Widow of slain Philadelphia police officer blames policies of DA Larry Krasner for husband’s death

The New York Post offers a piece on a Philly cop’s widow who blames Philly’s progressive DA Larry Krasner (seen in the above photo) for her husband’s murder.

The widow of a slain Philadelphia officer had a message for liberal mega-donor George Soros on Thursday after he defended far-left district attorneys and their policies, including those of Pennsylvania District Attorney Larry Krasner, who she blames for her husband’s murder.

Sgt. James O’Connor, a 23-year veteran of the force, was killed in the line of duty while serving an arrest warrant on March 13, 2020. The prosecutors in the case described the alleged killers as dangerous drug dealers with extensive rap sheets.

O’Connor’s widow, Terri, told Fox News on Thursday that she believes her husband would still be alive if not for the far-left bail policies of embattled D.A. Krasner, who allowed these gunmen to return to the streets following multiple arrests. 

“They had lengthy criminal records for guns, shootings, murders. I could go on and on about it,” she said on “America Reports.” “They were out of jail repeatedly because of our district attorney and his lenient policies. If those males were locked up and kept where they’re supposed to be, my husband would still be here today.”

Terri joins other victims of Philadelphia’s spiraling crime crisis who’ve fiercely criticized Krasner’s far-left policies and called for his ousting. In June, a group of Pennsylvania state representatives opened impeachment proceedings against the liberal D.A. for dereliction of duty.

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Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner blamed by widow of slain cop James O'Connor for husband's death (nypost.com) 

Ralph Cipriano: Philly Inquirer Censors The News To Prop Up D.A. Krasner

Ralph Cipriano at Bigtrial.net knocks the Philadelphia Inquirer for the liberal newspaper's censoring news to support Philly's radical DA, Larry Krasner.

At the Philadelphia Inquirer last week, the newspaper marshaled all of its resources to support one of its progressive heroes, District Attorney Larry Krasner.

After a trio of suburban Republicans in the state House of Representatives launched a drive to impeach Krasner, the Inquirer responded last week with a barrage of censorship and propaganda aimed at propping up Krasner, while the shootings and murders in this town continued unabated. 

The Inquirer's multi-pronged attack began on Tuesday when the three house members, joined by state Rep. Martina White, another Republican from Northeast Philadelphia, held a press conference on the steps of the State Capitol in Harrisburg that featured a rainbow coalition of two dozen crime victims protesting against Krasner.

It made for compelling drama. Julio Moran talked about his mother, Gladys Coriano, a religious woman barely five feet tall, and how she was shot to death by an abusive ex-husband who had repeatedly violated a protection order by stalking, harassing and attacking her. 

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Philly Inquirer Censors The News To Prop Up D.A. Krasner | Big Trial | Philadelphia Trial Blog

'I'm Going To Kick Krasner's Ass': My Philadelphia Weekly 'Crime Beat' Column On Chuck Peruto's Run For Philadelphia District Attorney

Philadelphia Weekly published part one of my two-part series of Crime Beat columns on Chuck Peruto's run for Philadelphia District Attorney against Larry Krasner.

You can read the column via the pages below (click to enlarge) or the below link:

‘I’m going to kick Krasner’s ass’ - Philadelphia Weekly

Ralph Cipriano: Detective: D.A. Tampered With Wallace Probe To Set Up Cops

 Ralph Cipriano at Bigtrial.net offers a piece on a former Philadelphia detective who is suing Philly DA Larry Krasner. 

In an ongoing whistleblower's lawsuit in U.S. District Court, a former Philadelphia police detective charges that the D.A.'s office tampered with an investigation into the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., by trying to force another detective to falsify an affidavit of probable cause. 

According to an amended complaint filed April 8th by Detective Derrick "Jake" Jacobs, Assistant District Attorney Vincent Corrigan wanted Detective Daphne Smith to rewrite the affidavit to eliminate Wallace's aggressive actions toward police on the day they shot him 14 times.

