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Home Front: Politix
Top Los Angeles prosecutor apologizes after husband points gun at Black Lives Matter activists
2020-03-03
[Reuters] Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey delivered an emotional apology on behalf of her husband on Monday, hours after he pointed a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters gathered outside the couple’s home and threatened to shoot them.

The confrontation, captured on videotape by the activists, came a day before Lacey, the county’s first African-American top prosecutor, faces off against two challengers in the Democratic primary. Black Lives Matter believes she has been too lenient on police officers in excessive-force cases.

"My husband, I spoke to him just before I came here. His response was in fear and now that he realizes what happened, he wanted me to say to the protesters, the person that he showed the gun to, that he was sorry," Lacey, 63, told a morning news conference.

"He’s profoundly sorry. He meant no one any harm. It was just him and I in that house and we really didn’t know what was about to happen," Lacey said of her husband, David.
Posted by:Besoeker

#14  Now see, if they'd been in Texas and standing in his yard, not on sidewalk, welp, that's all she wrote. He didn't know them, it was dark, they were on his property. Requirements for lethal force met.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2020-03-03 15:05  

#13  ^Still up, RJ. Still.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-03 14:26  

#12  BLM were up at 5:30? Something doesn't smell right with that.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-03-03 14:24  

#11  And, yes, it is a big frickin' gun. I'm no weapons expert but if he pointed that thing at me I'd raise both hands and slowly back away.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-03-03 11:49  

#10  I think the state law is that you cannot shoot an intruder unless he (or she) is inside your home. So homeboy might have overreacted and this incident took place the day before an election so BLM timed it well. You could say he played right into their hand but I wouldn't let it keep me from voting for his wife.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-03-03 11:47  

#9  It was bigger than a G42, but not a Desert Eagle.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2020-03-03 10:17  

#8  Not just handgun

'large handgun'

Hack article.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-03-03 09:27  

#7  Don't blame him in this day and age. They could easily be the type to pull you out of your house and beat you.

And at 5:30 in the morning is pure political intimidation.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-03-03 09:12  

#6  It's all about the reparations $/power
Posted by: Frank G   2020-03-03 06:44  

#5  If Black Lives Matter, they have a damn big job in their own community. Quit blaming others for the massive amount of black on black violence and death.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-03-03 05:56  

#4  I just marked my ballot for her as Los Angeles DA.
She is tough on crime like Kamala Harris.
BLM wants "get out of jail" free cards.
Posted by: boomerc   2020-03-03 04:55  

#3  A crowd banging on the door at 5:30 in the morning? I’d be concerned, too.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-03-03 00:23  

#2  She should apologize - it should've been AR-15!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-03 00:19  

#1  Nice work David. It would appear they got the message.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-03-03 00:17  

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