Barry McGrath: Killed Because Boudin Repeated his Troy McAlister Mistakes
In July 2015, Troy McAlister robbed a Mission District grocery store with a semiautomatic gun, traumatizing two employees. McAlister’s robbery arrest meant he was facing a third strike and potentially 25 years to life in prison. Enter new SF DA Chesa Boudin, who made it one of his first acts to negotiate a second degree plea for McAlister, so he avoided a third-strike and was allowed to immediately return to the streets.
McAlister did not turn his life around. Instead, he went on a crime spree including a first-degree Ingleside burglary--potentially another third strike-- which Boudin intentionally misrepresented to the public as a second-degree burglary. Boudin blamed others, and their fear of Covid, as the reason he had to keep McAlister out of jail, “Everyone in the department of public health, the sheriff’s department, and every other justice partner agency was desperately trying to avoid a COVID outbreak in our jail.” Ask yourself: Did everyone in the Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Department also believe Boudin should kiss-off McAlister’s armed takeover robbery?
McAlister did not die from Covid. But on New Year’s Eve Hanako Abe’s and Elizabeth Platt’s lives were stolen when McAlister, a parolee, mowed them down while driving a stolen car. He cowardly fled the accident leaving behind drugs and a gun with an extended magazine in the stolen car.
Barry McGrath, a selfless person
If you walked into an event, he’d walk up and get to know you before you even saw him.
—a friend of Barry’s
In 2015, Barry McGrath arrived in San Francisco from Galway County, Ireland. With a background in accounting, Barry rose to a senior manager position at Price Waterhouse Coopers by specializing in cyber risk and regulations.
Barry volunteered as the treasurer of the San Francisco chapter of the Gaelic Athletic Association and played for the St. Joseph’s Hurling Club of Silicon Valley. At the beginning of this year, he was elected chair of the hurling club.
On Saturday January 29, 2022, Barry was returning home via an Uber. The driver of a stolen vehicle crashed into the Uber robbing Barry of his rich life and boundless potential. Barry was just approaching his 39th birthday. Like McAlister killing someone while driving a stolen vehicle and then fleeing the accident, the cowardly car thief, Brian Flores-Violette, fled the scene of the accident that took Barry’s life.
He volunteered and worked harder than anyone in the Irish community.
—a friend of Barry’s
Brian Flores-Violette, a selfish person
Like Troy McAllister: Brian Flores-Violette was also a professional criminal. This past weekend, SFPD arrested Brian, for the 6th time under Boudin, as the felonious killer of Barry McGrath. Sources tell me he was standing next to another stolen car when he was arrested.
Flores-Violette’s car thieving résumé under District Attorney Chesa Boudin is as follows:
1) July 24, 2020, Flores-Violette in a stolen Porsche
SFPD officers approached Flores-Violette who was in the driver’s seat of a stolen white Porsche parked behind Molly Stone’s on Juanita Way. When officers approached the Porsche, Flores-Violette took off running. He was caught by Juvenile Hall with 9 lock picks, a window punch to break into cars, and four bindles of methamphetamine. Boudin first filed (Fcaap)1the case and then dropped some of the charges against Flores-Violette “in the interest of justice,” and converted the remaining charges to unrelated misdemeanors so that Flores-Violette could return to streets.
2) October 22, 2020, Flores-Violette in a stolen BMW
At 10th Avenue and Pacheco Street, Dave saw Flores-Violette, driving a stolen gray BMW, collide with a parked car. Flores-Violette sped away but was cornered by Dave’s vehicle on a dead-end street. Flores-Violette approached Dave and tried to assault him with a skateboard. Dave and another citizen took Flores-Violette to the ground and made a citizen’s arrest. SFPD arrived and took custody of Flores-Violette and found 14 shaved keys in his clothing. A shaved key is used to break into cars and to start the car’s ignition. Boudin charged (fCaap) the case and then converted the plea to unrelated misdemeanor charges so that Flores-Violette could return to the streets.
3) December 12, 2020, Flores-Violette in a stolen Ford Raptor
Taraval Station officers responded to the report of a stolen blue Ford Raptor on Ocean Avenue adjacent to Lakeside Plaza. The officers saw Flores-Violette get into the passenger side of the stolen Ford. The vehicle sped through the Lakeside Plaza and then east on Sloat Boulevard before it was lost by the SFPD officers who are not allowed to pursue stolen vehicles.
