Pennsylvania Philadelphia's de-policing backlash By Kyle Sammin December 08, 2022 11:40 PM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print Pennsylvania Philadelphia's de-policing backlash By Kyle Sammin December 08, 2022 11:40 PM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print Illustration by Jason Seiler In 2017, Larry Krasner was among the first candidates in the country to run as a “progressive prosecutor” in his successful campaign for Philadelphia district attorney. That wave swept across the country, with left-wing lawyers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Manhattan, and elsewhere following the Krasner model: running for the chief prosecutor’s office while promising to decrease prosecutions. In California, even heavily Democratic cities soon found these prosecutors to be too focused on “decarceration” and not enough on the traditional job of putting criminals in jail. San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was removed in a recall election earlier this year . In Los Angeles, George Gascon narrowly avoided having his own recall placed on the ballot. AT LEAST THE ROBOTS DON'T HAVE GUNS Pennsylvania does not have recall elections. Removing elected officials from their jobs requires impeachment by the state House of Representatives and conviction in the state Senate, an exact copy of the federal impeachment system. On Nov. 16, the House voted to impeach Krasner . The Senate plans to take up the impeachment trial on Jan. 18 , the first such action there since 1993. The state House was controlled by Republicans when it...