Blocking traffic in the Bay is illegal again

Sometimes prosecuting terrorist-sympathizing criminals requires a district attorney who is not a terrorist sympathizer.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charges 26 “pro-Palestinian” protesters for blocking traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge for more than four hours. Their actions caused families with children to be stranded without water and a surgeon to cancel operations for the day. Charges include false imprisonment, trespass to interfere with business and conspiracy, including eight protesters charged with felonies.

Jenkins is a more traditional Democratic district attorney, not one of the pro-criminal district attorneys who have taken over the justice system in New York City, Los Angeles and other Democratic-led cities. In some cases, she has sought waivers from San Francisco’s sanctuary city status and stepped up car theft prosecutions to reduce car thefts. Jenkins is a Democratic district attorney who, you get this, thinks crime is bad.

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Jenkins may not be perfect, but she is a far cry from the pro-criminal prosecutors who have risen to power in recent years. She is also a far cry from her predecessor, Chesa Boudin, the son of domestic terrorists who based his criminal justice worldview on the perceived injustice of his imprisoned terrorist parents. Boudin was recalled in 2022 after even Democratic voters in San Francisco grew tired of him prioritizing the desires of criminals over the public safety needs of civilians.

Sometimes you just need someone at the wheel of the justice system who cares a little more about protecting the public from criminals than helping them avoid justice. If Boudin were still in power now, you can bet San Francisco wouldn’t be prosecuting 26 terrorist-sympathizing protesters for blocking hundreds of people on a bridge. It’s more likely that Boudin will try to throw them a par. Or at least they would throw one march so protesters can block that too.