When veteran civil rights lawyer Larry Krasner sought the Democrat nomination for District Attorney of Philadelphia, he reportedly had the financial backing of progressive billionaire George Soros. Krasner, who has sued the Philadelphia Police Department approximately 75 times, seemed an unlikely candidate. But a $1.2 million contribution from Soros made Krasner unbeatable. Never before had a candidate for District Attorney had this much cash to take care of the ward leaders, the advertising and all the other expenses of a traditionally low voter turn out race. Krasner won the Democrat primary (the only poltical contest that counts in Philadelphia) […]