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Notoriously anti-police San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced a host of criminal justice reforms on Friday that will, among other things, allow gun-toting criminals to stay on the streets.
...if officers find a gun or drugs inside a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop for a vehicle violation, for example, the district attorney’s office won’t charge the person for the illegal gun or drugs, KTVU reported.
"In his short tenure, Chesa Boudin has demonstrated that he is a clear and present danger to the law-abiding residents, businesses and visitors of San Francisco,” San Francisco Police Officer's Association President Tony Montoya said. “Get pulled over and have an illegal handgun or AR-15? No problem, Boudin will throw your case out. Have 10 pounds of Meth all in small plastic bags ready for sale? No problem, Boudin will toss that case too.”
“It’s unconscionable that Boudin would let someone with an illegal gun go free, only to allow them the opportunity to arm themselves again. Chesa Boudin is emboldening criminals and we are all going to pay a steep price for his absurd policies,” Montoya added.
When Boudin was 14 months old, his parents were arrested for murder in their role as getaway car drivers in the Brink's robbery of 1981 in Rockland County, New York.[1][3] His mother was sentenced to 20 years to life[4] and his father to 75 years to life for the felony murders of two police officers and a security guard.[5] After his parents were incarcerated, Boudin was raised in Chicago by adoptive parents Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who, like his parents, had been members of the Weather Underground.
Before law school, Boudin traveled to Venezuela and served as a translator in the administration of then-president Hugo Chávez.
This guy should be praised as a true civil rights advocate.
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is dropping charges against one of the two suspects arrested in connection to a shocking viral video that shows an Asian man being robbed.
Twenty-year-old Dwayne Grayson, who police say recorded and uploaded the disturbing clip to social media, will no longer be charged with elder abuse and battery, and will instead face "restorative justice," which involves rehabilitation and reconciliation with victims.
originally posted by: shawmanfromny
a reply to: Subaeruginosa
IMO, if a cop sees an illegal gun in plain sight, or bags of drugs inside your car, they have a moral obligation to arrest you in order to protect the general public.
The Weather Underground Organization (WUO), commonly known as the Weather Underground, was a radical left militant organization active in the late 1960s and 1970s, founded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. It was originally called Weatherman and later became known colloquially as the Weathermen. The WUO organized in 1969 as a faction of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)[2] largely composed of the national office leadership of SDS and their supporters. Beginning in 1974, the organization's express political goal was to create a revolutionary party to overthrow what it viewed as American imperialism.
Before law school, Boudin traveled to Venezuela and served as a translator in the administration of then-president Hugo Chávez.[13] After law school, from 2011 to 2012, Boudin served as a law clerk to M. Margaret McKeown on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[14] He was a 2012–2013 Liman Fellow at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office,[15] and in 2013 and 2014, he served as a clerk to Charles Breyer on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[16] In 2015, Boudin began working full time at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office as a deputy public defender.[17] While there, he argued on behalf of the office's clients that California's bail system is unconstitutional, leading to the landmark decision In re Kenneth Humphrey, in which the state's First District Court of Appeals held that judges must give consideration to a defendant's ability to pay before setting bail.[18] Boudin also serves on the board of the Civil Rights Corps,[19] a national non-profit organization, and is on the board of Restore Justice, a non-profit based in California.[
originally posted by: shawmanfromny
a reply to: Subaeruginosa
This guy should be praised as a true civil rights advocate.
So should New York's governor Andrew Cuomo. His bail reform law is being praised by many career criminals. It gives them an opportunity to go right back on the streets and commit more crimes, as quickly as possible.
IMO, if a cop sees an illegal gun in plain sight, or bags of drugs inside your car, they have a moral obligation to arrest you in order to protect the general public. If someone thinks this is "abuse," then they should pack their bags and move to San Francisco, so they can enjoy the consequences of this DA's asinine policy.
originally posted by: sine.nomine
The people of San Francisco deserve better. Because they've been betrayed by idiots like this. As much as I don't like the way the west coast works, I'm not in line with throwing them away.
originally posted by: mtnshredder
originally posted by: sine.nomine
The people of San Francisco deserve better. Because they've been betrayed by idiots like this. As much as I don't like the way the west coast works, I'm not in line with throwing them away.
So who is electing and appointing all the idiots? We the people have no one but ourselves to blame for electing these clowns to office, SF seems to be drowning in them.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
This guy should be praised as a true civil rights advocate.
If a cop lawfully pulls you over for a broken break light, then they should just give you your ticket and politely send you on your way. They have no moral right to abuse there power by using the traffic stop as an excuse to harass and fish for a more serious crime.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
This guy should be praised as a true civil rights advocate.
If a cop lawfully pulls you over for a broken break light, then they should just give you your ticket and politely send you on your way. They have no moral right to abuse there power by using the traffic stop as an excuse to harass and fish for a more serious crime.
If they have direct proof of probable cause, then by all means investigate... But they shouldn't be rewarded for trying to create an issue where there was none to begin with.
originally posted by: MarioOnTheFly
a reply to: Subaeruginosa
If they have direct proof of probable cause, then by all means investigate... But they shouldn't be rewarded for trying to create an issue where there was none to begin with.
And I guess you're all for gun control for legal carriers..right ?