Lee Heidhues 5.31.2023
I woke this morning to read that Chesa Boudin, who was recalled a year ago in a vicious political coup d’etat funded with 9M in MAGA money is back.
Chesa now has a forum at the prestigious University of California School of Law where he can advocate for true Progressive Justice reform. Unencumbered by swamp dwelling thinly veiled fascists who promote law and order in the name of public safety.
Interviewed in the The New York Times, Chesa was unsparing in his comments about the State of criminal justice and his unvarnished thoughts about the person who worked to destroy him and was awarded with his job as San Francisco District Attorney.
“I absolutely do not agree with scapegoating or attacking immigrants for what are clearly deep-rooted structural inequities and a public health crisis,” Boudin said. “It has never worked, and it’s often been a red flag for fascism. Scapegoating immigrants is not who we are in San Francisco, and it will not make us safer.”
Concerning the fatal shooting of Banko Brown by a security guard at a downtown drugstore last month, Boudin had sharp words for his successor, Brooke Jenkins, who declined to file charges in the case. Her handling of the case sparked protests, especially over her public statements early in the investigation that the case appeared to be one of self-defense.
“Any experienced prosecutor knows, and Jenkins should have known perfectly well, that you don’t come out while a case is still under investigation, at least allegedly, and make the defense’s case for them,” he said.
Top photo – Chesa Boudin with family and friends on the night of his ouster – June 7, 2022
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