SFSU police: Students who held Riley Gaines hostage will face (you guessed it) no consequences

One year after women's sports advocate Riley Gaines was assaulted and held for ransom at SF State University, Gaines queried police about their criminal investigation: it's been suspended for “unfounded” charges, a claim Gaines rebuts in Campus Reform. Sadly, folks tracking the Bay Area's explosion of anti-free speech mobs (recently plaguing SJSU and UC Berkeley) are anything but surprised at this development.

Former collegiate swimmer and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that she followed up with the San Francisco State University Police Department in January, asking for an update on their investigation into alleged criminal conduct at her event in April 2023.

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”Can you please let me know if you have completed your investigation?” She wrote in an email reviewed by Fox News Digital. ”I wondered if you can share with me any conclusions you have reached regarding your investigation and whether any charges will be filed against the individuals who sought to threaten, intimidate and harm me? Is there a timetable concerning this matter? Is there any additional information you need from me?”

On Feb. 2, an officer responded, stating “After a thorough investigation, the alleged charges in this case are unfounded and have been suspended pending further lead.”

The officer added that the police department sent emails to Gains in June and July of 2023, “for a case follow up,” claiming they “went unanswered,” adding that the case will be further investigated if she submits “any photos and/or videos you may have in your possession as well as the contact information for anyone who was present that may have digital evidence.”

Gains told Fox News Digital, however, that she met with police on campus for hours after the event and gave them an official statement.

”We talked for multiple hours. I told them over and over and over and over and over again what had happened, which, all the while, both of the officers that I was talking to were there, so it is not like they didn’t know what happened,” Gaines said.

This article originally appeared in Campus Reform. Read the whole thing here.

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