Harris Wisely Drops Charges in Phony DBI Corruption Case

Harris deserves credit for stepping back from a politically-motivated prosecution that has left an unfair mark on the DBI. Ironically, the San Francisco Examiner editorialized about DBI’s alleged “corruption” just yesterday, using as “evidence” the FBI prosecution of Fallay.

For the Examiner and Chronicle, the latter of which gave Fallay’s arrest days of intense coverage, Fallay was a mere pawn in its attempt to exert increased downtown control of the DBI. The fact that the false prosecution of Fallay was jeopardizing the reputations of all DBI employees, and those doing business with the agency, was of no consequence to the Hearst Corporation.