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Los Angeles County will pay for the funeral of a gang member who
died in a police shootout after killing two officers, according
to a mandate issued by beleaguered District Attorney George
Gascon.

Gascon, who has been sued by his own prosecutors and blasted by
law enforcement due to policies seen as anti-victim, issued a
directive on Dec. 7, 2020, that funds funerals, burials, and
mental health services for �individuals killed by police� and
others.

�It is so far from my way of thinking [that] I can�t imagine
such a concept,� former Los Angeles County District Attorney
Steve Cooley told the Washington Examiner. �This is beyond
disgusting. It insults the memories of the two fallen officers.
Shame on Gascon.�

Officers Michael Paredes and Joseph Santana were shot to death
Tuesday night by Justin Flores when they responded to a 911 call
at a motel room in the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte. Flores
opened fire on the pair when he opened the door to his room and
was later shot to death by additional officers in the parking
lot, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.

Anger surrounding the deaths intensified within the DA�s office
and law enforcement when news broke that Flores was given a
sentencing deal on a gun charge last year that resulted in 20
days in jail instead of three years. He also refused to file a
violent felony �strike� in a prior case that adds substantial
prison time, according to court records.

If Gascon had not low-balled those two cases, Flores would still
be in custody this week, Cooley said.

Gascon has been a lightning rod for community anger over light
sentencing policies that have diminished California�s once-
staunch pro-victim judicial system that locks up violent
offenders for lengthy terms, including for life. Cooley and
Villanueva are heading a recall campaign that now has enough
signatures to qualify for an election.

�It�s just so tone deaf to the harm inflicted on the families by
this coward,� Villanueva said. �It�s a blanket policy that all
cops are wrong and murderers and those who are killed are always
the victims. I don�t think taxpayers should be underwriting
criminal conduct.�

The opening statement of the policy is directed toward survivors
of crime.

�When a person has been harmed, wronged, or experienced loss at
the hands of another, they need justice and healing. The
criminal justice system must ensure that they have the rights
and resources necessary to defend themselves, as well as
services to facilitate their re-entry to the community,� the
policy states.

But it goes on to say that victims are entitled to compensation,
including those killed by police �regardless of the state of the
investigation or charging decision.�

News of the policy spread throughout the DA's office after the
El Monte shooting. It was pushed along by a Facebook post by
veteran prosecutor John Lewin, who is assigned to the esteemed
Major Crimes Division.

Lewin wrote: �George Gascon, how dare you even try to justify
your incompetence and dereliction of duty! The blood of those
two dead police officers, because you illegally refused to
follow the law and file a strike against their killer, is
clearly on your hands! Had you done your job and not broken the
law these two brave men would still be alive!! You and your pro-
criminal agenda are responsible for this tragedy!!�

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/los-angeles-da-
policy-pays-for-funeral-of-cop-killer