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"content": "\u003cp>Police groups have poured more than $250,000 into defeating Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton since her office’s successful prosecution and conviction last fall of a sheriff’s deputy for a 2018 fatal on-duty shooting, \u003ca href=\"https://public.netfile.com/pub2/?AID=ccc\">county elections filings show\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a pro-criminal justice reform group backed by billionaire George Soros has piped more than $400,000 into an independent campaign to reelect Becton and fend off attacks from her challenger — and colleague — Deputy District Attorney Mary Knox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The race, which will be decided on June 7, is shaping up to be a proxy battle for the dueling sides in California’s larger criminal justice debate over both police accountability and criminal sentencing. Becton is considered to be among a small but growing group of progressive prosecutors in California, one that includes San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and Los Angeles DA George Gascón. At least outside her county, Becton has largely escaped the criticism and scrutiny many of her peers have faced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label-\"related coverage\" tag=\"diana-becton\"]But the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893915/jury-convicts-police-officer-of-assault-in-2018-on-duty-shooting\">October 2021 conviction of former Contra Costa Deputy Sheriff Andrew Hall\u003c/a> — of assault with a deadly firearm — made national headlines. It was the first time a law enforcement officer in the county had ever faced felony charges for an on-duty shooting; and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907219/we-prayed-he-would-get-jail-time-ex-contra-costa-cop-gets-6-years-in-prison-for-killing-man-with-mental-illness\">Hall’s six-year sentence, handed down in March, is one of the longest\u003c/a> of its kind a California officer has ever received. The bulk of the donations against Becton — roughly $210,000 — come from the union representing Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton’s decision to prosecute Hall — which came more than two years after the shooting, and in the near-immediate aftermath of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870567/video-footage-of-tyrell-wilson-killing-released-as-same-danville-officer-charged-in-another-death\">his second fatal on-duty shooting\u003c/a> — angered a number of influential county law enforcement officials. After Hall’s conviction and sentencing, Contra Costa \u003ca href=\"http://cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/community-blowback-follows-coco-sheriffs-support-for-convicted-deputy/\">Sheriff David Livingston called the charges “abhorrent.”\u003c/a> Knox, while criticizing Becton for her handling of the case, has made conflicting statements on whether she would have pursued charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox is a fellow Democrat who has served as a prosecutor in the DA’s office for nearly four decades. Last month, she told \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/06/editorial-reelect-da-diana-becton-for-contra-costa-justice-reform/\">The Mercury News editorial board \u003c/a>she would not have charged Hall in the case, arguing he acted within department policy and was “justified in using deadly force.” But in an interview this week with KQED, she said she was not familiar with all the facts of the case and has “never taken a position on the conviction,” adding, “It would be irresponsible of me to do that because I was not the assigned prosecutor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox said she objects to the “lack of transparency” in the charging process, criticizing Becton for how long it took her prosecutors to file the charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870567/video-footage-of-tyrell-wilson-killing-released-as-same-danville-officer-charged-in-another-death\">charged in April of 2021, as he remained on leave for his second fatal shooting\u003c/a>. Becton’s announcement of those charges came just one day after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox told KQED that the reputation of the DA’s office, which she called “the gold standard in ethics and effective prosecution,” has suffered under Becton’s leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox also defended the support she’s received from law enforcement, insisting it won’t prevent her from holding them accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Throughout my career, there have been very difficult prosecutions of police officers, undertaken with fairness and transparency,” she said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/16/i-never-thought-of-myself-as-a-criminal-ex-pittsburg-cop-confesses-to-murder-in-failed-parole-bid-says-colleagues-regularly-broke-law/\">citing the office’s 1988 murder conviction of an off-duty officer\u003c/a> and its recent prosecution of a county \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-cnet-commander-sentenced-14-years-drug-robbery-and-civil-rights-violations\">narcotics enforcement commander\u003c/a>. “Police officers in this county know I hold them all to a very high ethical standard … and I 100% will continue to hold them to the same standards as the DA — frankly, I think that’s why they are supporting me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox also raised questions about Becton’s ability to work effectively with law enforcement partners, a relationship she called critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Champagne Brown, Becton’s campaign manager, shot back, arguing that Becton and her office collaborate with law enforcement every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prosecutors have a duty to seek justice for victims, no matter who the perpetrator is, and to hold anyone who harms our communities accountable,” she said. “District Attorney Becton has demonstrated her commitment to upholding that duty, despite the opposition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many candidates for elected office have made