San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's First Year in Office Ends in Controversy

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🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin filed manslaughter charges on Monday against Troy McAlister, a parolee accused of killing two pedestrians on New Years Eve while driving drunk. The case sparked intense criticism of Boudin, including a recall effort, for failing to charge McAlister with a new crime despite repeated arrests in recent months. The controversy caps the progressive district attorney’s first year in office. We’ll talk with Boudin about the case and what his office achieved last year, including ending cash bail, filing the first ever homicide charges in San Francisco against a police officer and reducing the city’s jail population by 40% to prevent a COVID 19 outbreak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.5	San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin filed manslaughter charges yesterday against Troy McAllister, a parolee accused of killing two
0:55.5	pedestrians on New Year's Eve while driving drunk.
0:58.6	The case has sparked intense criticism of Boudin, including a recall effort for failing
1:03.2	to charge McAllister with a new crime despite repeated arrests in recent months.
1:08.3	The controversy caps the former public defender's first year in office
1:11.5	and spotlights his contentious relationship with law enforcement. We'll talk with Budin about
1:16.0	the case, his progressive agenda for criminal justice in San Francisco, and what his office
1:21.0	achieved in the past year. That's next right after this news.
1:34.8	Welcome to Forum.
1:35.8	I'm Michael Krasny.
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