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A beloved tech founder was found stabbed in the streets of San Francisco. The city took the blame.
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The 2023 murder of Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App, brought long-standing tensions between the tech industry and the city’s liberal government to a boiling point. Rumors and misinformation ran rampant. Several tech industry leaders weighed in, including David Sacks, who “bet dollars to dimes” that Lee was stabbed by “a psychotic homeless person,” and Elon Musk, who disparaged the district attorney. When Lee’s killer was arrested, it became clear that the truth of what happened could not be further from the initial speculation.
When Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App, was killed in the streets of San Francisco, his death was initially a mystery. The city took the blame.
San Francisco officials were eager to quash the doom loop narrative and insisted that Bob Lee was killed by someone he knew. But Lee’s friends and family had never heard of his accused murderer, Nima Momeni.
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