Overview
- CAIR-LA sent a Nov. 6 letter demanding that District Attorney Dan Dow retract the posts, apologize, and face an independent review of his conduct and fitness for office.
- Dow reshared content from EndWokeness and activist Amy Mek that featured 9/11 attack imagery, which CAIR-LA says falsely ties Mamdani’s election to terrorism.
- Dow denied anti-Muslim intent, citing his military service and relationships in the local Muslim community, and told a local station on Friday he had not received CAIR-LA’s letter.
- San Luis Obispo officials and community members condemned the posts as inflammatory and risky for the county’s small Muslim population, while Orange County DA Todd Spitzer defended Dow’s right to express political views.
- The dispute adds to scrutiny of Dow’s judgment following his failed 2020 protest prosecution that was taken over by the state attorney general and largely dismissed.