When certain types of crime spiked in Los Angeles, Gascón got the blame. In Beverly Hills the city council passed a vote-of-no-confidence resolution against him.

“It became fashionable for affluent white people to want to be pro-police accountability,” he recalled. “It was kind of the chic thing to do. So you also are going to want to be seen with BLM. They wanted to be in demonstrations, right? … I’m a little cynical now, looking back. At the time, I actually thought that there was a parting of the waters. I said, ‘For the first time, I’m hearing white affluent people understanding the suffering of black people in this country and poor people.’ And I thought, ‘This is a reversal.’

“I was wrong.”…

In LA the deep state is real. Gascón can’t fire the deputy district attorneys who are so hostile to his agenda that they have publicly endorsed the recall. “Think about Biden coming in and keeping Donald Trump’s cabinet,” he said. “That’s what it’s like.”