SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues – April 17, 2024
It doesn’t surprise me that the San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins who likened legitimate protestors to Hamas terrorists last October wants to throw the proverbial book at those who blocked traffic and inconvenienced motorists on the Golden Gate Bridge last Monday.
This DA has already exhibited her bias and should recuse herself from any involvement in potential prosecutions.
This is the same Brooke Jenkins who has yet to bring charges against the 78 year old driver who plowed her Mercedes SUV into a bus stop last month and slaughtered a family of four from Brazil on their way to the San Francisco Zoo.
I’ll say it right here and loudly, too. Brooke Jenkins priorities are misguided and screwed up.
Excerpted from San Francisco Chronicle 4.17.2024
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins urged anyone delayed by protests that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday to file a report to authorities because they may be victims of false imprisonment and entitled to restitution.
Brooke Jenkins priorities – Prosecute protestors not criminal motorists.
The bridge was closed for several hours after demonstrators chained themselves to parked cars to prevent vehicles from passing, part of coordinated regional protests to oppose U.S. support for Israel that also temporarily blocked Interstate 880 in both directions. Jenkins, who is considering filing charges against the Golden Gate Bridge protesters, urged anyone detained on the bridge to contact the California Highway Patrol’s Marin Division at 415-924-1105 or chpmarin@chp.ca.gov. Commuters were asked to provide their contact information and a detailed statement about how they were impacted by the blockade, she said.
“You may be entitled to restitution and have other victims’ rights,” Jenkins said Tuesday afternoon at a news conference.
Jenkins joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and others in denouncing the protesters’ actions. The governor said he had received calls from Bay Area residents caught in traffic during the protest as they drove children to school, rushed to medical appointments or frantically tried to get to work on time.
Top photo: Family of four from Brazil run down and killed by a criminally negligent motorist. The family was waiting for a bus at the West Portal Muni station in San Francisco on Mar. 16, when an SUV smashed into them. Diego de Oliveira, a Brazilian national who worked at Apple, his wife Matilde Pinto, and their 1-year-old and 3-month-old sons all died.
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