DA Chesa Boudin recalled, leaving behind a disgraceful legacy
susanreynolds.substack.com
Last night San Francisco residents overwhelmingly voted to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Running on a platform of “decarceration,” Boudin was elected by razor thin margins in a ranked choice election where two moderate candidates canceled each other out. Over the two-and-a-half years he was in office, Boudin, a former deputy public defender, used a lot of progressive buzzwords about fixing the criminal justice system, but his words never translated into actions. Then, on New Year’s Eve 2020, a repeat felon driving a stolen car hit and killed two women, 27-year-old Hanako Abe and 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt, in a crosswalk.
DA Chesa Boudin recalled, leaving behind a disgraceful legacy
DA Chesa Boudin recalled, leaving behind a…
DA Chesa Boudin recalled, leaving behind a disgraceful legacy
Last night San Francisco residents overwhelmingly voted to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Running on a platform of “decarceration,” Boudin was elected by razor thin margins in a ranked choice election where two moderate candidates canceled each other out. Over the two-and-a-half years he was in office, Boudin, a former deputy public defender, used a lot of progressive buzzwords about fixing the criminal justice system, but his words never translated into actions. Then, on New Year’s Eve 2020, a repeat felon driving a stolen car hit and killed two women, 27-year-old Hanako Abe and 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt, in a crosswalk.