Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner wants judges to weigh cases against looters on an individual basis and restrain themselves from being too hard on “fundamentally law-abiding” looters.Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Philadelphia on October 13, 2022.
In the wake of the highly publicized scenes of looting that occurred in Philly during past weeks, Krasner is now asking judges to keep in mind that the looters are not all the same; that some of them are actually “law-abiding,” FOX NewsKrasner said, “We’re going to prosecute people in an even-handed way. We’re not going to let any judge — who thinks there is a caste system, and some people get better treatment than others — we’re not going to let any judge disturb the peace of this city.
Merchandise lays strewn on the floor after looting as seen through a boarded-up door of a discount store on October 30, 2020, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He added, “We’ll look carefully to see whether this is a one-off situation and they’re fundamentally law-abiding people, hold them accountable one way; or whether they are criminals, and they’re all about taking advantage of some sort of unrest for their own benefit, and they will be prosecuted another way.”The magazine quoted Krasner saying, “A large number of them are young. They are between the ages of 18 and 25.