Philadelphia elected a progressive prosecutor twice. The state government wants to fire him anyway.
Weeks before the midterms, a political drama is unfolding in Pennsylvania: A state committee to investigate crime in Philadelphia could ultimately ...
Weeks before the midterms, a political drama is unfolding in Pennsylvania: A state committee to investigate crime in Philadelphia could ultimately impeach the city's twice-elected district attorney Larry Krasner, who ran on a platform of reducing mass incarceration and the criminalization of poverty. © Matt Rourke/AP Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner leaves a news conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 14. Republicans say their investigation is about seeking solutions for rising crime, but for the past five years, they've been eager to connect their anti-Krasner rhetoric to the broader Democratic Party — a narrative that has fueled backlash against progressive prosecutors in other cities and painted Democrats as anti-police.