San Fran Pays Whistleblower $400K After Retaliation From Progressive Prosecutorhttps://freebeacon.com/2020-election/san-fran-pays-whistleblower-400k-after-progressive-prosecutor-retaliated-against-him/The city of San Francisco was forced to pay a whistleblower $400,000 after former district attorney and prominent progressive prosecutor George Gascón repeatedly targeted him in a "pattern of retaliation and harassment."
Henry McKenzie served as a senior investigator under Gascón when the latter was the San Francisco district attorney, but was fired in October 2017 after, McKenzie claimed, he reported Gascón to the TSA for bringing a firearm on flights. Gascón also placed McKenzie on a so-called Brady list, meaning McKenzie's credibility would always be in question at trial—a decision McKenzie called an effort to destroy his career.
The settlement may be ammo for moderate Los Angeles district attorney Jackie Lacey, who is running a tight race against the ultra-progressive Gascón. Their race is widely perceived as a bellwether for efforts to install progressives in district attorneys' offices across the country, a project of the criminal justice reform movement funded by liberal billionaire George Soros.
IMO, SF got off cheap for Gascón's self-serving attempt to destroy this McKenzie.
