Son of jailed radicals, reviled by the police union. Now, Chesa Boudin is San Francisco`s top cop
(The Guardian United States)

His victory marks a welcome shift from the `tough on crime` norms to bold positions that veer radically to the leftThe local deputy sheriffs union shared a video declaring him the `son of terrorists`. The police union called him the `#1 choice of criminals and gang members`. But after five days of vote tabulations and a narrow 2,500-vote lead, Chesa Boudin is San Francisco´s next top cop.The son of two leftwing Weather Underground radicals who served as the getaway drivers in a 1981 armored car heist that left two police officers and a guard dead, Boudin last week won the race for San Francisco district attorney, vowing to bring change to a city with a liberal reputation that it has not always earned. Continue reading...