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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

by 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.

by flaque 6y ago

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.