On Oct. 26, 2020, a next-door neighbor and Wallace's sister called 911, frantically seeking help because the knife-wielding Wallace was attacking his mother and father.  

When the cops got there, Wallace came at two officers with the knife. Within the next minute, despite being told ten times by the cops, who were in retreat, to drop the knife, Wallace kept pursuing the cops out in the street and kept brandishing the knife. So the cops opened fire and killed him. 

When Detective Smith refused to rewrite the affidavit, Jacobs wrote, ADA Corrigan went to Detective Smith's superior, Lt. Jason Hendershot, and the result was that Hendershot "altered and falsified" the affidavit to remove any of Wallace's aggressive actions, thereby removing any legal justification for the cops to open fire. 

In his federal lawsuit seeking $50 million in damages, Jacobs, acting as his own attorney, has charged District Attorney Larry Krasner and Assistant D.A. Tracy Tripp with conspiring to maliciously prosecute him because he similarly refused to change his testimony about his investigation into another racially-charged officer-involved shooting. 

Last October, U.S. Judge Harvey Bartle III granted the city's request to dismiss Jacobs' lawsuit for allegedly not properly following the federal rules for civil procedure. But Jacobs filed an appeal that prevailed last Dec. 1st with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and his lawsuit was reinstated. 

What does the D.A.'s office have to say in response to these allegations? As they have for the past 20 months, Larry "Stonewall" Krasner and Jane 'The Mute" Roh did not respond to a request for comment. 

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Detective: D.A. Tampered With Wallace Probe To Set Up Cops | Big Trial | Philadelphia Trial Blog 

Stu Bykofsky: In D.A. debate, Peruto Stands Alone

 Stu Bykofsky offers his take on the Zoom Philadelphia district attorney debate in a post on his website.

District Attorney Larry Krasner likes boogeymen. 

Although Frank Rizzo has been dead 30 years, Krasner mentioned him four times during Monday afternoon’s Zoom district attorney debate sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association. He waved the name like an amulet to ward off evil. 

Then, on the subject of immigration (which was actually about illegal immigration) Krasner reached into his magic bag for a Donald J. Trump red herring, saying he and Mayor Kenney fashioned a document to withdraw cooperation with ICE. They did that because of Trump’s, you know, horrible and inhumane policies. 

Except for this: It was nimrod Mayor Michael Nutter who was browbeaten by Open Border types into ending the agreement with ICE, and this happened under President Barack Obama, the deporter-in-chief, he was sometimes called. 

This question asked by moderator Riley Ross was would the candidates maintain Philadelphia’s Sanctuary City status.  

Krasner would, of course, because there are few laws he likes to enforce. Sadly, his Democratic challenger, Carlos Vega, agreed, after some double-talk about how illegals are “victimized twice.” No, they are the perps, not the victim.  

Republican candidate Chuck Peruto said he wasn’t much interested in prosecuting garden variety illegals, but if they committed a felony, they’d get time — before being deported. 

Wow! Enforcement would a relief, because Philly policy is to “protect” all illegals — even those who have committed a felony.   

… In opening comments, Krasner said he should be reelected because, “promises made, promises kept.” 

Odd that he hates Trump but stole a campaign motto. 

Peruto said, yeah, you kept promises, but they made things worse. He also called Krasner a “politician” for dredging up Rizzo, who has nothing to do with anything. Peruto certainly did stand alone.  

Vega said the city is “more dangerous” than at any time in the last 30 years and victims need a protector who “looks like them,” and told a politically incorrect truth when he said most homicide victims in Philly were people of color. 

Krasner said crime is up everywhere, even in Republican cities, so he can’t blamed for the crime spike here.

Vega said his failure to prosecute and to reduce charges helped explain the rising crime rate, and Peruto said Krasner’s policy of not prosecuting shoplifting crimes under $500 promoted “Christmas shopping,” of the illegal kind.  

