San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin sued for turning back on Asian attack victim as anti-AAPI hate crimes soar 567%

An Asian-American man who was violently attacked in 2019 is suing San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, accusing the prosecutor of mishandling the case against his assailants – who beat him with a baseball bat, threatened him with a glass bottle and told him: "I’m going to kill you," court papers show. 

"I am a survivor of a horrendous attack that took place in San Francisco with no consequences to the attackers."  "Mr. Lê was ignored, pushed aside, and shuffled around like one of the DA’s office’s many files."

The now-69-year-old victim slammed the liberal district attorney for refusing "to uphold the fundamental rights of Asian American victims of racially-motivated violence," and in turn failing to "recognize their humanity," the lawsuit states. 

"In this case, as disturbing as the attack on Mr. Lê is, equally disturbing is his mistreatment by the DA’s office in the aftermath of his violent attack by the Tanner family," the complaint charges, referring to the suspect in the case. The 111-page suit was filed Monday in the Northern District of California.