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OPINION (CALIFORNIA GLOBE) – A Los Angeles civil jury Monday found that District Attorney George Gascon improperly retaliated against one of his deputies and awarded her $1.5 million in compensatory damages.
Shawn Randolph, formerly the DA’s office lead juvenile prosecutor, was shifted from that position to a spot in the parole department after she pointed out that many of Gascon’s policy directives regarding juveniles – for example, charging defendants with lesser crimes so as not to give them a “strike” if convicted – were improper, unethical, and/or illegal.
While it is unclear if he said it in direct reference to Randolph, during the trial Gascon admitted calling employees who have opposed his reign of error “internal terrorists.”
“It should be stressed that these are not just employment lawsuits, but are whistleblower actions as well,” retired veteran prosecutor and former president of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys Marc Debbaudt said. “The deputies are trying to stop Gascon from breaking the law.”
This is the second lawsuit Gascon has come up on the short side – a similar lawsuit filed by prosecutor Richard Doyle was settled – prosecutor Richard Doyle was previously awarded $800,000 dollars after he was shunted aside for refusing Gascon’s politically-motivated order to drop charges against a trio of defendants who attempted to derail a train (seriously) during an anti-police protest.
