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For non locals, is there a summary of what Chesa Boudin did?

Judgmentality 6y ago
https://www.marinatimes.com/2021/03/chesa-boudin-by-the-numbers/ https://www.marinatimes.com/2021/03/chesa-boudin-by-the-numb... This article is definitely a hit piece, but there's a lot of data in there.
flaque 6y ago
The gist is that Chesa Boudin typically chooses not to prosecute many low-level crimes, such as drug possession. That has led some situations where someone was arrested for a low-level crime, not prosecuted by the DA, set free, and later goes on to commit a larger, more violent crime. It’s also worth noting that during the pandemic, crime in SF has shifted from shoplifting, to car and garage break-ins. While overall crime has dropped, theses new forms of crime are experienced more viscerally by folks that live here. Many people blame the DA for not “cracking down” on this type of crime. This gets into a lot of pointing fingers. The police fail to arrest people because they say the DA won’t prosecute. The DA says he won’t prosecute because the police won’t arrest people.
- diogenescynic 6y ago
  It’s not just low level crimes. There are dozens of criminals with dozens to hundreds of felonies that the DA just chooses to not prosecute. People who routinely commit assault and just aren’t prosecuted or brought to court. Property crime is not enforced at all and violent crime only enforced if you’re not homeless or “marginalized” in some way. The rule of law is selectively enforced. It’s miserable and dystopian. > The DA says he won’t prosecute because the police won’t arrest people He fired all the prosecutors when he won... Or takes the criminals side and says they were just having a bad day or pushes some phony solution that puts the offender back on the streets.
  - flaque 6y ago
    Your comment seems charged with a lot of pre-existing emotion and I get that this may not be very helpful, but I have yet to see significant evidence that it's "not just low level crimes". Similarly, the DA's current enforcement rate is not significantly different than before: https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/policy/da-stat/ https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/policy/da-stat/ In fact, it's higher than it was in 2014. And since crime overall has dropped dramatically, it's hard to say that the DA has lead to any significant lawlessness until after the pandemic. That doesn't mean you're wrong, that your lived experience of crime is invalid, or that the DA isn't "bad" in some way. Nor does it mean that the DA's methods "work" or that they prevent crime rather than increasing it in the long run. But I have yet to see evidence of any significant harms on the aggregate, only individual anecdotes. Personally, it seems like the concern over the DA is a moral panic.
    - diogenescynic 6y ago
      Then you’re not following the stories, multiple assaults and deaths have come after Boudin declined to charge the criminal for other violent crimes. Such as the hit and run driver who wasn’t prosecuted for other crimes: > McAlister has a long rap sheet and has been arrested numerous times in San Francisco since April 10, 2020, when he finished a sentence for robbery. >Boudin has a history of referring cases involving repeat offenders to parole instead of prosecuting. Moral panic? As I pointed out, Boudin fired all the prosecutes when he won. The city is in shambles and no one could say it’s gotten better due to Boudin’s soft on crime strategy: https://abc7news.com/sf-hit-and-run-san-francisco-troy-mcalister-chesa-boudin/9356626/ https://abc7news.com/sf-hit-and-run-san-francisco-troy-mcali... He’s basically inviting criminals to the city and giving them sanctuary while failing to protect the residents and tax payers. He’s a moron and needs to be held accountable. I support the recall and hope this scumbag is tossed out and leaves in disgrace.

https://www.marinatimes.com/2021/03/chesa-boudin-by-the-numbers/ https://www.marinatimes.com/2021/03/chesa-boudin-by-the-numb... This article is definitely a hit piece, but there's a lot of data in there.

flaque 6y ago

The gist is that Chesa Boudin typically chooses not to prosecute many low-level crimes, such as drug possession. That has led some situations where someone was arrested for a low-level crime, not prosecuted by the DA, set free, and later goes on to commit a larger, more violent crime. It’s also worth noting that during the pandemic, crime in SF has shifted from shoplifting, to car and garage break-ins. While overall crime has dropped, theses new forms of crime are experienced more viscerally by folks that live here. Many people blame the DA for not “cracking down” on this type of crime. This gets into a lot of pointing fingers. The police fail to arrest people because they say the DA won’t prosecute. The DA says he won’t prosecute because the police won’t arrest people.

diogenescynic 6y ago
It’s not just low level crimes. There are dozens of criminals with dozens to hundreds of felonies that the DA just chooses to not prosecute. People who routinely commit assault and just aren’t prosecuted or brought to court. Property crime is not enforced at all and violent crime only enforced if you’re not homeless or “marginalized” in some way. The rule of law is selectively enforced. It’s miserable and dystopian. > The DA says he won’t prosecute because the police won’t arrest people He fired all the prosecutors when he won... Or takes the criminals side and says they were just having a bad day or pushes some phony solution that puts the offender back on the streets.
- flaque 6y ago
  Your comment seems charged with a lot of pre-existing emotion and I get that this may not be very helpful, but I have yet to see significant evidence that it's "not just low level crimes". Similarly, the DA's current enforcement rate is not significantly different than before: https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/policy/da-stat/ https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/policy/da-stat/ In fact, it's higher than it was in 2014. And since crime overall has dropped dramatically, it's hard to say that the DA has lead to any significant lawlessness until after the pandemic. That doesn't mean you're wrong, that your lived experience of crime is invalid, or that the DA isn't "bad" in some way. Nor does it mean that the DA's methods "work" or that they prevent crime rather than increasing it in the long run. But I have yet to see evidence of any significant harms on the aggregate, only individual anecdotes. Personally, it seems like the concern over the DA is a moral panic.
  - diogenescynic 6y ago
    Then you’re not following the stories, multiple assaults and deaths have come after Boudin declined to charge the criminal for other violent crimes. Such as the hit and run driver who wasn’t prosecuted for other crimes: > McAlister has a long rap sheet and has been arrested numerous times in San Francisco since April 10, 2020, when he finished a sentence for robbery. >Boudin has a history of referring cases involving repeat offenders to parole instead of prosecuting. Moral panic? As I pointed out, Boudin fired all the prosecutes when he won. The city is in shambles and no one could say it’s gotten better due to Boudin’s soft on crime strategy: https://abc7news.com/sf-hit-and-run-san-francisco-troy-mcalister-chesa-boudin/9356626/ https://abc7news.com/sf-hit-and-run-san-francisco-troy-mcali... He’s basically inviting criminals to the city and giving them sanctuary while failing to protect the residents and tax payers. He’s a moron and needs to be held accountable. I support the recall and hope this scumbag is tossed out and leaves in disgrace.