The president of the San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP is calling for a criminal investigation into the leaders of Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency and their bosses he believes are partly responsible for the fentanyl overdose death of Baby Phoenix and the stabbing death of 6-year-old Jordan Walker .

In a news conference in front of the Santa Clara County Government Center building Monday, NAACP President Sean Allen said those leaders should be held as accountable as Baby Phoenix’s father who is now facing murder charges.

“We believe that the District Attorney should be looking at those county leaders who are involved in that decision making and their culpability in regards to the crime of manslaughter,” Allen said.

In a statement Monday, the county responded that “there is no b

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