it a policy to decline money from police unions, she added, “and that should be especially true for candidates for an office that works so closely with law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Cop cash\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Police groups have been making their contributions through Contra Costans for Progress and Justice, an independent political action committee supporting Knox. The group was formed in October as Hall stood trial for the 2018 killing of Laudemer Arboleda, a 33-year-old Filipino man who, according to his family, suffered from paranoia and other mental health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By January, the committee raised $54,000 from a handful of police unions representing officers in the county. The largest chunk — $40,000 — came from the Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff’s Association. Police unions in Concord, Pleasant Hill, Brentwood and Moraga also pitched in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11914710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1618px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Dg6t1-law-enforcement-group-donations-to-mary-knox-in-contra-costa-da-s-race.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11914710\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Dg6t1-law-enforcement-group-donations-to-mary-knox-in-contra-costa-da-s-race.png\" alt=\"Horizontal bar chart of police group donations to the Contra Costa District Attorney's race.\" width=\"1618\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Dg6t1-law-enforcement-group-donations-to-mary-knox-in-contra-costa-da-s-race.png 1618w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Dg6t1-law-enforcement-group-donations-to-mary-knox-in-contra-costa-da-s-race-800x417.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Dg6t1-law-enforcement-group-donations-to-mary-knox-in-contra-costa-da-s-race-1020x531.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Dg6t1-law-enforcement-group-donations-to-mary-knox-in-contra-costa-da-s-race-160x83.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Dg6t1-law-enforcement-group-donations-to-mary-knox-in-contra-costa-da-s-race-1536x800.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1618px) 100vw, 1618px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chart by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year, the deputy sheriff’s association ramped up its giving, donating another $80,000 in January, $50,000 in April — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907219/we-prayed-he-would-get-jail-time-ex-contra-costa-cop-gets-6-years-in-prison-for-killing-man-with-mental-illness\">following Hall’s sentencing in March\u003c/a> — and $40,000 in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And after the sentence was announced, law enforcement groups from outside Contra Costa County got involved. The Oakland Police Officers’ Association gave $10,000 in early May, followed shortly by a $20,000 contribution from the Peace Officers Research Association of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Driscoll, treasurer of Contra Costans for Progress and Justice, and a former investigator for the district attorney’s office — \u003ca href=\"https://www.lassennews.com/judge-moves-driscoll-sentencing-forward/\">who lost his job after being convicted of a felony DUI\u003c/a> — told KQED in an email that the timing of the committee’s creation and any of its donations have “nothing to do with anyone or anything else, including former deputy Hall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The independent expenditure effort was created for two reasons. One, Becton has a failed record as District Attorney, and our community is hurting as a result,” he wrote. “Two, I believe Mary Knox’s credentials and record as a skilled prosecutor and strong leader will benefit Contra Costa County and make our neighborhoods safer. These are the only two reasons why I am supporting Mary Knox.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For her part, Knox has criticized Becton for accepting several contributions she says represent conflicts of interest, including a $500 donation from John Burris, a well-known civil rights attorney who represented Laudemer Arboleda’s family in the Hall shooting, and who regularly sues police agencies on behalf of people harmed by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The Soros stream\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But Knox is by no means the only candidate receiving financial support from outside the county. On May 13, the left-leaning California Justice and Public Safety PAC disclosed more than $408,000 in spending on digital advertisements aimed at both supporting Becton and attacking Knox. That group is backed by billionaire financier George Soros, a well-known funder of progressive causes, and a high-profile target for conservatives. His group also has been a big player in other prosecutors’ races around the country in recent years, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-da-election-soros-20180606-story.html\">Becton’s 2018 campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox called that money “just another attempt by an out-of-state billionaire to buy the election of the Contra Costa DA,” saying she knew that “whatever I raised, they would out-fund.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have been campaigning since July of last year, because I knew this was going to happen,” Knox added. “I have been out literally in every community in Contra Costa County, talking to anyone … and I have raised over $500,000 from over 1,300 donors in Contra Costa County. The message of our campaign is resonating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Brown, Becton’s campaign manager, argued there’s no comparison between the Soros donation and the money Knox received from police groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is about accountability,” Brown said in a statement. “It’s false equivalency to compare this to the unprecedented hundreds of thousands of dollars that police unions … have spent to influence this race after the historic sentencing of Andrew Hall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The bulk of the donations against Becton — roughly $210,000 — come from the union representing Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton’s decision to prosecute Hall — which came more than two years after the shooting, and in the near-immediate aftermath of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870567/video-footage-of-tyrell-wilson-killing-released-as-same-danville-officer-charged-in-another-death\">his second fatal on-duty shooting\u003c/a> — angered a number of influential county law enforcement officials. After Hall’s conviction and sentencing, Contra Costa \u003ca href=\"http://cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/community-blowback-follows-coco-sheriffs-support-for-convicted-deputy/\">Sheriff David Livingston called the charges “abhorrent.”