Police reform

In the big cities that are experiencing record crime stats including murder, carjackings and armed robberies the citizens got what they wanted. In a big win for the growing criminal justice reform movement, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner decisively beat his center-of-left challenger in a Democratic primary that pitted the incumbent’s progressive reforms against a rising tide of violent crime. The people reacted against what they perceived as improper police behavior and they pushed for reform and they got reform. “To me, it's an indicator that people have been ready for change and are happy with the change, which is the move away from using jails or prisons or other punitive measures for every social problem we have in our community and the need to look more holistically at each case as a prosecutor. Instead of blaming the DA's look to the voters.