The District Attorney’s woke policies are contributing to the increase of not only the “smash-and-grab” robberies but other violent crimes in Los Angeles County as well, a former district attorney told the EpochTV’s “California Insider” program. “In many cases, if they had a real prosecutor in Los Angeles, those crooks would be in prison. They would not be out committing these crimes,” Steve Cooley, the former three-term Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012, said in an interview that premiered last week. “So a lot of them have been released. … They’re taking advantage of the situation.” The current Los Angeles County District Attorney is George Gascón, who took office in December 2020, pledging to reform the criminal legal system. Gascón was endorsed by then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Senators Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Governor Gavin Newsom, and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. His largest donor was billionaire George Soros who …