Following Bob Lee's murder, the city's reputation took a hit in both the national and international media. On Tuesday, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins called out high-profile people who used the crime to bash the city.
In the wake of Nima Momeni's murder verdict, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins calls out Elon Musk, others who bashed the city.San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins triumphant Tuesday after Nima Momeni was found guilty of the murder of Bob Lee.
Jenkins taking time to thank her team, but also to call out some of the high-profile people who used the crime to bash San Francisco.The DA specifically mentioned tech billionaire Elon Musk who tweeted about the attack to his millions of followers in 2023."We knew it was something different. And I think today proved once again that we are a city committed to accountability. We are a city committed to public safety," Jenkins said.
"And now you have to overcome that. So every time something happens that's a high-profile event like this murder, there tends to be a piling on effect," said Jim Wunderman.San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins thanked the jury and commended the prosecutors after the second degree murder verdict for Nima Momeni.He says Lee's murder was another blow to a city already struggling after the pandemic, even if the numbers didn't back that up.
Data from the FBI and local police departments shows that SF has one of the lowest homicide rates of any major city in the country.While the justice system is, of course, designed to be fair, people like San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe says high-profile trials like these add an extra layer of pressure on everyone involved."Of course she wants justice. That's her number one goal.
"I believe that that story's going to get through and people will start coming back. And when they do, then they tell their friends and their neighbors to come. I think San Francisco's going to recover quite nicely," said Wunderman.Family remembers 6-year-old boy after tragic freeway death in SJ
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