Chesa Boudin's election as San Francisco's district attorney in 2019 garnered cheers from his far-left fans, given Boudin's long history of left-wing activism — including a stint working for the late Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez.
Oh, but there's much more:
- His parents were with the Weather Underground and spent time in prison for murders carried out on behalf of the radical, terrorist organization. Indeed, socialist magazine Jacobin describes Boudin as "the child of revolutionaries."
- While Mom and Dad were behind bars, other Weather Underground members helped raise Boudin — and he noted to Jacobin that Weather Underground bomber Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn were his "adoptive parents."
- After his election to the DA's chair, Boudin declared that under his leadership, San Francisco — already battling filth and crime on its streets — wouldn't prosecute quality-of-life crimes such as public urination and public camping, or even prostitution.
- Just two days into his term, Boudin fired seven prosecutors — many of whom were tough on crime.
- And San Francisco's crime problem has only gotten worse, as crooks now brazenly enter stores and shoplift in plain sight, often while video runs. They also bust-out vehicle windows and snatch property in broad daylight. Indeed, things are so bad now that some city residents have hired private security to patrol the streets and protect their families.
Backlash has commenced
It may come as no surprise even in far-left San Francisco that there's an effort underway to recall Boudin, and KTVU-TV reported that two prosecutors left their jobs in the D.A.'s office so they could volunteer their time with the recall to get their now former boss out of office.
Prosecutors Brooke Jenkins and Don du Bain recently quit their posts under Boudin, the station said, and cited his lack of commitment to crime prosecution as their reasons.
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