4) December 28, 2020, Flores-Violette in a stolen Honda Accord
Richmond Station officers were on the 700 block of 46th Avenue where they found Flores-Violette sleeping in the front seat of a stolen Honda. The Honda actually had stolen license plates from still another vehicle. In Flores-Violette’s wallet, SFPD found a driver’s license belonging to Cavanaugh who had recently reported that his driver’s license along with his Mercedes ML350 had been stolen. We don’t know the degree to which Flores-Violette was involved in yet another stolen car-- the Mercedes. Boudin took action (fcAap) against Flores-Violette. Boudin then dropped the stolen car portion of the case because of a “lack of evidence,” and converted his actions for the other crimes to misdemeanors so that Flores-Violette could return to the streets.
5) April 24, 2021, Flores-Violette in a stolen Ford Fiesta
Park Station officers found Brian leaning into a stolen Ford Fiesta. Flores-Violette had on an ankle monitor and had “pre-sentencing status,” which meant he was strictly not allowed to commit any crimes. Inside Flores-Violette’s pants pockets was a 15” slung shot with a metal lock attached--a felony. Boudin held Flores-Violette accountable (fcaAp) and then dropped the main portion of the case because of a “lack of evidence,” and converted the remaining crimes to misdemeanors so that Flores-Violette could return to the streets.
6) September 22, 2021, Flores-Violette driving stolen car arrested by SF Sheriffs
San Francisco Sheriffs arrested Flores-Violette driving a stolen car. Boudin prosecuted (fcaaP) Flores-Violette who went to court on October 20th where the judge determined that Flores-Violette probably (probable cause) committed the car thefts. Flores-Violette was again issued an ankle monitor and never showed up to court again. Boudin blamed both the sheriffs for not tracking Flores-Violette’s ankle monitor that he cut off, and SFPD for not immediately tracking him down. Boudin accepted no responsibility for Flores-Violette’s crime spree.
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7) January 29, 2022, per SFPD, Brian driving a stolen Audi SUV
On a January Saturday night around 8pm, Barry was returning home in the backseat of an Uber. Per an SFPD investigation, Flores-Violette was driving the stolen Audi SUV that plowed into the Uber on Lincoln Avenue, adjacent to Golden Gate Park. Flores-Violette got out of his car, saw the condition of Barry in the back seat, and fled the accident in a selfish act of cowardice. Barry succumbed to the injuries caused by Flores-Violette.
The Pareto Principle: The 80/20 Rule
In the 19th century, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto introduced the 80/20 principle. Pareto’s theory hypothesizes that 80% of a business’ income (or 80% of service problems) derives from just 20% of a business’ clients. Similarly, 80% of the San Francisco crimes are committed by the 20% of the McAlister’s and Flores-Violette’s. With Boudin as DA, Flores-Violette left a predictive trail that he was not going to stop stealing cars. This is why the car stealing business has increased 41%2 under Boudin, and we don’t even know how many cars Flores-Violette stole while not getting caught.
Did Boudin argue in court that Brian should be held in custody to protect SF residents? No, because DA Boudin believes that dangerous felons should not be held in custody before they are tried. Boudin also supports algorithms (computer programs) that failed to foretell what all of us common folk knew: it was just a matter of time until Brian hurt an innocent person.
Boudin’s inability to grasp the Pareto Principle allowed a twenty-percenter like Brian to continue with his magnified, four-times multiplier effect on crime in San Francisco. It is fair to say Barry McGrath would still be alive today if Boudin had a greater depth of understanding of human nature beyond his memorized progressive slogans. Barry McGrath’s full and productive life was just collateral damage to accomplish Boudin’s manifesto social justice reform (aka: rogue woke prosecutions.)
I’m sorry Barry
My apologies Barry. I am sorry that the current San Francisco did not afford you the same opportunities and personal safety that it did for my great grandparents arriving from Ireland a dozen decades ago.
He was the salt of the earth.
—a friend of Barry’s
It was the intention of this article to incorporate all of Boudin’s five bait-and-switches terms of filing, charging, taking action, holding accountable, and prosecuting that Boudin uses before he subsequently downgrades felonies to misdemeanor pleas to for unrelated charges like loitering, littering, and noise complaints.
2018 and 2019 car thefts equal an average of 4,378. Under Boudin, 2020-2022 average of 6,169
Car Thefts Pre-Boudin. Car Thefts Boudin
2018 4,363 2020 6,082
2019 4,393 2021 6,030
2022. 6,396
Compstat https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/SFPDCompstatReportMarch2022-20220419.pdf
I would expect somewhere like SF to be more like 98/2, where the vast majority of crimes with a victim are committed by a couple percent of the population.
To add insult to injury, the Supervisor for that district immediately turned this case into another call for "traffic calming measures," as if the driver of a stolen car gave a hoot about following traffic rules. San Francisco is broken, I fear, beyond repair.