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Twitter users unleash #BoycottSanFrancisco as payback for Kate Steinle verdict

By Anna Giaritelli
Published December 1, 2017 1:10pm ET
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Twitter users unleash #BoycottSanFrancisco as payback for Kate Steinle verdict
San Francisco's sanctuary policy came under scrutiny during the trial because it allowed Jose Ines Garcia Zarate to be released from jail without federal agents learning of his release, which left them unable to detain him so he could be deported for a sixth time for illegally entering the U.S. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File) | Michael Macor

Thousands of Twitter users on Friday were urging people to #BoycottSanFrancisco after a jury there decided Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a five-time deported Mexican man charged with shooting and killing Kate Steinle, was not guilty.

The Boycott San Francisco hashtag began trending on Twitter Friday morning as people vowed not to travel there or buy goods or services produced in the city.

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