Jackie Lacey has been a member of my church since she was five years old. She was baptized here and met her husband of 50 years in the youth choir group when she was 17. Today, she and her family have been active members and I know that her life has been shaped by the extraordinary church leaders that have counseled her over the years.
Attorneys for the mother and estate of Gemmel Moore, a 26-year-old man who died of a crystal meth overdose in California Democratic major donor Ed Buck’s West Hollywood home in 2017 have filed an amendment to their wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court. The case was initially filed in L.A. Superior Court but moved to federal court in May.
“In this country, 80 percent of the lawyers are white.” said DA Jackie Lacey. “The law profession is even less diverse than the medical profession.”
“Once there’s a struggle for the gun, that really changes things,” -DA Jackie Lacey
“I’m very much aware of the national dialogue on the disparities in the criminal justice system, biases that exist against people of color, particularly African American men,” -DA Jackie Lacey
Lacey made history becoming the first woman, and the first African-American to hold the position of Los Angeles District Attorney