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This has been downvoted as it seems like a racist/troll comment, but Lee did in fact have connections to a Chinese gang, as does his new successor, London Breed

by Mizza 9y ago

This has been downvoted as it seems like a racist/troll comment, but Lee did in fact have connections to a Chinese gang, as does his new successor, London Breed. This might not be well known to people outside of SF, or even people within it. Here is an article about it. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/04/san_francisco_corruption_mayor_prosecutor_gangster_shrimp_boy_chow_ensnared.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/04/san_franci... > The investigation into Shrimp Boy's Chinatown gang empire has already resulted in California state Sen. Leland Yee pleading guilty to racketeering after he was implicated alongside Chow in a weapons trafficking scheme. Chow's defense team now claims that a Yee associate, businessman Derf Butler, also funnelled "untraceable debit cards for clothing and trips" to San Francisco City Supervisor London Breed. Real life is stranger than fiction sometimes.

Apocryphon 9y ago
It's also offensive because the proper term should be tong or Triad, not "Chinese Mafia." If they're gonna conspiracize, get the nomenclature right.
anigbrowl 9y ago
Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow alleged all sorts of things about everyone in San Francisco while defending himself against organized crime charges, and while some of them may be true it's a stretch to say that Lee 'did in fact have connections to a Chinese gang.' Chow was a colorful figure who supposedly went straight after an earlier stint in prison and took part in city politics in terms of showing up at some fundraisers or community events. But none of his allegations against the mayor or other figures went anywhere. I don't think you can blame this on bias at the FBI; you'd need to explain why they were happy to indict Yee (who arguably had a higher political profile and was seen as a future governor) but somehow gave Ed Lee a pass.
- Mizza 9y ago
  I don't see how you can say that "none of his allegations against [..] other figures went anywhere" given that his allegations to a state senator going to jail. Is it so hard to believe that a politician is corrupt?

by Mizza 9y ago

Apocryphon 9y ago

It's also offensive because the proper term should be tong or Triad, not "Chinese Mafia." If they're gonna conspiracize, get the nomenclature right.

anigbrowl 9y ago

Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow alleged all sorts of things about everyone in San Francisco while defending himself against organized crime charges, and while some of them may be true it's a stretch to say that Lee 'did in fact have connections to a Chinese gang.' Chow was a colorful figure who supposedly went straight after an earlier stint in prison and took part in city politics in terms of showing up at some fundraisers or community events. But none of his allegations against the mayor or other figures went anywhere. I don't think you can blame this on bias at the FBI; you'd need to explain why they were happy to indict Yee (who arguably had a higher political profile and was seen as a future governor) but somehow gave Ed Lee a pass.

Mizza 9y ago
I don't see how you can say that "none of his allegations against [..] other figures went anywhere" given that his allegations to a state senator going to jail. Is it so hard to believe that a politician is corrupt?