George Soros-Backed Progressive New Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Off On Wrong Foot

Veteran Philadelphia reporter Ralph Cipriano offers a piece at bigtrial.net on the actions of elected, but not yet sworn in, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a far leftist elected with massive cash donations generated by George Soros and Philadelphia’s dominant Democratic Party machine.

Attention Philadelphia: your newly-elected District Attorney, Progressive Larry Krasner, is already getting started on his new job, but it may not be a good thing.

According to a Nov. 29th mass email sent out to hundreds of employees in the D.A.'s office, Krasner sought and was granted permission by interim D.A. Kelley Hodge to have his transition team review the personnel files of those hundreds of employees, presumably to help decide who's going and who's staying in a  Krasner administration. The review, according to the mass email, was supposed to be conducted last week, but one union official, FOP President John McNesby, said he did not believe that any of the reviews had actually been done yet.

That may be because of an ongoing ethical problem. Krasner, a longtime civil rights lawyer who's sued the city's police department 75 times, and provided pro-bono representation for the likes of ACT UP, Black Lives Matter, and Occupy Philly, isn't officially the D.A. yet, and he won't be until he's sworn in on Jan. 2nd.

Krasner, who could not be reached for comment, apparently has tasked a lawyer from the firm that he is now of counsel to, Patricia Pierce of Greenblatt, Pierce, Funt & Flores, to help review those personnel files at the D.A.'s office. Krasner also has been seen visiting the D.A.'s office at Penn Square a few times, along with members of his transition team, who supposedly have been given office space by the interim D.A. The reaction among some employees at the D.A.'s office has been paranoia.

"People were freaking out," said one source familiar with the process. "I think everybody's worried about being fired."

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.bigtrial.net/2017/12/progressive-new-da-larry-krasner-off-on.html#more 

The Thin Blue Line Act: Standing Up For Police Officers

U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, Republican for Pennsylvania, and John McNesby, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 in Philadelphia, offer a piece in support of the Thin Blue Line Act in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Our law enforcement officers deserve to know that, yes, their lives also matter. And it is time for Congress to take action to show that anyone who commits violence against police will be held accountable.

We call on Congress to enact the Thin Blue Line Act, which ensures that those who murder or target police officers or first responders face a harsh penalty. The act provides that when a federal jury evaluates whether to impose the death penalty, it should take into account whether the defendant murdered or targeted a law enforcement officer or other first responder.

Congress has long recognized that additional deterrence in the form of harsher penalties is needed to protect federal law enforcement from violence. The Thin Blue Line Act reasonably expands that level of justice to local law enforcement officers and to other first responders. It also enhances the penalty when a defendant targets a public safety officer solely because that officer chose to protect and serve.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20151011_Standing_up_for_police_officers.html