\u003c/a> Knox, while criticizing Becton for her handling of the case, has made conflicting statements on whether she would have pursued charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox is a fellow Democrat who has served as a prosecutor in the DA’s office for nearly four decades. Last month, she told \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/06/editorial-reelect-da-diana-becton-for-contra-costa-justice-reform/\">The Mercury News editorial board \u003c/a>she would not have charged Hall in the case, arguing he acted within department policy and was “justified in using deadly force.” But in an interview this week with KQED, she said she was not familiar with all the facts of the case and has “never taken a position on the conviction,” adding, “It would be irresponsible of me to do that because I was not the assigned prosecutor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox said she objects to the “lack of transparency” in the charging process, criticizing Becton for how long it took her prosecutors to file the charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870567/video-footage-of-tyrell-wilson-killing-released-as-same-danville-officer-charged-in-another-death\">charged in April of 2021, as he remained on leave for his second fatal shooting\u003c/a>. Becton’s announcement of those charges came just one day after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox told KQED that the reputation of the DA’s office, which she called “the gold standard in ethics and effective prosecution,” has suffered under Becton’s leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox also defended the support she’s received from law enforcement, insisting it won’t prevent her from holding them accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Throughout my career, there have been very difficult prosecutions of police officers, undertaken with fairness and transparency,” she said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/16/i-never-thought-of-myself-as-a-criminal-ex-pittsburg-cop-confesses-to-murder-in-failed-parole-bid-says-colleagues-regularly-broke-law/\">citing the office’s 1988 murder conviction of an off-duty officer\u003c/a> and its recent prosecution of a county \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-cnet-commander-sentenced-14-years-drug-robbery-and-civil-rights-violations\">narcotics enforcement commander\u003c/a>. “Police officers in this county know I hold them all to a very high ethical standard … and I 100% will continue to hold them to the same standards as the DA — frankly, I think that’s why they are supporting me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox also raised questions about Becton’s ability to work effectively with law enforcement partners, a relationship she called critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Champagne Brown, Becton’s campaign manager, shot back, arguing that Becton and her office collaborate with law enforcement every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prosecutors have a duty to seek justice for victims, no matter who the perpetrator is, and to hold anyone who harms our communities accountable,” she said. “District Attorney Becton has demonstrated her commitment to upholding that duty, despite the opposition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many candidates for elected office have made it a policy to decline money from police unions, she added, “and that should be especially true for candidates for an office that works so closely with law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Cop cash\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Police groups have been making their contributions through Contra Costans for Progress and Justice, an independent political action committee supporting Knox. The group was formed in October as Hall stood trial for the 2018 killing of Laudemer Arboleda, a 33-year-old Filipino man who, according to his family, suffered from paranoia and other mental health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By January, the committee raised $54,000 from a handful of police unions representing officers in the county. The largest chunk — $40,000 — came from the Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff’s Association. 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The Oakland Police Officers’ Association gave $10,000 in early May, followed shortly by a $20,000 contribution from the Peace Officers Research Association of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Driscoll, treasurer of Contra Costans for Progress and Justice, and a former investigator for the district attorney’s office — \u003ca href=\"https://www.lassennews.com/judge-moves-driscoll-sentencing-forward/\">who lost his job after being convicted of a felony DUI\u003c/a> — told KQED in an email that the timing of the committee’s creation and any of its donations have “nothing to do with anyone or anything else, including former deputy Hall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The independent expenditure effort was created for two reasons. One, Becton has a failed record as District Attorney, and our community is hurting as a result,” he wrote. “Two, I believe Mary Knox’s credentials and record as a skilled prosecutor and strong leader will benefit Contra Costa County and make our neighborhoods safer. These are the only two reasons why I am supporting Mary Knox.