for BigTrial.net
In a move that's sure to offend every cop in the city, District Attorney Larry Krasner's office has covered up a "Wall of Remembrance" that features plaques honoring some 200 hero cops who died in the line of duty.
The Wall of Remembrance is located on the mezzanine level outside the Ray Harley Conference Room at the D.A.'s office at 3 S. Penn Square.
"A fucking disgrace," said one cop. "Here's what Krasner thinks of cops who have died in the line of duty," texted another cop who sent along the photo at right.
In the photo, the wall is covered with a sheet that bears repeated images of DAO logo of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
We already knew that Larry Krasner hates cops. When he was a defense lawyer, he sued the police department 75 times. At his victory party, the crowd chanted "Fuck the FOP."
But this move is over the top.
"He [Krasner] has been pissing on cops his whole career," McNesby wrote in an email. "This is a whole different situation when you smear the memories of those that gave their lives protecting the community in the line of duty."
"Those in the Law Enforcement community sadly know what kind of person he is," McNesby said. "More of a reason to move him out of that position."
The FOP has endorsed Carlos Vega for D.A., Krasner's opponent in the May 18th Democratic primary.
As he has done for the past 19 months when fielding questions from Big Trial, Krasner didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did Jane Roh, his alleged spokesperson.
When Krasner's fans chanted "Fuck the FOP" at his victory party back in 2017, McNesby was similarly outraged, as was then U.S. Attorney William McSwain.
When Krasner's fans chanted "Fuck the FOP" at his victory party back in 2017, McNesby was similarly outraged, as was then U.S. Attorney William McSwain.
“There is a new culture of disrespect for law enforcement in this city that is promoted and championed by District Attorney Larry Krasner – and I am fed up with it,” McSwain said. “This vile rhetoric puts our police in danger. It disgraces the Office of the District Attorney. And it harms the good people in the City of Philadelphia and rewards the wicked.”
Sadly, the sentiment expressed in that chant is shared by some of Krasner's own employees. During the George Floyd riots, an assistant district attorney posted on Instagram, "FUCK THE COPS."
Since he took office, Krasner has eagerly indicted cops, whether he had the evidence or not. Such as the case that he filed against former staff Inspector Joe Bologna that a judge recently threw out of court.
During the George Floyd protests, Krasner dropped the charges against protesters who got arrested for assaulting an officer. Protesters such as Evan Gorski, the Temple student that Bologna allegedly hit in the head with a metal baton, allegedly causing a wound that required 10 staples and 10 sutures to close.
The only problem --- video of the incident, broken down frame by frame in the courtroom, clearly showed that Bologna never struck Gorski in the head; instead, his baton struck a backpack, which was on Gorski's left shoulder. By department guidelines, that was an acceptable use of force.
The video also showed that Gorski had not a drop of blood on his head or any other part of his body. But the video also showed that Gorski clearly interfered with officers, and was clearly seen stealing Bologna's baton and throwing it away.
There's at least 40 cops from the Philadelphia District Attorney's office who are assigned to work in the D.A.'s office. One of those cops was pissed when he saw the picture of the covered up Wall of Remembrance.
"Fuck him. That's blatant disrespect," the cop said about Krasner.
"How could a Philadelphia police officer walk into that building with his or her head held up high when the D.A. covered up the faces of their brothers and sisters killed in the line of duty," said another cop.
Krasner not only has no respect for cops killed in the line of duty, the cop said, but he also has no respect for the families of those dead cops, who are crime victims.
The wall was put up when Lynne Abraham was D.A. Former D.A. Seth Williams added to it. But Larry Krasner covered it up.
Tonight, cops were calling on Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw to pull all the cops who work in the D.A.'s office out of that office as a protest.
Outlaw could not immediately be reached for comment.