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发帖数: 29846 | 1 San Francisco sheriff known for ‘sanctuary city’ defense loses re-election
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The San Francisco sheriff who over the summer became embroiled in a national
debate over “sanctuary city” policies on Tuesday lost his bid for re-
election amid a host of local controversies.
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.
Before those two incidents, a drug gang leader escaped from jail, and guards
were accused of staging and gambling on inmate fights.
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. | f**********n
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: San Francisco sheriff known for ‘sanctuary city’ defense loses re-election
: bid
: The San Francisco sheriff who over the summer became embroiled in a national
: debate over “sanctuary city” policies on Tuesday lost his bid for re-
: election amid a host of local controversies.
: 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
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