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San Francisco DA blasts Elon Musk over reaction to stabbing death

by NBC News

SAN FRANCISCO — In the hours after a tech executive was stabbed to death on a street in San Francisco with no clear suspect, billionaire Elon Musk led a charge on Twitter, where fellow tech executives and wealthy investors said they were fed up with violent repeat offenders’ getting away with crime in the biggest U.S. tech hub. 

On Thursday, it became clear that their interpretation of the killing had been wrong. 

City officials said at a news conference that the tech executive, Bob Lee, was murdered not randomly but by a man he knew, and San Francisco’s chief prosecutor called out Musk by name for having jumped to conclusions. 

District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Musk was reckless when he suggested within hours of the killing that “repeat violent offenders” were involved. 

“Reckless and irresponsible statements like those contained in Mr. Musk’s tweet — that assumed incorrect circumstances about Mr. Lee’s death — served to mislead the world in its perceptions of San Francisco,” Jenkins said. 

Elon Musk arrives at court for the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Del. on July 13, 2021.Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

The statements, she continued, “also negatively impact the pursuit of justice for victims of crime, as it spreads misinformation at a time when the police are trying to solve a very difficult case.” 

Musk, the country’s wealthiest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent to Twitter, where he is the CEO and majority owner. 

Musk responded to Lee’s killing with a tweet April 5 replying to another user who said Lee had been a friend.

“Violent crime in SF is horrific and even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately,” Musk wrote.

He added that the city should take stronger action to incarcerate repeated violent offenders, and he tagged Jenkins’ Twitter account. 

Lee’s death and Musk’s tweet added fuel to what has become…

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