Brooke Jenkins was appointed DA by Mayor London Brie, who is now the mayor of San Francisco. She said that she talked about being dragged down by identity politics or the country being draggeddown by identity politics. But when I saw that image, it took me back to Jim Crow South. We only charge what crime we believe happens. That's why we've ended up charging this case. You know, we have thousands of cases in our office and we're going to treat everybody the way that they appropriately should be treated given their particular situation. The last thing I thought was super interesting was her success as you think it is as a safe city? Well, never as unsafe as you think
From Donald Trump to George Floyd and Tyre Nichols, the last five years have changed our national conversation about public safety and policing. That’s particularly true in San Francisco, where progressive prosecutor Chesa Boudin lost his seat in a heated recall election last year, and today’s guest — SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins — stepped into the powerful role. In the months since she assumed office, the Black and Latina DA has spoken of the city’s “lawlessness,” revoked plea deals, allowed more teenagers to be prosecuted as adults and pushed for more policing of drug dealing. Her critics say she’s too conservative for the notoriously liberal city. She says she’s creating consequences for those who break the law.
As Kara tells Jenkins, “Only in a city like San Francisco could they call you a conservative.”
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