It's been almost nine days since Mr. Lee was stabbed to death and since the San Francisco Standard was the first media we saw with the story, we keep returning to them. April 12, 2023:
It’s been a full week since news broke that tech executive Bob Lee was stabbed to death in Downtown San Francisco, but the public remains none the wiser about what went down the night of the fatal assault.
There have been no arrests, no mentioned persons of interest nor any indication that the police have potential leads.
“I want to assure everyone that our investigators are working tirelessly to make an arrest and bring justice to Mr. Lee and his loved ones, just as we try to do on every homicide that occurs in our city,” San Francisco Chief of Police Bill Scott said last week. Scott has made no public updates about the case since.
The crime has garnered worldwide coverage, with some using the killing as an example of a city gone astray, characterizing San Francisco—despite what the data shows—as a place where violent crime rages unchecked. In one extreme example, outspoken tech professional Michelle Tandler appeared to suggest returning to public hangings as a way to dissuade would-be criminals. Notably, whether the attack was random or targeted remains one of several unknowns surrounding the case.
On Monday, Mayor London Breed warned the public on ABC7 not to turn the Lee case into an emblem of the city’s perceived crime issues, and House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi—whose husband, Paul, was attacked in his own home late last year—called the attack a tragedy....
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As we said about the Standard in the Salesforce story much earlier this morning:
They also feature good news but are much more honest than the Chronicle or SFGate about the bad news.
