Over the past 18 months Los Angeles police have arrested Dashwan Dow five times for robbery. On each occasion progressive LA District Attorney George Gascon has refused to hold him, leaving Dow free to find new victims. Michael Ruiz of Fox News reports that Dow is currently on the loose and considered armed and dangerous. An October surveillance video shows Dow and an accomplice engage in the follow-home style robbery of a man and a woman in a North Hollywood parking garage. The video shows Dow sticking a gun in the man’s stomach while stealing his belongings. Police believe Dow was also involved another follow-home robbery days earlier where he took money and jewelry from another North Hollywood couple.
Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami, who is among several candidates running to replace Gascon, told reporters “the policies of George Gascon have failed us. No consequences and no accountability just emboldens individuals like Dow.”
The unwillingness to jail even armed criminals until they end up killing someone is the default policy under Gascon. Progressive hedge fund billionaire George Soros, who financed Gascon’s election, and Black Lives Matter, which campaigned against the black incumbent District Attorney in order to elect the openly pro-criminal Gascon, share responsibility for the current crime epidemic in Los Angeles.