. >> you are expressing dismay beverly upton has been part of the rally calling for your resignation. >> yes. >> you mentioned you have always been a fervent supporter of the dv community. >> yes. >> you were concerned about how the domestic violence committee seemed to not be supporting you. >> not communicating with me. >> did you have concerns the were not supporting you? >> yes. >> did you feel betrayed by the domestic violence community? >> i would not say betrayed, but i would say alarmed. >> did you feel you had been loyal to them in the past? did you feel they were being disloyal by not supporting it? >> no, i was alarmed by the lack of communication. >> you had no concerns about the substantive position they were taking that you should resign? >> i have concerns, yes. >> those concerns stemmed in part from the fact that you had supported their causes in the past and felt betrayed. >> that i had a strong relationship, not with the community, but with the cause. >> there is a line in the text message that says, and i really guilty until proven innocent -- am i really guilty unt

looked at earlier this morning, there was characterization of the domestic violence advocates with beverly upton in particular where the protests that took place following news of the incident on in december 31 where you characterized those efforts as a political witch hunt. is that correct? >> it was in response to the message i received previously from linnette peralta haynes, and i had repeated the term that was in her previous message, yes. >> i guess my question would be then, in terms of domestic violence advocates and the kind of protests that certainly have been prevalent in the city of san francisco and with our very progressive record on how we deal with domestic violence in this city, do you consider all of those of vehement protests or anger about domestic violence a political witch hunt in every case? >> no, but in this particular case what i was informed of is that people who were part of that protest were also well- connected to my opponent's campaign for sheriff, and at the time of limited information, that is what people were speculating. >> and if others were speculating, so di