SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco District Lawyer Brooke Jenkins triumphant Tuesday after Nima Momeni was discovered responsible of the homicide of Bob Lee.
Jenkins taking time to thank her crew, but additionally to name out a few of the high-profile individuals who used the crime to bash San Francisco.
GUILTY: Nima Momeni convicted of 2nd diploma homicide in loss of life of Money App founder Bob Lee
The DA particularly talked about tech billionaire Elon Musk who tweeted concerning the assault to his thousands and thousands of followers in 2023.
He speculated it was a random assault by a repeat offender.
“We knew it was one thing completely different. And I believe in the present day proved as soon as once more that we’re a metropolis dedicated to accountability. We’re a metropolis dedicated to public security,” Jenkins mentioned.
Musk wasn’t the one one posting concerning the incident.
Many within the tech world jumped on the assault, utilizing it for instance of how they believed San Francisco was a metropolis stuffed with crime and lawlessness.
“And now it’s a must to overcome that. So each time one thing occurs that is a high-profile occasion like this homicide, there tends to be a piling on impact,” mentioned Jim Wunderman.
WATCH: DA Jenkins reacts to Nima Momeni’s responsible verdict in Bob Lee killing
San Francisco District Lawyer Brooke Jenkins thanked the jury and recommended the prosecutors after the second diploma homicide verdict for Nima Momeni.
Wunderman is the president of the Bay Space Council.
He says Lee’s homicide was one other blow to a metropolis already struggling after the pandemic, even when the numbers did not again that up.
Information from the FBI and native police departments exhibits that SF has one of many lowest murder charges of any main metropolis within the nation.
A pattern that is been taking place for years.
Whereas the justice system is, after all, designed to be truthful, folks like San Mateo County District Lawyer Steve Wagstaffe says high-profile trials like these add an additional layer of stress on everybody concerned.
One thing Wagstaffe says San Francisco District Lawyer Brooke Jenkins absolutely felt.
TIMELINE: Occasions main as much as deadly SF stabbing of Bob Lee proven in court docket paperwork
“In fact she needs justice. That is her primary objective. However she realizes that individuals will decide her metropolis, her county so much by outcomes and what happens,” Wagstaffe mentioned.
With the trial now over, metropolis officers hope San Francisco will be capable to transfer on.
Serving to to recuperate its fame as one of many world’s nice cities.
“I imagine that that story’s going to get via and folks will begin coming again. And after they do, then they inform their pals and their neighbors to return. I believe San Francisco’s going to recuperate fairly properly,” mentioned Wunderman.
Momeni is ready to be sentenced within the coming weeks.
Copyright © 2024 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.
