Episode 213
Shooting of Kathryn Steinle
Sat, 2017-Dec-02 03:57 UTC
Length - 2:07
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With 215,375 views on Friday, 01 December 2017 our article of the day is Shooting of Kathryn Steinle.
On July 1, 2015, 29-year-old Kathryn Steinle, while walking with her father and a friend along Pier 14 in the Embarcadero district of San Francisco, was shot by Jose Inez Garcia Zarate. He initially claimed that he fired at a sea lion, then that he fired accidentally while picking up the gun which he claimed he had found moments before, wrapped in cloth beneath the bench on which he was sitting. The shot ricocheted off the concrete deck of the pier striking the victim in the back. Steinle died two hours later in the hospital as a result of her injuries.
The shooting elicited controversy and political debate over San Francisco's status as a sanctuary city, as Zarate is a Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States. Donald Trump, at the time a presidential candidate, cited Garcia Zarate in support of his proposal to deport criminal illegal immigrants living in the United States, and mentioned Steinle during his acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:57 UTC on Saturday, 02 December 2017.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Kathryn_Steinle.
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