Yesterday a San Francisco court dismissed dozens of criminal cases because there were part of a long-running backlog the court failed to clear. Today, some of the victims in those cases are speaking out. As expected, this is horrifying stuff. For instance, in May of 2022 two women were killed when a taxi veered onto the sidewalk:
Mary Henderson, 72, and her 31-year-old daughter, Willa Henderson, were in San Francisco for a friend’s wedding when the taxi struck them at Third and Mission streets shortly after 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Mary Henderson’s husband, Wayne Henderson, was seriously injured in the crash and is currently in intensive care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, a close friend said…
They were standing near the Grove at Yerba Buena Center when the driver of a northbound Mercedes on Third Street attempted a right turn from the center lane, toward a…