{"id":1301230,"date":"2023-05-28T16:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T20:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/what-a-difference-a-real-da-makes\/1301230\/"},"modified":"2023-05-28T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T20:10:33","slug":"what-a-difference-a-real-da-makes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/what-a-difference-a-real-da-makes\/1301230\/","title":{"rendered":"What A Difference A Real DA Makes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What A Difference A Real DA Makes<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Lloyd Billingsley via American Greatness,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Chesa Boudin, named after cop-killer Joanne Chesimard, and\u00a0son of Weather Underground terrorists\u00a0Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, was elected district attorney of San Francisco in November 2020. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Criminals were happy with the outcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cChesa Boudin threw a monkey wrench into the city\u2019s criminal justice system,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0recalls Richie Greenberg<\/a>, San Francisco resident and business consultant.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmid a series of high-profile cases, his promise to release repeat criminals and to allow quality of life crimes to go unpunished, San Francisco descended into a scofflaw paradise.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Greenberg spearheaded a recall effort and in June 2022 voters booted Boudin by a\u00a060 percent to 40 percent margin<\/a>. Mayor London Breed then appointed University of Chicago law alum Brooke Jenkins, a prosecutor in the city\u2019s homicide division.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jenkins proceeded to\u00a0fire 16 Boudin loyalists<\/a>, part of \u201cimportant changes to my management team and staff that will help advance my vision to restore a sense of safety in San Francisco by holding serious and repeat offenders accountable and implementing smart criminal justice reforms.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In November 2022, Jenkins\u00a0prevailed over three rivals<\/a>\u00a0with approximately 54 percent of the vote. As the victor proclaimed.\u00a0\u201cI pledge that improving and promoting public safety will be my and our office\u2019s top priority.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The \u201cscofflaw paradise\u201d recently threw up a challenge.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On April 27, \u201cblack trans man\u201d Banko Brown shoplifted items from a downtown Walgreens store. That drew the attention of security guard Michael Earl-Ray Anthony, who struggled with Brown. Anthony contended that Brown threatened to stab him and\u00a0shot the shoplifter<\/a>, who later died from the wound. No weapon was found on the decedent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cBanko\u2019s death is yet another testament to the dire need for increased advocacy for the safety of all trans people in this country, especially Black trans people,\u201d\u00a0said a statement<\/a>\u00a0from Tori Cooper of the Community Engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHis death comes at a time of blatant hateful, xenophobic rhetoric and legislative measures which fuel violence against our community. We can\u2019t continue to stand idle while this unfolds.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Protesters also called for Anthony to be prosecuted for murder, but San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins took a different approach<\/strong>. \u201cThe killing of Mr. Banko Brown on April 27, 2023 was a tragedy and my heart breaks for his friends and family,\u201d Jenkins said\u00a0in a statement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After careful review of all of the evidence gathered by the San Francisco Police Department in this case, my office will not be pursuing murder charges, at this time, in connection to the shooting. We reviewed witness statements, statements from the suspect, and video footage of the incident and it does not meet the People\u2019s burden to be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury that the suspect is guilty of a crime. The evidence clearly shows that the suspect believed he was in mortal danger and acted in self-defense. We cannot bring forward charges when there is credible evidence of reasonable self-defense. Doing so would be unethical and create false hope for a successful prosecution. No matter the case, however, we must follow the law and the evidence, wherever it leads. We never make decisions based on emotions or what may be politically expedient.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For Jenkins,\u00a0\u201cthis wasn\u2019t someone just walking out with an item. This is a shoplifting that became violent because Banko Brown initiated that aggressive contact with the security guard which turned this legally into a robbery.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

The D.A. asked that \u201ceven in the midst of very intense heightened emotions that people look at the same evidence that we did, because that is what our decision is based on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all share that we wish that this never happened,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Jenkins added, \u201cbut the facts are what they are and that is what we are limited to.\u201d One fact missing from many reports was that\u00a0Michael Earl-Ray Anthony is\u00a0also black<\/em>\u00a0and something of a hardship case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve really been on my own since I was a young teenager,\u201d Anthony\u00a0told the D.A.\u2019s office<\/a>. \u201cAlways moving, different places, different houses, different family, friends. My parents never really worked. I was the only one working. My stepdad\u2014he was on drugs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anthony spoke of working as a security guard since he was 18, and for a time as an armored truck driver, delivering bags of up to $600,000 to banks. The guard was distraught at killing someone and told detectives, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry. I\u2019m so sorry.\u201d Local activists cast him as a murderer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf there was a crime that was committed in terms of stealing\u2014that is\u00a0if\u2014there was a greater crime,\u00a0which was murder<\/a>.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That was Honey Mahogany, the first black trans chair of the local Democratic Party, in a May 17 protest outside the D.A.\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cBanko Brown was not a danger to anyone,\u201d <\/strong>according to Kevin Ortiz of the Latinx Democratic Club. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBrooke Jenkins needs to do her job\u2014she must be held accountable for the families she\u2019s failed. And that starts with Banko Brown.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The people of San Francisco might not think so.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

California\u2019s 2014\u00a0Proposition 47<\/a>\u00a0changed felonies to misdemeanors and essentially legalized theft of property valued at less than $950. Car break-ins and property\u00a0crime quickly surged<\/a>, and in parts of the city, contrary to Tony Bennett, the stench of excrement filled the air. The pro-criminal Chesa Boudin made it all worse, and voters turned him out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brooke Jenkins, by contrast, has made public safety a top priority. She follows the law and the evidence and does not make\u00a0decisions on what may be politically expedient. That is good advice for district attorneys in Los Angeles, New York, and across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 05\/28\/2023 – 19:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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