Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Impeached. He Blames Racism.

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In a statement condemning the impeachment vote, Krasner invoked the three-fifths compromise and claimed that the predominantly Republican legislature was disenfranchising “Black, brown, and broke” voters from Philadelphia. “In the hundreds of years the Commonwealth has existed, this is the only time the House has used the drastic remedy of impeachment of an elected official because they do not like their ideas,” he remarked. “History will harshly judge this anti-democratic authoritarian effort.”

Crime, homelessness, and other public safety issues have induced several companies to shutter locations across Philadelphia over the past several months. Among other examples, coffee chain Starbucks included the city in plans to nix locations in urban areas, while convenience store Wawa closed multiple locations in the downtown part of the city. The closures from Wawa follow an incident in which dozens of young people pushed over shelves, threw items across the store, and shoplifted snacks in a northeast Philadelphia location.

Soros defended his efforts to support progressive district attorneys in an opinion piece written earlier this year. “Our system is rife with injustices that make us all less safe. The idea that we need to choose between justice and safety is false,” he remarked. “Some politicians and pundits have tried to blame recent spikes in crime on the policies of reform-minded prosecutors. The research I’ve seen says otherwise.”

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Impeached. He Blames Racism.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to impeach controversial Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D-PA). Five lawmakers, including three Republicans and two Democrats with constituencies in Philadelphia, formed a committee to investigate Krasner earlier this...

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In a statement condemning the impeachment vote, Krasner invoked the three-fifths compromise and claimed that the predominantly Republican legislature was disenfranchising “Black, brown, and broke” voters from Philadelphia. “In the hundreds of years the Commonwealth has existed, this is the only time the House has used the drastic remedy of impeachment of an elected official because they do not like their ideas,” he remarked. “History will harshly judge this anti-democratic authoritarian effort.”

Don't you like the cry of "anti-democratic" when it is not only completely democratic - it passed the Pennsyvlania legislature and will move to the Senate.

Now - it could be argued that since the vote falls upon party lines, it's political. Of course it is. Impeachment is a political process. What he means is, it's vindictive - it's being done because it CAN be done politically. He was re-elected D.A. in Philly with more than two-thirds of the vote. He would probably win another one - it IS Philly.

But he's also presided over an obscene spike in violent crime, and it's due to his policy of releasing criminals. I don't know the law - but there needs to be accountability.