Woke protesters stormed and disrupted a debate between three San Francisco district attorney candidates Thursday — but aimed their vitriol at Brook Jenkins, who currently sits in the DA’s chair.
Holding signs and chanting “No Justice! No peace!” in a venue at San Francisco State University,
KTVU-TV reported that the demonstrators even walked on the stage where Jenkins sat with the other candidates, Joe Alioto Veronese and John Hamasaki.
Protesters held signs with the names of two men shot and killed by San Francisco police, the station said.
KTVU said Jenkins departed the stage a few minutes after the protesters arrived.
The station said Hamasaki and Veronese stayed.
What has Jenkins been up to?
Jenkins — who quit her job in former DA Chesa Boudin’s office in 2021 to join the recall effort against him — was appointed DA by San Francisco Mayor London Breed in July. The special election she’s running in will determine who will complete Boudin’s term through 2023.
After taking office Jenkins fired 15 staffers who worked for Boudin, the city’s controversial progressive DA who was ousted in an historic recall election last month.
“Today, I made difficult, but important changes to my management team and staff that will help advance my vision to restore a sense of safety in San Francisco by holding serious and repeat offenders accountable and implementing smart criminal justice reforms,” Jenkins said in a statement at the time, according to SFGate.
Boudin — a socialist who’s the son of violent radicals — was elected in 2019 amid a national wave of progressive prosecutors running for office and promising to stop tough-on-crime policies they said disproportionately affected minorities.
Several key progressives such as Vice President Kamala Harris and socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) supported Boudin’s candidacy. Radical anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour claimed she cried tears of joy after Boudin won.
Within his first two days in office, Boudin fired seven tough-on-crime prosecutors. He also vowed to not prosecute cases involving quality-of-life crimes, such as public camping, prostitution, public urination, and blocking a sidewalk.
But Boudin’s soft-on-crime approach left the city’s overwhelmingly liberal voting base with bad tastes in their mouths: They overwhelmingly supported Boudin’s recall by a vote of 60% to 40%.