That is the number of times deadly force has been used by the Los Angeles Police Department and L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies in the past two decades.
Her non-action on the shootings was rammed back into public focus when Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wasted no time in slapping tough charges against the four former Minneapolis police officers who either choked or aided and abetted the choking death of George Floyd.
It was further rammed into focus when Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, like Ellison, wasted no time in slapping murder charges on one former Atlanta cop and other charges on his partner in their slaying of Rayshard Brooks.
It took massive protests after Floyd’s murder, loud calls for Lacey’s resignation, and a sharp attack by her challenger George Gascon for her do nothing stance on police violence cases, for Lacey to bring charges against LAPD officer Frank Hernandez who made like Mike Tyson and pummeled a homeless man in Boyle Heights.
Lacey enjoys a cozy relationship with L.A. politicians and police brass, rakes in lots of campaign dollars from the police unions, and apparently sees herself as the top legal bulwark against violent crime in Los Angeles County.
