Family Of Slain LAPD Officer Speaks Out Against Gascón’s Policies
LAPPL News Watch
February 3, 2021
The sisters of an off-duty LAPD officer who was fatally shot in 2019 criticized L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón’s changes to sentencing enhancements on Tuesday while speaking outside of a hearing for two suspects charged in their brother’s death.
Francisco Talamantes, 23, and Cristian Adrian Facundo, 20, of Temecula, had previously been charged with murder and special circumstances alleging gang membership in the death of 24-year-old LAPD Officer Juan Diaz. The charges made them eligible for the death penalty.
But after winning a tight DA’s race in November, Gascón announced he was ending death penalty prosecution and doing away with special sentencing enhancements.
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Diaz’s sisters said the changes are a major blow to their efforts to seek justice. “With the new DA, it’s become a little harder for the victims,” Sarahy Diaz said. “We now feel like we are the ones that did something wrong, when we’re just literally trying to fight for our brother. He did nothing wrong.”
Anahi Diaz added that her family feels like they “don’t have
anyone” on their side. “A DA should go into court and be on the victim’s
side and be able to do as much as he can to fight for the justice of
our victim,” she said.
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1 comment:
Houston has a similar problem. The DA is something Houstonians should be ashamed of.
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