This is a result of soft on crime policies, also known as “restorative justice”. It involves changing laws to reduce penalties, directing police departments to

This is a result of soft on crime policies, also known as “restorative justice”. It involves changing laws to reduce penalties, directing police departments to not enforce certain laws, releasing offenders instead of sentencing them, and following activist driven demands when it comes to the justice system. A number of cities have seen shoplifters and even dangerous criminals released repeatedly due to these progressive policies, and it has had the same effect of encouraging crime in each location. As a result Chesa Boudin, the SF DA, is facing a recall campaign (https://recallchesaboudin.org/ https://recallchesaboudin.org/) as is LA DA George Gascon (https://recallgeorgegascon.com/ https://recallgeorgegascon.com/). Seattle has had massive spikes in low level crimes and business associations have put out reports (https://allianceforpioneersquare.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SYSTEM-FAILURE-Prolific-Offender-Report-February-2019-1.pdf https://allianceforpioneersquare.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2...) tracking repeat offenders who cycle through the system and continue to victimize the community. There was a recent guest article on Glenn Greenwald’s Substack about the consequences of progressive reform policies from the DA in Philadelphia that is worth reading as a deep analysis into the effect of these policies: https://outsidevoices.substack.com/p/mounting-violence-casts-doubt-over-c77 https://outsidevoices.substack.com/p/mounting-violence-casts...