CRIME VICTIMS’ MOVEMENT BEING HIJACKED BY PRO-CRIMINAL PROGRESSIVES

As National Crime Victims’ Rights Week kicks off on April 24, three groups, which support shorter sentences and the early release of criminals, will be holding rallies and events portraying themselves as the voice of victims.

The Sacramento-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation reports that the three progressive groups funded by liberal billionaire George Soros—Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, Californians for Safety and Justice, and Prosecutors Alliance of California—support defunding police departments, declining to prosecute most criminals, and seeking the shortest possible sentences for those who are prosecuted.

Earlier this week, representatives of these groups met with legislators in Sacramento to encourage more state-funded services for crime victims, while ignoring the laws and policies that have flooded California communities with criminals.

“At least two of the suspects arrested for the April 3 mass shootings in Sacramento, which killed six and injured twelve, were repeat offenders who were armed and on the street due to policies that these three so-called victims’ groups support,” said CJLF President Michael Rushford. “These groups also support the policies that allowed illegal alien David Mora to walk out of the Merced County Jail the day he was arrested for assaulting a police officer, and only days later gunning down his three daughters and a chaperone on February 28,” he added. CJLF notes that a key focus of the Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice is on police shootings, not on criminals. In 2016, the group publicly supported Proposition 57, The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act, which allows for the early release of thousands of habitual and violent felons.

Californians for Safety and Justice was a major supporter of California’s Proposition 47, The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which has left drug dealers, addicts, and thieves in communities to commit smash and grab robberies and violent attacks, including murders.

The Prosecutors Alliance of California represents four progressive District Attorneys whose elections were bankrolled by Soros and rich California liberals. Two of its members, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón and San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, are so pro-criminal that they’re facing recalls. The other two, Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton and San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar, hold similar pro-criminal views.

“These groups helped sell the lie that Propositions 47 and 57 would make California safer. Their advocacy for more services for crime victims is a smokescreen for their commitment to eliminating consequences for the criminals who are turning thousands of law-abiding Californians into crime victims,” said Rushford.

A CBS News poll last summer, reported that two-thirds of Californians consider crime to be a very important issue. Concerns have only risen since then as crime continues to rise.