RIGHTFUL BUT PROBABLY FUTILE ACTION

By Bob Walsh

The parents of the late Kate Steinle have just (05-27) filed a civil suit in federal court in the People’s Republic of San Francisco against former Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, the city and county of San Francisco and various federal officials.

The suit centers of a multiple revolving-door illegal alien felon who has admitted to shooting and killing Ms. Steinle. The lawsuit asserts that the shooter should have been in the slammer and would have been if various officials had done their jobs correctly.

You might remember that the shooter was transferred from federal custody to SF due to an old warrant for selling pot. The jail, acting in accordance with San Francisco’s (illegal) Sanctuary City law refused to turn him back to ICE when they decided not to prosecute and instead let him hit the bricks.

A few weeks later Ms. Steinle was dead, shot down in front of her father on Fishereman’s Warf.

The City and County of San Francisco is asserting that they cannot be held liable for the actions of a criminal. They might be right. The feds have expressed sympathy for the family but have not admitted to any liability.

It will be interesting to see where this goes. My guess is it will go nowhere, but I could be wrong and in fact hope I am.