Elon Musk's Twitter post about Cash App founder Bob Lee's death is now criticized by the San Francisco Police Department.
In this photo illustration, The Twitter profile of Elon Musk, with more than 80 million followers, is shown on a cell phone on April 25, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois. It was announced today that Twitter had accepted a $44 billion bid from Musk to acquire the company.
On Apr. 4, many people were shocked after learning that Bob Lee was stabbed to death.
His body was founded in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. It took SFPD several days to track down the suspect behind Lee's death.
With the efforts of the SFPD authorities, the alleged stabber of Bob Lee was arrested on Apr. 14. But, it seems like this effort was not enough for Elon Musk.
Elon Musk vs. San Francisco Police Department
According to Fortune's latest report, the death of Bob Lee sparked many concerns from venture capitalists and tech executives, including Elon Musk.
Tesla head Elon Musk talks to one visitor as he arrives to have a look at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin on September 03, 2020, near Gruenheide, Germany. Musk is currently in Germany, where he met with vaccine maker CureVac on Tuesday, with which Tesla has cooperation in building devices for producing RNA vaccines, as well as German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier yesterday.
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Jake Shields, a former MMA fighter (five-time world champion), said that his friend (Bob Lee) was killed in the "good part" of the city.
Because of this, the professional UFC fighter criticized San Francisco. In the comment section, Musk decided to share his opinion.
"Very sorry to hear that. Many people I know have been severely assaulted," said the billionaire.
Very sorry to hear that. Many people I know have been severely assaulted.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2023
Violent crime in SF is horrific and even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately.
Is the city taking stronger action to incarcerate repeat violent offenders @BrookeJenkinsSF?
"Violent crime in SF is horrific and even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately," he added via his official Twitter reply.
Then, Elon decided to ask if San Francisco city is taking stronger measures to prevent these violent offenders; he even tagged San Francisco, DA Brooke Jenkins.
Brooke Jenkins Calls Out Elon Musk
Since the Twitter reply of Elon Musk was quite negative, Brooke Jenkins called out the billionaire during a press briefing.
She said that she needed to point out the "reckless and irresponsible" remarks of the tech CEO on Twitter.
The San Francisco district attorney added that Musk assumed incorrect circumstances about the death of Bob Lee; misleading the world in their perceptions of San Franciso.
Jenkins further stated that all people should do better not to spread misinformation without actual facts.
As of writing, Elon Musk hasn't responded to the criticism made by Brooke Jenkins.
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