DEFENDANT #20: GEORGE GASCÓN #182345 (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)

 

Role in People v. Michael Taylor (XNEGA111132)
George Gascón, as the elected District Attorney of Los Angeles County, served as the chief prosecutorial officer over the entirety of the criminal proceedings brought against Mr. Michael Bernard Taylor, Jr. (XNEGA111132) until the late 2024 election of Nathan Hochman. Every act of prosecutorial misconduct — including destruction of exculpatory evidence, reliance on inadmissible psychiatric material, and unlawful psychiatric commitment predicated on defective filings — occurred under Gascón’s direct administrative authority and ethical obligation.

Despite a well-documented trail of violations by his deputies and contracted mental health experts, Gascón took no action to investigate, intervene, or correct the record, thereby ratifying these violations through silence and tacit approval.


Summary of Involvement
The scope of prosecutorial malfeasance in Mr. Taylor’s case is vast and systemic:
Exculpatory evidence — namely the vehicle involved in the charged incident — was destroyed under the watch of Glendale Police and Gay’s Towing, with no report or notice filed by the prosecution.

The central psychiatric document used to suspend proceedings (Dr. Pietro D’Ingillo’s §730 assessment) was never lawfully authorized by a judge on record, violating Penal Code §§ 730 and 1368, and Equal Protection, yet it was still introduced by Deputy DA Sharon Ransom in open court.

That same inadmissible document was used to justify Mr. Taylor’s psychiatric commitment and forced medication at Metropolitan State Hospital — acts tantamount to coercive psychiatric punishment without due process.

False representations and silence from the DA’s Office enabled multiple defense attorneys to declare ex parte conflicts in direct retaliation for Mr. Taylor asserting his constitutional rights.

When notified by CC’d emails and legal filings (including exhibits and objections), Gascón’s Office never responded, corrected the record, or intervened — despite having access to full internal channels for oversight.

The constitutional collapse that unfolded under Gascón's tenure was not the result of isolated bad actors, but of a prosecutorial chain-of-command failure. He had every power to launch internal review, terminate abusive conduct, or refer the matter to the California Attorney General for special handling. Instead, he let the machine run — and the machine trampled the Constitution.


Why He Is Defendant #20 in the Dossier

• Held ultimate command authority over all prosecutorial actions, including misconduct by Sharon Ransom and other deputies.
• Failed to prevent or redress the destruction of exculpatory evidence, violating Brady v. Maryland and constitutional Due Process.
• Allowed the court to rely on unlawful psychiatric evaluations and filings that lacked jurisdictional basis.
• Ignored notice of constitutional violations from the defendant, thereby creating institutional liability through administrative silence.
• Bore direct responsibility for the systemic abuse of mental health law as a prosecutorial tactic against a pro se defendant.

> “George Gascón did not need to enter the courtroom to leave his fingerprint on the record. His silence was policy. His indifference was authorization. In the Dossier, he is the architect of non-accountability — the face of a system that failed to self-correct."