Fairfax County’s top prosecutor chooses predators over protection once again

It would be funny if the scene weren’t so deadly: Steve Descano is Fairfax County’s excuse of a prosecutor. He just gave a pass to a Tier III sexual offender accused of exposing himself in a female locker room. Please read that sentence again. Slowly.

Richard Cox, a man who is so dangerous that he has been permanently registered as a sexual offender, allegedly flashed a woman at Planet Fitness. Descano’s response? The response of Descano? No charges. No consequences. It’s just another day when politics is put above public safety.

Tier III sexual offenders are not shoplifters that took the wrong turn. These predators are so dangerous that they have to register for life. Descano treats Cox as if she were a jaywalker.

Why? It’s all about identity politics, they whisper. Cox is transgender. Now we have reached the height of absurdity. In Descano’s Fairfax your identity card is more important than your criminal record.

It’s not complicated. One sex offender registered + one new alleged offense + zero prosecutions = a prosecutor that has abandoned his duty. That’s it.

Here’s the death toll of Descano: After he let Cox go last summer, sex offender allegedly struck once more. And again. And again. Washington Liberty High School women’s locker rooms. Wakefield High School Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center Fairfax County Oakmont Rec Center. Descano’s bank is credited with each violation. Each victim is a testimony to what happens when a prosecution decides that predators should be protected more than the public.

This is a very real issue for me as a father with three daughters. I wonder every time my daughters leave the house: Which predator did Descano let loose today? What sex offender was able to avoid jail because they ticked the right political boxes when they were arrested?

Fairfax County residents are not lab rats for Descano’s social experiment. Families deserve protection and not to be lectured about identity politics as predators roam the streets.

Elections are not without consequences. So do Descano’s decisions. Come voting day, he’ll see which consequences are more important.

FairfaxGOP originally wrote this and published it as Steve Descano the Democrat in Fairfax proves he doesn't care about women's safety