Community groups called for the resignation of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer on Tuesday after he was accused of making racist remarks while discussing a high-profile murder case last year.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is being accused of making racist remarks while discussing a high-profile murder case last year.
"The racist remarks surely disqualify him from office," said Lori Condinum with the National Action Network, a civil rights group founded by Reverend Al Sharpton. "The fact that race entered the conversation when government-sanctioned murder was on the table brings into question the integrity of our entire criminal justice system," said Darlene Futrel with the National Action Network of Orange County."When Todd Spitzer sat in that room with other prosecutors weighing whether or not to pursue the death penalty in the case against a Black man and the racist remarks ...
The groups that gathered on Tuesday also called on the California Attorney General's Office to launch an investigation. When asked, a spokesperson for the California Attorney General's Office said it is aware of Spitzer's alleged comments but so far, it's not providing any updates.
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