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You’re very misinformed on the situation. Like many cities across the country, special interests successfully ran an unqualified activist DA who fires all of th

You’re very misinformed on the situation. Like many cities across the country, special interests successfully ran an unqualified activist DA who fires all of the prosecutors and refuses to charge criminals. And they’re all paying the price as crime goes to shit.

QuesnayJr 6y ago
I don't know anything about the situation in SF, but according to the Chronicle article on this crime in SF is down.
- lawnchair_larry 6y ago
  1. It doesn’t say that, many categories are up. 2. It’s a pandemic with much of the last 9 months in lockdown. 3. The numbers in certain categories are much higher than reported because most people have given up and don’t bother reporting
  - mbgerring 6y ago
    It’s true that like in almost every city in America in 2020, some categories of crime went up in San Francisco in 2020, and I am still waiting for anyone to make a convincing argument that it’s because of the DA, or offer any proof that people stopped reporting crime because of the DA. What’s interesting to me is that violent crime has indisputably not increased since Boudin was elected, yet his critics are constantly using the details of specific violent crimes as a rhetorical cudgel, insinuating that Boudin personally caused a wave of violent crime that simply is not happening.
    - lawnchair_larry 6y ago
      > What’s interesting to me is that violent crime has indisputably not increased since Boudin was elected, yet his critics are constantly using the details of specific violent crimes as a rhetorical cudgel, insinuating that Boudin personally caused a wave of violent crime that simply is not happening. Isn’t that amazing? Wait until you see the data behind the black lives matter narrative. It too says precisely the opposite of what everyone thinks.
- kelnos 6y ago
  I haven't read the Chronicle article, but the linked KRON4 article (which I understand is unavailable in Europe) says that violent crime was down in 2020, but burglary[0], arson, and vehicle theft is up. Also, it's hard to make comparisons between 2019 and 2020; the pandemic has changed a lot of things, including crime patterns. The petty crimes that are up are often crimes of opportunity[1], and people being locked up in their homes has provided a lot of added opportunity. But I feel like there's less opportunity for violent crime when people aren't out and about as much. [0] Someone broke into my garage last summer and stole my bicycle; given where I live, it's not something I'd expect pre-pandemic when there was a lot more foot traffic and fewer people desperate for cash. Edit: to corroborate a sibling's comment, I didn't bother reporting the theft as I didn't expect anything useful to come of it. In hindsight, I probably should have, just to keep crime stats more accurate. [1] On the flip side, muggings are also a crime of opportunity, but require people to be out and about, often late at night, which hasn't been the case so much over the last year, so I imagine muggings are down.
mbgerring 6y ago
I am extraordinarily well informed on both Chesa Boudin and the broader movement to elect progressive DAs across the country. I am also very informed of San Francisco’s current and historic crime rates, as the former editor of 2 different local news outlets. San Francisco is not “going to shit” and crime has not increased to the degree Boudin’s critics imply it has. And to the extent that it has, nobody has made a convincing argument that it’s his fault.

QuesnayJr 6y ago

I don't know anything about the situation in SF, but according to the Chronicle article on this crime in SF is down.

lawnchair_larry 6y ago
1. It doesn’t say that, many categories are up. 2. It’s a pandemic with much of the last 9 months in lockdown. 3. The numbers in certain categories are much higher than reported because most people have given up and don’t bother reporting
- mbgerring 6y ago
  It’s true that like in almost every city in America in 2020, some categories of crime went up in San Francisco in 2020, and I am still waiting for anyone to make a convincing argument that it’s because of the DA, or offer any proof that people stopped reporting crime because of the DA. What’s interesting to me is that violent crime has indisputably not increased since Boudin was elected, yet his critics are constantly using the details of specific violent crimes as a rhetorical cudgel, insinuating that Boudin personally caused a wave of violent crime that simply is not happening.
  - lawnchair_larry 6y ago
    > What’s interesting to me is that violent crime has indisputably not increased since Boudin was elected, yet his critics are constantly using the details of specific violent crimes as a rhetorical cudgel, insinuating that Boudin personally caused a wave of violent crime that simply is not happening. Isn’t that amazing? Wait until you see the data behind the black lives matter narrative. It too says precisely the opposite of what everyone thinks.
kelnos 6y ago
I haven't read the Chronicle article, but the linked KRON4 article (which I understand is unavailable in Europe) says that violent crime was down in 2020, but burglary[0], arson, and vehicle theft is up. Also, it's hard to make comparisons between 2019 and 2020; the pandemic has changed a lot of things, including crime patterns. The petty crimes that are up are often crimes of opportunity[1], and people being locked up in their homes has provided a lot of added opportunity. But I feel like there's less opportunity for violent crime when people aren't out and about as much. [0] Someone broke into my garage last summer and stole my bicycle; given where I live, it's not something I'd expect pre-pandemic when there was a lot more foot traffic and fewer people desperate for cash. Edit: to corroborate a sibling's comment, I didn't bother reporting the theft as I didn't expect anything useful to come of it. In hindsight, I probably should have, just to keep crime stats more accurate. [1] On the flip side, muggings are also a crime of opportunity, but require people to be out and about, often late at night, which hasn't been the case so much over the last year, so I imagine muggings are down.

mbgerring 6y ago

I am extraordinarily well informed on both Chesa Boudin and the broader movement to elect progressive DAs across the country. I am also very informed of San Francisco’s current and historic crime rates, as the former editor of 2 different local news outlets. San Francisco is not “going to shit” and crime has not increased to the degree Boudin’s critics imply it has. And to the extent that it has, nobody has made a convincing argument that it’s his fault.