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For her part, Knox has criticized Becton for accepting several contributions she says represent conflicts of interest, including a $500 donation from John Burris, a well-known civil rights attorney who represented Laudemer Arboleda’s family in the Hall shooting, and who regularly sues police agencies on behalf of people harmed by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The Soros stream\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But Knox is by no means the only candidate receiving financial support from outside the county. On May 13, the left-leaning California Justice and Public Safety PAC disclosed more than $408,000 in spending on digital advertisements aimed at both supporting Becton and attacking Knox. That group is backed by billionaire financier George Soros, a well-known funder of progressive causes, and a high-profile target for conservatives. His group also has been a big player in other prosecutors’ races around the country in recent years, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-da-election-soros-20180606-story.html\">Becton’s 2018 campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox called that money “just another attempt by an out-of-state billionaire to buy the election of the Contra Costa DA,” saying she knew that “whatever I raised, they would out-fund.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have been campaigning since July of last year, because I knew this was going to happen,” Knox added. “I have been out literally in every community in Contra Costa County, talking to anyone … and I have raised over $500,000 from over 1,300 donors in Contra Costa County. 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He also had three bruises consistent with being struck with beanbag rounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All five officers involved in the incident were cleared to return to duty within weeks of the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='police-killings']Since Hall’s death, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11843922/the-police-shooting-that-motivated-walnut-creek-residents-to-run-for-city-council\">his family has advocated for non-police alternatives to mental health crises locally and statewide\u003c/a>, suing the city, its police chief and all involved officers before reaching a $4 million settlement that included commitments from the city to invest in non-police alternatives when responding to a mental health crisis, as well as crisis intervention training for the police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney John Burris, who represents Hall's family, said he plans to ask the state and federal attorneys general to review the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are not finished fighting for justice and accountability in the killing of Miles Hall,\" Burris said in a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, the Walnut Creek Police Department faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/03/15/these-guys-turned-it-into-a-military-operation-lawsuit-filed-against-east-bay-police-that-sicced-dogs-rubber-bullets-on-walnut-creek-protesters/\">further scrutiny\u003c/a> over its treatment of protesters after the death of George Floyd. 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There wasn’t a space for growth and change,” she said. “Every time that there was an opportunity to look at criminal justice differently and to have that really difficult conversation and really look at our role in all of this … instead of saying, ‘This is an opportunity,’ they immediately went to opposition and they opposed all criminal justice or most criminal justice reform.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Salazar joined forces with two other DAs — Diana Becton of Contra Costa County and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11793457/can-s-f-s-chesa-boudin-flip-the-script-for-progressive-das-across-the-country\"> Chesa Boudin\u003c/a> of San Francisco — as well as George Gascón, the former San Francisco DA now \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-district-attorney-race-lacey-vs-gascon-analysis/\">running for the top prosecutor job in Los Angeles\u003c/a>, in announcing the formation of a “progressive law enforcement association.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubbed the \u003ca href=\"https://prosecutorsalliance.org/\">Prosecutors Alliance of California\u003c/a>, the group and its advocacy arm plan to campaign for and against state legislation, ballot initiatives and candidate races, with an eye on “modern and sustainable approaches to achieving safety and community health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cristine Soto DeBerry, executive director of the initiative, says the group will be actively involved in lobbying and educating state lawmakers in Sacramento as well as pushing back against ballot measures\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11824855/report-ballot-measure-would-put-thousands-behind-bars-harm-communities-of-color\"> its members consider harmful\u003c/a>, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11826314/california-voters-asked-to-weigh-ballot-measures-that-could-reverse-hard-won-justice-reforms\">Proposition 20\u003c/a> on the ballot this November, which would roll back a number of recent statewide criminal justice reforms, making it harder for some state inmates to get parole and easier for others to be sent to prison or jail. 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When internal affairs investigators confronted Castillo, they found his explanation, that he sometimes told informants police were watching them “to scare them,” was not credible. Investigators also found Castillo had submitted overtime that he didn’t work and had mishandled evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the district attorney’s office learned of Castillo’s misconduct, its conviction integrity unit undertook a review of “numerous” cases in which the veteran officer had testified, checking if his now-questionable credibility undermined those prosecutions. 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