{OPINION} Is Hanako Abe's justice, justified?

On New Year's Eve of 2020, Hanako Abe's life was taken from her in a collision of human and car. Along with her perished a 60-year-old lady as parolee Troy McAlister plows through the crosswalk unopposed. Though, Hiroko Abe wants to bring justice. As mother of Hanako Abe, she wishes to bring the fight back to the attorney.

In the December month of 2020, many emails went unread. Many miscommunications were made. But one pair of an unread email and a neglectful miscommunication was poised to cause Hanako Abe's life. An unread email was left unread because it was New Year's Eve, yet this should not have happened if communication was made. Simply put, respecting holidays and not emailing to someone who will not answer on New Year's Eve is the key that would have prevented this.

Sadly, it has already happened, and therefore, Hiroko Abe seeks justice for her daughter to force the Abe family's hand against the city. A justified legal action seeking revenge for neglect is addressed to District Attorney Chesa Boudin and the city of San Francisco for the "wrongful death of Hanako Abe."

“The more I learned about it, the more I learned there were serious communication issues that lead to the accident and it appears to me these issues were going on before,” - Hiroko Abe (in an interview to NBC Bay Area)

A clear miscommunication, not only an act of negligence and irresponsibility, but also between 3 government agencies that should have easily been able to well-distinguish holidays and work days. Yet, this was unfortunately not the case. Due to the answer that was expected out of holiday hours in a December 2020 arrest, McAlister was released. Seeking monetary compensation to the death of Hanako Abe, the Abe family seeks changes to communication protocols and clearly the prevention of preventable deaths. Only reviews of the claim were made, nothing more to this point. Though, Hiroko's decision is easily justified.