To the editor: Reflecting on Robin Abcarian’s column saying L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón failed to tell his story well, I’ve a distinct motive why he misplaced his bid for reelection.
In 2020, I voted for Gascón. I listened to his progressive proposals on felony justice reform and thought they made sense.
Then, one thing modified. It wasn’t a pointy enhance in crime or Gascón’s insurance policies inflicting issues. No, what modified was the truth that smartphones, road 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 a giant metropolis.” However with cameras all over the 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 could be horrified.
Violent crime might have gone down over the past 4 years, however voters now see in graphic element what felony acts really seem like. And so they don’t like what they see.
Fred Gober, Playa Vista
