Sunday, May 5, 2024

Crime

Death for spitting—and more key revelations from the Police Commission

Homeless assaults 'not on the radar,' and Newsom-Breed Tenderloin plan is a lot of hype but very little substance.

Banko Brown was unarmed when he was shot by a private security guard at Walgreens

New revelations cast serious doubt on the version of events that the DA's Office presented; Peskin demands transparency.

Supes say DA erred in failing to charge security guard who killed Banko Brown

Huge crowd demands justice as Brooke Jenkins, without releasing video evidence, says the shooter of a Black trans man acted in self-defense.

Killed for being hungry

Whether food was stolen or not, it's not a justification to end someone's life

The Bob Lee murder and the media problem

It's not just Fox News and Elon Musk creating a false impression of a crime wave in SF—and there are clear political impacts.

DA Brooke Jenkins is getting a total pass from the local news media

Crime is as bad as it was under Chesa Boudin. But none of the outlets that attacked him are holding the new DA accountable.

None of the district attorney’s supporters care about allegations of a major ethical breach

The law? What law? Rules? What rules? When it's about political power in SF, it doesn't seem to matter.

A tough-on-crime DA doesn’t translate to lower crime rates

New study compares SF, Sacramento—and finds that a more progressive approach to criminal justice is associated with lower crime rates.

Two misleading anti-Boudin ads are going to hit local TV this week

The allegations that the DA ignores domestic violence and car break-ins don't add up.

An embarrassment of injustice: Innocent man pleads guilty to crimes he didn’t commit to get out of long prison sentence

José Inez García Zárate was found not guilty of homicide by an SF jury and has spent seven years behind bars. Now he's facing conviction in federal court.

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