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Board continues $700,000 civil-rights settlement after new testimony about DA conduct
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to continue consideration of a $700,000 settlement in the DeCarri Spears civil-rights case to a closed session after supervisors raised questions about recent testimony that a district attorney investigator said she had been asked to remove potentially exculpatory evidence from a related arrest warrant.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Feb. 1 voted unanimously to continue consideration of an ordinance authorizing a $700,000 settlement in a civil-rights lawsuit filed by DeCarri Spears, sending the matter to closed session on Feb. 8 so the full board can be briefed on new allegations arising from recent open-court testimony.
Supervisor Stephanie, who removed the item from the consent calendar, told colleagues she could not support approving the settlement “given the significant number of material questions that remain unanswered.” She cited testimony in which a district attorney investigator said she was instructed to remove a “significant amount of information” from an arrest-warrant draft and said she felt pressured to sign the affidavit, testimony the supervisor said was in the public record.
“The information I’ve based my decision…
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