To the editor: Reflecting on Robin Abcarian’s column saying L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón failed to inform his story effectively, I’ve a special purpose why he misplaced his bid for reelection.
In 2020, I voted for Gascón. I listened to his progressive proposals on legal justice reform and thought they made sense.
Then, one thing modified. It wasn’t a pointy improve in crime or Gascón’s insurance policies inflicting issues. No, what modified was the truth that smartphones, avenue cameras, door cameras and retailer cameras have been ubiquitous sufficient for his or her footage to star evening after evening on native TV information broadcasts.
Earlier than this phenomenon, we’d hear about robberies or carjackings in L.A. and suppose, “Simply one other crime in an enormous metropolis.” However with cameras in every single place, viewers can now see the brutality of crime. They might simply see the 7-Eleven cashier being terrorized or the chaos of mass theft from shops; it was inevitable that voters can be horrified.
Violent crime could have gone down over the past 4 years, however voters now see in graphic element what legal acts really appear to be. They usually don’t like what they see.
Fred Gober, Playa Vista