Defense attorney Peruto has been a life-long Democrat who is running to defeat Krasner if he gets past underdog Vega in the primary. 

… Does Krasner under-charge on many crimes? 

“Absolutely,” said Peruto, while Vega pussyfooted. Peruto talked about everything from gun violence to car break-ins. 

Vega recovered by citing 180 gun arrests, with 114 dismissed by the D.A. in a city that supposedly has a gun crisis. That might have been his strongest point. 

Krasner’s was his charge that Vega refiled charges against a convict that Krasner’s conviction integrity unit got sprung, and Vega used the testimony of two officers who allegedly coerced confessions. 

The biggest surprise from Peruto was his belief that those convicted, having gone through trial and appeals, were rarely not guilty. 

He sounds like a D.A. already. 

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https://stubykofsky.com/in-d-a-debate-peruto-stands-alone/ 

Ralph Cipriano: Krasner Strikes Again! Accused Murderer Of Dog Walker Was Twice-Convicted Felon Previously Arrested For Carjacking

 Ralph Cipriano at Bigtrial.net offers a piece on the accused murderer of a dog walker, who should have been in prison. 

Three weeks before he allegedly murdered a dog walker in Brewerytown, Davis L. Josephus, 20, a twice convicted felon, was in jail after he'd been arrested for an alleged carjacking. 

But on Dec. 23, 2020, Josephus's bail for the carjacking case was reduced from $100,000 to $20,000. On Dec. 29, 2020, Josephus only had to post 10%, or $2,000, to get out of jail. 

Just 15 days later, on Jan. 13th, 25-year-old Milan Loncar was walking his dog Roo around 7 p.m. at 31st and Jefferson Streets, a block from his home in Brewerytown, when Josephus and another suspect held him up.  

Josephus, according to police sources, allegedly stood in front of Loncar; the other suspect stood behind Loncar as they went through the victim's pockets. 

Then, Josephus allegedly put a gun to Loncar's chest and pulled the trigger. Loncar, a recent Temple University graduate, was mortally wounded. He sat down on the ground, took out his cell phone and appeared to have tried to summon help. Then he stood up, staggered backward, and collapsed supine on the ground while Roo, his pet dog, a mix breed of dachshund and chihuahua, ran to Loncar's side, and wouldn't leave. 

Loncar was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Temple University Hospital.  

Josephus should have never been out on the street.  

… Carlos Vega, a career homicide prosecutor running for the May 18th Democratic nomination for district attorney, said the blame for Loncar's murder rested squarely on District Attorney Larry Krasner. 

"Basically, had Larry followed the law to keep the public safe, this young man would still be alive," Vega said about the victim. 

About Josephus, Vega said, "There was no reason legally for him to be on the street with his record and what he had done." 

"Judging by his alleged carjacking with a gun, his alleged assault in prison with a weapon, and his two robbery convictions, it was only a matter of time before he [Josephus] killed someone," Vega said.  

According to Vega, Josephus should have been in custody because he was in violation of parole for his two robberies, because the carjacking arrested violated his probation. 

In response, Krasner and his official spokesperson, Jane Roh, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

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Krasner Strikes Again! Accused Murderer Of Dog Walker Was Twice-Convicted Felon Previously Arrested For Carjacking | Big Trial | Philadelphia Trial Blog 

Ralph Cipriano: Philly's Official 2020 Body Count: 499 Murders

 Ralph Cipriano at BigTrial.net offers a piece on the 2020 homicide rate in Philadelphia. 

How many people were murdered in Philadelphia during 2020? 

In the last few days, that number appeared to be a moving target. On Friday, New Year's Day, the official tally for last year's murders that was posted on the police department's crime stats website was 498. 

This morning at 9 a.m., the 2020 body count on that same website was briefly raised to 502. But just two hours later, it was lowered to 499. 

The city's explanation for today's downgrade from 502 murders last year to 499 murders: it was a statistical error made by a web designer, an explanation that left some cops shaking their heads, and muttering about a possible official coverup.  

