I heard from a mother whose 19-year-old daughter died in a spray of bullets that flew through the window of her friend’s Sacramento apartment. There has been no arrest. She brought home-made flyers seeking help from the community to solve her daughter’s killing.
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I heard from a survivor who lost two brothers to gun violence. Her family has never recovered from their grief. Who could? In August, she lost a third brother. Suicide.
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I heard from a survivor of family sexual violence. The police didn’t believe her. We do.
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I have filed more than 8,000 new criminal cases since taking office. But we must continue to address the needs of victims regardless of what happens in the courtroom.
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Over the last 21 months, my team has worked hard to better serve victims. We’ve expanded the number of bilingual victim service representatives and appointed the first Cantonese-speaking Director of Victims Services.
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We partnered with AirBnB to provide emergency housing to domestic violence survivors during the pandemic.https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/press-release/da-boudin-partners-with-newsom-and-airbnb-to-support-dv-survivors/ …
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We supported new legislation to expand victims’ rights and victims’ compensation.https://www.davisvanguard.org/2021/04/san-fran-da-chesa-boudin-supports-new-victims-rights-legislation/ …
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But as I heard from these brave survivors I could only think that we must do more.
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I sat in this circle. I listened. For hours. We all cried for each other’s pain, loss, courage, and hope.
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Replying to @chesaboudin
Reformative Justice is real and necessary; however, your actions have turned citizens who would support a common sense approach to this against it, by doing nothing to keep our fellow citizens safe, prosecuting crimes, etc. Instead you gaslight and lie - you're Trump of the left
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By Chesa's own actions as DA, Chesa also shares the Trumpish belief that "there are good people on both sides" between the two groups of victims and those who commit "crimes". @TheMarinaTimes
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