San Francisco: Violent Repeat Offender Given Probation After Brutal Assault of 94-Year-Old Asian Woman
“Every day our prosecutors go into court + fight for justice & public safety. Yet, almost daily they are met w/ staunch resistance within the courthouse. Not only was this victim denied justice, but all San Franciscans were left less safe today due to this reckless decision.”
Though San Francisco voters have for two years now been sending strong signals to elected officials that they’re fed up with criminal elements in their community and soft-on-crime policies, some of them aren’t getting the message.
Case in point, news that broke last week of a violent repeat offender who was given probation by a San Francisco Superior Court judge after the brutal June 2021 assault of a 94-year-old Asian-American woman:
A San Francisco man who stabbed a 94-year-old in the street has avoided jail after being sentenced to probation and a ‘behavioral and mental health treatment program.’
Daniel Cauich stabbed Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant Anh ‘Peng’ Taylor multiple times in San Francisco’s Lower Nob Hill neighborhood in broad daylight in June 2021.
The senseless attack was caught on camera and sent shockwaves through the city during a period of increased attacks on Asian Americans.
Cauich was sentenced to five years of probation and a supervision program at San Francisco Superior Court on Friday.
‘I am giving you one last chance to stay out of state prison,’ Judge Kay Tsenin told Cauich during the hearing, which combined another charge of burglary in a separate incident.
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins was not amused, calling the decision a “reckless” one that would further endanger San Francisco residents:
Our seniors shouldn’t need escorts to leave their homes or walk down the street. But decisions like this are why they continue to feel vulnerable.
Despite it all, my office will continue to do everything in our power to fight for our victims and for public safety.
— Brooke Jenkins 謝安宜 (@BrookeJenkinsSF) March 16, 2024
The assault on Taylor was, of course, completely unprovoked. Video shows her walking along a sidewalk near her home with a cane at the time of the stabbing. It also shows bystanders who, at least in the first thirty seconds or so after her attack, not coming to help her after Cauich calmly walked away:
⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ New video shows the moment 94-year-old Anh ‘Peng’ Taylor was stabbed by 35-year-old Daniel Cauich Wednesday morning on Post Street near Leavenworth. Police arrested the suspect shortly after the unprovoked attack. More details tonight @kpixtv #sanfrancisco pic.twitter.com/Pg6zP0po8f
— Betty Yu (@bett_yu) June 18, 2021
This is 94 year old Anh Taylor-attacked and stabbed in front of San Francisco building where she’s lived for 45 years. She’s recovering at a hospital tonight in stable. Her attacker, with a long criminal history, was wearing an ankle monitor. @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/VmOlkoVsOC
— TerryMcSweeney (@TerryMcSweeney) June 17, 2021
Understandably, the crime sparked outrage in the community, especially after it was learned that the suspect had multiple prior arrests and had just been released by a judge nine days before the attack on Taylor:
Daniel Cauich, 35, was wearing an ankle monitor when he was arrested Wednesday on charges including attempted homicide, elder abuse and committing a felony while on bail or release, NBC Bay Area reported, citing police.
Cauich, who had reportedly been arrested five times last year on burglary charges, was sprung by a judge on June 7 to await his trial after his most recent arrest for burglary on May 18, according to court records cited by the San Francisco Chronicle.
One prior arrest was on a murder charge, which a judge later dismissed due to an alleged lack of evidence:
In 2016, Cauich was arrested on murder charges in a Mission District stabbing. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a judge dismissed the charges in 2019 for lack of evidence.
News of the attack and of Cauich’s prior arrest and release history further galvanized the recall campaign against then-DA Chesa Boudin:
Chesa Boudin says he can’t prosecute if SFPD doesn’t arrest. This suspect was arrested 5 times in 2020 on multiple burglary charges. When he stabbed this woman, he was on an ankle monitor. What do you have to do to actually go to jail in SF? Really. https://t.co/ERd2RnVGKt
— San Francisco POA (@SanFranciscoPOA) June 17, 2021
“If a person’s been arrested 5 times, when do we detain them?” Good question Chief. We asked that question but Chesa Boudin doesn’t want to answer. #BoudinBlunders pic.twitter.com/tgB2AuHcSZ
— San Francisco POA (@SanFranciscoPOA) July 14, 2021
It is troubling to see the POA exploit a tragedy for political motivations and spread misinformation to the public.
Just last month, after filing new felony charges, our office filed a motion to detain Mr. Cauich in jail. The court disagreed & released him on an ankle monitor.
— Chesa Boudin (@chesaboudin) June 17, 2021
It also happened around the time when Boudin’s office was accusing people who were concerned about rising crime of racism:
First time being trolled by a San Francisco public official.
(Kate is a Senior Director at the SF DA's office.)
Guess something I'm saying is hitting a nerve. pic.twitter.com/Vu7a2MR0rZ
— Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler) July 5, 2021
Fortunately, Taylor “is well-recovered and doing fine now” and is now in an assisted-living home according to her family.
As for Judge Kay Tsenin, who gave Cauich another chance with her ruling, a 2004 Law.com profile of her suggests she, too, has a soft spot for defendants and is well-liked by defense attorneys:
Lawyers say San Francisco Superior Court Judge Kay Tsenin shows compassion for juries and defendants. They also say she has a down-to-earth style that makes her courtroom a pretty easygoing place for lawyers. Tsenin, who came to the bench from a small civil practice, seems to understand the juggling lawyers have to do. And defense attorneys said they think their clients get more of a fair shot before Tsenin than some other judges.
