DA Thompson taps former rival for chief position

By :- Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyns new district attorney is quickly filing the high ranks of his administration. DA Ken Thompson has selected Abe George to serve as the deputy bureau chief in the Major Narcotics Investigations Bureau.

George, Thompsons political rival in the 2013 race for Brooklyn DA,was a prosecutor in the Manhattan DAs Office for eight years prior to his decision to run as Brooklyns head prosecuting attorney.

George was extremely critical of the former Brooklyn DA, Charles Hynes, and filed a lawsuit in May to prevent the broadcast of a reality show scheduled to prominently feature the work of Hynes and his associate attorneys.

In July 2013, five months before the election, George dropped out of the DA race, promptly provided Thompson with his endorsement and donated $5,000 to Thompsons campaign.

Set to receive a $95,000 annual salary in his new position, George may use his role in the Narcotics Bureau to further his and Thompsons stated agenda of lessening the criminality of small amounts of marijuana possession.