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San Francisco Sheriff Who Defended Sanctuary City Status Defeated In a Landslide
townhall ^ | Nov 04, 2015 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 01/30/2018 1:36:40 PM PST by MarvinStinson

San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi looks like he’ll be updating his resume after suffering a landslide loss in his re-election bid last night. \

Mirkarimi was in office when Kate Steinle was shot and killed by Francisco Sanchez, a five-time deported illegal alien. It set off a national debate about sanctuary cities, San Francisco becoming one of them in 1989.

In July, Mirkarimi defended the policy, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper that the policy makes the city “safer.” Nevertheless, there were other reasons why Mirkarimi was booted. His tenure was dotted with controversy, one of them, as Katie mentioned, being a domestic abuse charge from 2012 (via Fox News):

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, 54, was defeated by Vicki Hennessy, a former sheriff's official who had the endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the sheriff deputies association. As of early Wednesday morning, Hennessy had received 62 percent of the vote to just 31 percent for Mirkarimi.

Mirkarimi was the subject of national criticism after Mexican illegal immigrant Francisco Sanchez allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old Kate Steinle on San Francisco's waterfront July 1. Sanchez had been released from Mirkarimi's jail in March even though federal immigration officials had requested he be detained for possible deportation.

But since then, the sheriff's oversight of the department has been plagued by other high-profile mishaps and controversies seen as contributing to his defeat. He had his driver's license briefly suspended for failing to properly report a minor accident while driving a department-issued car, and he also flunked a marksmanship test.

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In November 2014, Mirkarimi also was forced to apologize for the bungled search for a San Francisco General Hospital patient whose body was found in a stairwell weeks after she wandered from her room. The sheriff is in charge of the hospital's security, but deputies didn't search the building until nine days after her disappearance. The city paid the patient's family $3 million to settle a lawsuit.

At the time of Mirkarimi’s domestic abuse charges, Mayor Ed Lee suspended him, but was reinstated after a vote by the city’s Board of Supervisors. Lee needed nine votes, but only got four. Federal action to deal with sanctuary cities was in something of a legislative limbo before being outright blocked by the Senate. The White House also threatened to veto the legislation if it was passed.

Cortney also noted yesterday that another bill, Kate’s Law, is popular among voters.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2015; aliens; byebye; california; donutwatch; edlee; election; goodriddance; haha; illegals; nancypelosi; police; rossmirkarimi; sanctuarycity; sanfrancisco; sheriff; vickihennessy
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1 posted on 01/30/2018 1:36:40 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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He had his driver’s license briefly suspended for failing to properly report a minor accident while driving a department-issued car, and he also flunked a marksmanship test.


LOL. I can see why he was made Sheriff in Frisco.


2 posted on 01/30/2018 1:39:17 PM PST by lodi90
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To: MarvinStinson

Without going into any of the details, I doubt much could be said positively regarding any individual elected to office in San Francisco.


3 posted on 01/30/2018 1:39:43 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: MarvinStinson

You can’t fix stupid, but you sure as hell can vote it out of office.

Bumper Sticker Boom1111


4 posted on 01/30/2018 1:39:58 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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Oh, I bet the new lady Sheriff is gonna be a treat. What are the odds on her being a lesbian.

Taking all bets.

5 posted on 01/30/2018 1:40:48 PM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: MarvinStinson

So glad this complete loser got voted out of office.

And this is San Francisco!


6 posted on 01/30/2018 1:41:26 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves."y)
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To: MarvinStinson

He was probably not far enough to the left.


7 posted on 01/30/2018 1:41:34 PM PST by DennisR
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Why does SF have a Sheriff?

More large cities have a PD. Counties have Sheriffs.

Except for Las Vegas, at least.

I know that NYC contains multiple counties (called boroughs), but don’t think they have Sheriffs.


8 posted on 01/30/2018 1:42:44 PM PST by Paladin2
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That’s my thought, having lived in the Bay Area for over 40 years. They probably went with someone even more radical with less baggage.


9 posted on 01/30/2018 1:43:04 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: MarvinStinson

Mirkarimi has absolutely NO law enforcement experience. He was on the SF Board of Supes as I recall. Just another worthless hack.

Here’s his “dossier.” He’s an Iranian Jew! Or a Jewish Iranian, depending on how you look at it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Mirkarimi


10 posted on 01/30/2018 1:43:04 PM PST by vette6387
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To: MarvinStinson

Bump!


11 posted on 01/30/2018 1:43:28 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: bagster

Either a lesbian or a transgender lesbian.


12 posted on 01/30/2018 1:43:28 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves."y)
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To: MarvinStinson

What Trump did at the national level, there are many of us who can do at a local/regional/state level.

We need patriotic Americans to be willing to stand up and call out these crazed Marxists - we need to then schlong them in elections like Trump did with his EC thrashing of Hellary


13 posted on 01/30/2018 1:44:19 PM PST by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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To: MarvinStinson

This is way OLD!.............................


14 posted on 01/30/2018 1:44:28 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: CatOwner
Yep. There isn't ONE San Fran "leader" who isn't a freak show in one way or another.

It is known.

15 posted on 01/30/2018 1:44:45 PM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: Paladin2

SF is both a city and a county.


16 posted on 01/30/2018 1:44:57 PM PST by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: RooRoobird20

Haha. Tough choice.


17 posted on 01/30/2018 1:45:47 PM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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Nope. Married, mother of 2.


18 posted on 01/30/2018 1:46:04 PM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: lodi90

Mirkarimi is a co-founder of the Green Party of California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Mirkarimi


19 posted on 01/30/2018 1:46:44 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: RooRoobird20

https://twitter.com/votehennessy


20 posted on 01/30/2018 1:48:12 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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