Disappointed that @hknightsf chose not to include facts disproving her desired narrative about our work. So much misleading info in this piece it’s impossible to respond in 280 characters.https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Is-public-safety-a-priority-for-DA-Chesa-Boudin-15654795.php …
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There were 54 questions in the survey—she disliked one. There were two survivors quoted in her article. I personally met with both of them and personally examined the evidence in each of their cases. Mind you my office has around 5,000 open cases at any given time.
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The police and the prior administration all believed neither of these cases could be filed. I looked anyway. I met with them anyway. When we couldn't file a case, I invited both of these two survivors to join community advisory boards. One accepted.
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To show you just how inaccurate this story is, here's an unedited email I sent to a survivor quoted in this story in June (one of several I sent her). We shared the email with
@hknightsf but she failed to mention it in her piece. Compassion wasn’t the story she wanted to tell.pic.twitter.com/bhXleidhzC
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I also invited this survivor to help us ensure that no survivors undergo similar experiences. She declined, saying she didn’t want to help us for free. So we offered incentives for our survey—a recognition that folks who take time to fill out surveys might want a thank you.
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The truth is
@hknightsf has previously written how prior administrations had filings rates of 40% in sexual assault cases—which they reported as twice the national average. Yet somehow the fact that that filings went up by 17% under me is treated by@hknightsf as a failing.Show this thread -
Strange that
@hknightsf implied that our pilot to expand testing for sexual assault survivors doesn’t matter because she didn’t like the announcement timing. It was an effort involving multiple agencies, planned for weeks. Sorry,@hknightsf that it posed a hiccup for you.Show this thread -
Our survey aimed to give survivors an opportunity to be heard by us—including those who don’t have a media platform. But the perspectives of two survivors whose crimes happened years before I took office don’t represent all survivors.
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It’s fine to disagree with our policies or practices. But,
@hknightsf, at least tell the whole story and stop misleading SF residents about our priorities or our work. And no amount of these attacks will stop me from working to make the legal system better serve victims.Show this thread
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Just judging by comments, no one really gives a shit about the content of this story. For most commentates, the story is just pretext for complaining. And ironically, lots of the SF tech community would probably sympathize with being character assassinated via journalists...
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...who write stories with predetermined narratives who aren’t actually interested in your perspective.
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