gain’ Is ‘Not The DA’s Job’
'What's going on in the office right now is not the job of the office,' Kramer said.
www.theblaze.com
thefederalist.com