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From 2021: Philly cops are going all out to defeat DA Larry Krasner

The police union’s bare-knuckle campaigning has taken on new intensity against a prosecutor who made a career suing police and is seeking reelection by promising to hold them accountable.

John McNesby, president of the Fraternal of Police Lodge 5, in 2019. The local police union's animosity for Philadelphia's top prosecutor has taken on a new intensity against DA Larry Krasner, who made a career out of suing police and is running for reelection by promising to hold them accountable.
John McNesby, president of the Fraternal of Police Lodge 5, in 2019. The local police union's animosity for Philadelphia's top prosecutor has taken on a new intensity against DA Larry Krasner, who made a career out of suing police and is running for reelection by promising to hold them accountable.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer