DA Boudin Files Domestic Violence Case and Gun Case, Then Completely Dismisses Both Cases
No one from DA’s Office Even Contacted Witness/Victims
John Franklin is not a good person.
In the decade of the ought’s—the 2000’s, he received felony convictions for domestic violence and twice for possessing large quantities of crack cocaine for sale. He went to prison for the 2009 crack cocaine caper.
In 2017, Franklin was convicted of aggravated assault.
Then Boudin became District Attorney.
Franklin has a preteen daughter with an estranged common law wife. They had been together for 22 years. In September 2020, Franklin visited his preteen daughter at her mother’s house. The mother said Franklin slammed a gun on the kitchen table and told his preteen daughter, “If you ever need this, f..k these people.” By “these people,” Franklin was referring to his daughter’s mom and her stepbrother.
Franklin subsequently put the firearm to his estranged common law wife’s head and said, “I’ll kill you.” He then pointed the gun at his stepson and said, “Go tell your f..king dad.”
SFPD arrested Franklin for felony assault, threats, and domestic violence. Before this arrest, Franklin had seven documented cases of domestic violence with this same woman, including the December 2002 conviction (above).
Boudin filed the case. Per Board of Supervisor Hillary Ronen, Boudin files more cases than any SF DA since 2018.[i] Then, Boudin completely dropped the case “in the interest of justice.” This parallels my early article on a boyfriend firing a gun at his girlfriend on video, but Boudin dropped that domestic violence case for a “lack of evidence.”
A few months after Franklin’s domestic violence arrest, on January 15, 2021, SFPD Bayview Station officers responded to a person dressed conspicuously entirely in red walking around with a gun. It was Franklin. Bayview officers recovered the gun off of Franklin and interviewed several traumatized witnesses. One witness claimed he saw Franklin fire rounds from the gun. SFPD arrested Franklin for the gun and specifically as a “convicted felon with a gun.”
Boudin filed the case. Per sources, in a preliminary court hearing, the judge found probable cause that Franklin was a felon in possession of a gun. Then on April 8, 2022, Boudin completely dropped this case. No diversion, no program, no consequences.
I spoke to one of the several witnesses, who could rightly be called a “traumatic victim.” That victim told me that no one from Boudin’s office ever contacted this witness to ask about their side of the story, to see how they were affected by the crime, or to update them on the absence of even an attempt by Boudin to convict.
So, thanks to Boudin, Franklin can still terrorize his family, drive up the San Francisco crime rate, and make the city less safe.
Why was this case and outcome not reported in the Chronicle or Examiner?
[i] See my next article Boudin “Negotiates” a Castro Gun Robbery to a Misdemeanor Pickpocketing Plea for this cite
Boudin has got to go!
Thanks Lou for speaking the truth