@MattMahanSJ Triple homicide with a gun & used by a man with past gun charges for attempted murder and given ZERO time. He was put back on the streets. In Sept 2025 he killed 3 people! Stop letting criminals roam free.
@MattMahanSJ@DanielLurie@Benioff San Jose could be safer if judges held violent gun criminals to jail time instead of probation only! My son was murdered by a criminal that a judge decided was a priority over the innocent citizens of San Jose. Stop the insanity of leniency to violent criminals.
@MattMahanSJ Enough with judges giving probation and leniency! Stop putting the safety of the SJ citizens at risk by siding with Criminals!! My son deserved better from the Justice system.
Last night, I sat down with Max Ryan’s mother and father. Housing Director Erik Soliván and I went by their home to share our condolences and hear more about the person who spent the last 9 months of their life serving our city by providing outreach to our homeless neighbors.
I learned that Max was very proud of the work he was doing. He had recently taken leadership of our Homeward Bound program and excitedly called his mom to tell her that because of him, 25 homeless neighbors had been reconnected to the people who loved them. He gave 25 people another chance for a better life.
We talked about how this senseless crime happened. We talked about the fact that the suspect had prior gun offenses. We talked about how he was suffering from mental health issues. So many of the most heinous crimes that happen in San José, including the murders of Max Ryan, Tarrah Taylor, and Jeannessa Lurie, are committed by people our officers have arrested before. Sometimes dozens of times.
Ryan’s mom then said something that struck me. She said that as soon as someone is arrested, and @SanJosePD does an incredible job of making sure that happens quickly, you expect it to be over. You just expect the rest of the justice system to work. But far too often, it doesn’t.
We have serious gaps that lead to serious crimes. Judges have immense leeway when it comes to sentencing. Far too many gun offense violations go unpunished. And perhaps the biggest failure we’ve made as a state and nation, is turning a blind eye to mental health and addiction issues. We need to expand behavioral health treatment and increase accountability in our justice system now — because lives depend on it.
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