San Francisco: triple murder complicity

July 21, 9:11 AMSF Politics ExaminerArthur Bruzzone

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- I and thousands of San Franciscans are embarrassed and disgusted by this story.  It's getting extensive play on blogs and news wires.  The story:  The man charged with killing a father and two sons on a San Francisco street last month was one of the youths who benefitted from the city's long-standing practice of shielding illegal immigrant juveniles who committed felonies from possible deportation.  (For the most important account of this incident plus almost 200 comments, read Cinnamon Stilwell's Chronicle article.)

And these murders may come back to haunt Mayor Newsom, who can't seem to control his administration, staff, and often, city  -- remember the "Willie Horton Ad", which sunk a presidential candidate (Michael Dukakis, 1988, when a criminal released by the candidate went on to murder).

To be complicit is to be an accomplice or involved in wrongdoing.   By that definition, William Siffermann, the city's juvenile probation director is complicit in the triple murder.  Mayor Newsom, who appointed Sifferman in 2005, is also complicit  by not knowing or bothering to know that the city was spending $2.3 million to hold teen offenders than complying with federal immigration law  --- including Edwin Ramos, accused of murdering a father and his two sons.

Thirty one California cities have declared sanctuary status including Los Angeles and San Diego.

Only one city has flaunted the policy including initiating a $83,000 campaign to broadcast the policy, calling it 'outreach.  Only one city shielded illegal immigrant juveniles who committed felonies from possible deportation, only one city flew juvenile drug dealers back to their homeland rather than turning them over to Federal authorities.  And, most despicable,  only one city enabled a convicted gang member (member the country's most violent gang, M-13) to remain in this country illegally and  commit a road rage triple murder.