Some on the Peninsula are outraged after the San Mateo County District Attorney decided not to file criminal charges against a 19-year-old woman for running over and killing a four-year-old boy in Burlingame this past summer. Back in August, police said the driver was backing out of a parking lo t, then hit kids who were on an e-bike, then plowed over the sidewalk and into a poke bar, hitting 4-year-old Ayden Fang as well as a 6-year-old-girl who were on the sidewalk. Ayden Fang was killed in that crash, the 6-year-old girl was injured but survived. After reviewing the case, the district attorney’s office said there was not enough evidence to support manslaughter charges. In response to this decision, a group of a dozen or so community members gathered on Friday outside the site where the deadly crash happened to express their opposition. “Thanks for everyone who has come here today, to demand justice for Ayden Fang and his family, and for an end to the increasingly frequent carnage we see on our streets here in San Mateo County, ” said San Mateo resident and local safe streets advocate Mike Swire as he addressed the group at the rally. ‘I think a lot of people would have liked to at least see this go to a jury,” Swire noted. But the San Mateo County DA’s office is standing by its decision. San Mateo County Assistant District Attorney Rebecca Baum told NBC Bay Area that their office reviewed the case, “and ultimately decided that we did not agree that 12 members of a jury would agree to convict, would unanimously agree to convict, and because of that, we decided not to file charges.” Some in the community wondered, why didn’t they just try to bring the case before a jury? But the DA’s office said it is ethically bound to only file a case if it believes a unanimous jury would find the driver guilty. ...read more read less