In August, we finished our first season of Chasing Justice (@ChasingPodcast), our office’s podcast hosted by me and @RachelRMarshall, designed to provide transparency into our office’s policies and to educate about criminal justice reform.
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In September, we formed an Innocence Commission led by
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We successfully ensured County Jail #4 would close—something I long fought to achieve. We also announced a partnership with
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In October, we announced a pilot program to expand the testing of toxicology samples from sexual assault survivors to five days, to better protect sexual assault victims.
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In November, we made history in filing the first ever homicide charges against an on-duty officer in San Francisco when we filed charges against the former officer who shot and killed Keita O’Neil. I personally prosecuted a homicide case, securing a grand jury indictment.
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We also began weekly Facebook Live events on Wednesdays to provide updates on the work our office is doing.
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In December, we announced that a grand jury had indicted both Jamaica Hampton and Officer Flores, who shot him. We also filed felony charges against Officer Stangel, who beat with a baton Dacari Spiers, a Black man who was not observed by police committing any crime.
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We also announced quickly our decisions not to prosecute three officers in two other use-of-force cases this year. We hosted Police Chief Scott on Facebook Live and talked about how our offices can work together to keep San Francisco safe.
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It was a hard year, but one with many achievements. Crime rates this year are down about 25% but we still have work to do together to reduce the rate of burglaries and homicides. The jail population in SF remains significantly reduced and we have avoided an outbreak of the virus.
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We prosecuted over 4,000 new cases this year. We instituted groundbreaking police accountability reforms. We implemented new approaches centered around victims.
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Don’t let them take you down dude.
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