Why High-Profile Attacks on SF’s Asian Communities Rarely Lead to Hate-Crime Charges
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 2, 2022
Brooke Jenkins, a former assistant district attorney who is now a spokesperson of the recall effort against Boudin, is also a former hate crimes prosecutor in the DA’s office. She said hate crime charges could have been pursued in Zhou’s case using the hateful slur captured on video.
“In my view, in that case, it did meet the bar,” Jenkins said. “There were statements that made the intentions very clear, and [made] the motivations very clear.”
Grayson and Zhou ultimately did not participate in a restorative justice process together, as they initially intended . . .
