LA County DA Gascón limiting charges against MS-13 gang member in brutal attack, deputy DA claims

An alleged MS-13 gang member has been charged in a brutal assault against a transgender woman last week in a Los Angeles park.

"It was clearly a gang case. The gang allegation should have been filed," deputy DA Richard Ceballos, who has been openly critical of Gascón's policies, told the newspaper. "But I wasn’t allowed to do so." "It was clearly a gang case. The gang allegation should have been filed. But I wasn’t allowed to do so." Gascón prohibited the use of such sentencing enhancements after taking office in December. He later reinstated the use of enhancements "in cases involving the most vulnerable victims and in specified extraordinary circumstances," according to the paper.