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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoI mean, being lenient with a rapist would be a breach of official duties and is well beyond the generic call of “well, we don’t like you.” Here in Portland we had a problem with the DA failing to prosecute people, which, you know, is kind of his job? We didn’t recall him, we just voted him out in the next election. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/multnomah-county-district-attorney-race-election-results/283-e5b76f7a-9497-488b-b432-08dc9deec27d We’ll see if the next guy wants to do the job starting in January.
I mean, being lenient with a rapist would be a breach of official duties and is well beyond the generic call of “well, we don’t like you.”
Here in Portland we had a problem with the DA failing to prosecute people, which, you know, is kind of his job?
We didn’t recall him, we just voted him out in the next election.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/multnomah-county-district-attorney-race-election-results/283-e5b76f7a-9497-488b-b432-08dc9deec27d
We’ll see if the next guy wants to do the job starting in January.