The official 2020 body count of 499, however, still represents a whopping 40% increase over 2019, when there were only 356 murders. The official 2020 body count of 499 murders also left the city just one body short of the all-time record set 30 years ago, in 1990, at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, when the city had a total of 500 murders.  

In an email, Corporal Jasmine Reilly of the Philadelphia Police Department's Office of Media Relations/Public Affairs explained today's differing body counts by saying:  

"The correct homicide totals for 2020 is 499. When the web developer was updating the website, he did not separate 2020 and 2021. The homicides that occurred at the beginning of the year were inadvertently counted into the 2020 totals. The web developer corrected the issue and the website now reflects the accurate totals." 

According to Corporal Reilly, so far in 2021, the city's had four additional murders.

The city's all-time record for murders set back in 1990 appears to be another moving target. A few years ago, when the Inquirer and Daily News published a "Data Hub" that featured Philadelphia Police Department crime stats from 1988 to 2017, the newspapers cited the official homicide rate for 1990 as 497 murders.

That same body count, 497, was cited by Wikipedia, among other websites. But when the Inquirer ran a story today about the 2020 body count, that 1990 murder rate jumped to 500. 

Last year's body count quickly became a political issue. 

Carlos Vega, a former career homicide prosecutor who's running for the Democratic nomination for district attorney, said today that the current D.A., Larry Krasner, is responsible for the high murder rate, because "Larry Krasner has legalized drugs in Philadelphia." At the same time he's not prosecuting gun crimes, Vega said. 

"There's a direct correlation between not prosecuting gun crimes" and a record number of shootings on the streets of Philadelphia last year, Vega said. He quoted Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw who testified to the City Council that the prosecution of gun crimes under D.A. Larry Krasner's office was down nearly 85%. 

"The police are doing their job and Larry Krasner is deciding not to prosecute," Vega said, adding that some drug dealers are arrested multiple times for carrying guns, with few consequences. 

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Philly's Official 2020 Body Count: 499 Murders | Big Trial | Philadelphia Trial Blog 

Only In Philadelphia: With Philly DA Under Indictment, Voters About To Make Even Worst Choice For Next DA

Veteran reporter Ralph Cipriano offers a piece at Bigtrial.net on Philadelphia District Attorney candidate Larry Krasner.

Only in Philadelphia where our incumbent District Attorney is currently under federal indictment for political corruption could the citizens be poised to make a worse choice as their next D.A.

That would be Larry Krasner (seen in the above photo), the George Soros-financed radical "progressive" who just won the Democratic primary for D.A. Now he's running for election this November in a town where Democrats outnumber Republicans 7 to 1.

Krasner is a longtime civil rights lawyer who has sued the Philadelphia Police Department 75 times, on behalf of drug dealers and protesters from groups such as Black Lives Matter, ACT UP and Occupy Philly.

Larry's the guy who talked our current corrupt D.A. into tossing more than 800 convictions of drug dealers, nearly all of whom had pleaded guilty after getting caught with drugs. For his next trick, Progressive Larry sued the city to gain cash rewards from the taxpayers that will ultimately benefit 300 newly emancipated drug dealers. The drug dealers are currently in magistrate court, eagerly awaiting those cash payouts arranged by their good friend Larry.

Krasner's the type of candidate whose supporters chant catchy phrases like "Fuck the FOP!" And "No good cops in a racist system."

Yes, Larry loves to defend drug dealers who poison our citizens and protesters who block our streets during rush hour. Larry's dedicated his life to emptying the jail cells of Philadelphia. But that crusade may turn out to be bad news for the rest of us.

"A grand social experiment" is how Beth Grossman (seen in the below photo), Krasner's GOP opponent, describes Krasner's campaign financed with more than $1 million of George Soros's money.

"We have one of the finest public defender's offices in the country," Grossman says. "We don't need two."

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http://www.bigtrial.net/2017/05/beth-grossman-gop-candidate-for-da.html#more