The Superior Court Judge position in San Francisco is an elected one. Just sayin’, San Franciscans.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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“94-year-old Asian” woman.
“San Francisco Man.”
Any bets that the unidentified “Man” isn’t white?
You know that the assailant is not white… because if he was, we would know about it before we knew the woman was Asian.
Well, there’s a photo of him right in the article. He isn’t.
Kay Tsenin. Kate Chatfield,
What the f* is wrong with ALL THESE WOMEN???
According to an online profile Judge Tsenin she was born in Shanghai to at least one Russian parent (don’t know if parents were US citizens or she became one after immigrating). Highlighted in her interview comments is her pride in being a liberal lesbian. I guess she believes those are the most important attributes of a judge.
” I guess she believes those are the most important attributes of a judge.”
At least she isn’t claiming to be a biologist.
Looks conspicuously Hispanic to me. Unfortunately, given the border invasion, that makes me wonder about his immigration status.
It appears that you’re right. I’m not an accomplished enough racist to tell by the contents of the long profile shot in the LI article.
“He ain’t Chinese, fool. He’s Laotian.” — Cotton Hill
At least they released the perp’s name, and not just the victim’s, as they have been doing too often lately. I’m always incensed when they have deep concern about the dirtbag’s “privacy,” but then spread the victim’s name all over the world.
“Daniel Cauich” isn’t obviously hispanic. If his last name had been “Hernandez” I bet they wouldn’t have released his name.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/17/19/44353195-9697275-image-a-1_1623954268704.jpg
CA nowadays. Victims don’t have rights. smh
In SF the ankle monitor bracelet is simply a fashion statement.
The criminal element is a protected class. The Cultural Marxists protect them not citizens.
Act accordingly if you can.
My guess is that the Asian woman and all of her family members vote Dem, election after election.
I lived right there many years ago. We called it the Nobberloin. I recall seeing solo seedy male and female prostitutes wandering about very late at night, but daytime it was reasonably okay. Very gay area. It’s they who have voted for all of this.
I hope they’re enjoying the hellscape they conjured into existence.
SF fat black mayor breed taking the asian american vote for granted?
Of course she is.
Meanwhile SF largest office tenant, SalesForce, and only real claim to being part of silicon valley, has now dumped 45% of its office space back on the market for sublease.
They gave up trying to force office workers to come back to the office in downtown SF, its personal safety issue.
Good. I hope SalesForce dies in a fireball. They are nothing but unregenerate enablers for chain spammers.
“What do you have to do to actually go to jail in SF?”
My educated guess is “Stab the judge.”
“Stab the judge” to actually go to jail in SF? It depends on the circumstances. Stabber black; judge white= probation. Stabber black, Democrat operative; judge white Republican= no charges, obvious self-defense, merit badge for courage. Stabber white; judge black= 30 years at hard labor. That’s critical legal theory in a nutshell for the uninitiated, born at Harvard Law School in the 1990s. And now they and their ilk are the judges. That’s “equity,” folks.
Be nice if the guy would attack the judges family next.
This judge sounds like an exasperated mother from 30 years ago. “ I’m giving you one last chance to stay out of jail”. Are you kidding me? This man assaults people. He will do it again. He can get his treatment in San Quentin just as easily. This is why I don’t go to Frisco anymore. The next big quake can’t come soon enough. FJB
Once the leftists are in power and able to enact their policy preferences they ain’t gonna suddenly stop being leftists just b/c some other office holder got booted. Gonna have to boot them all out of office before they stop. IMO SF is beyond the point of saving anytime soon. Gonna have to accept that until it gets damn near dystopian the folks who keep voting for these office holders are unlikely to change their worldview.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn explained this issue well: in the socialist world-view, common criminals were “socially friendly” — they, like the proletariat, were victims of class society imposed by ruling elites and the bourgeoisie. Because they are victims, they are less responsible for their behavior and deserve to be treated with leniency.
Whereas, people accused of political crimes and crimes against the state were “socially unfriendly” — they are members of the bourgeoisie and ruling classes, thus more responsible for their heinous acts, and deserving of harsher treatment.
All of you, comrades, are socially unfriendly. You deserve to be treated this way by the enlightened, socially conscious judge.
“Observation.” “…..probation and a ‘behavioral and mental health treatment program.’
How do you observe a person who clearly and for no reason, stabbed a nonagenarian woman? Why would you even risk the release of someone with that, and other, criminal complaints?
You do it if you are a Democrat with the goal of destroying the fabric of our society.
Is there anything more unpatriotic or dangerous than a Democrat?
I say no, certainly not domestically, unless you count the foreign nationals that Biden and the Dems just let into our country.
But it’s all the same thing: Democrats viscerally hate America.
He should have been hanged within a week of the arrest. That’s why we mythologize the old west. It is the only genre in which men can pretend that they are strong and just.
A lot of people were hanged in the old west because they looked guilty to someone.
At least they were men, and not
wealthy widowswitches.I wonder if this woman and her family are going to vote Democrat in the next election.
Is the judge waiting for him to kill someone before he detains him? Is that his idea of one last chance?
She.
Half the problem right there.
Isn’t the point of an angle bracket to ensure that the person stays in their home?
No. Typically, it’s to ensure he stays in his county or his state. House arrest is a very small percentage of ankle bracelets. (Cute typo, in any case.)
We could use more “speedy trials” not just for the accused, but for the citizenry.