INTERESTING STATEMENT FROM 'NEW' SFDA

By Bob Walsh

 

                                                                    Brooke Jenkins

You might remember that Chesa Boudin, the former extremely woke radical District Attorney from San Francisco was thrown out of office by the voters last year.  He was replaced by Brooke Jenkins.  

Late last week Ms. Jenkins announced that her office was dropping the manslaughter charges against SFPD officer Christopher Samayoa arising from the officer shooting Keita O'Neil, a car jacking suspect, to death in 2017.  It was, as far as anybody can tell, the first time a SFPD officer had been charged with homicide for on-duty conduct. 

Jenkins notified the Attorney General that she could not ethically proceed with the prosecution.  She said, "It appears that the case was filed for political reasons and not in the interests of justice.  I can not pursue this case out of political convenience.  Given the.....complete lack of good faith surrounding the filing of this matter, we can not ethically proceed with this prosecution."  

The officer had been with the SFPD only a few days before this situation went down.  He was promptly fired.