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There's a lot of crime that goes unreported. It's well known here that property crime goes unpunished / nothing can be done, so many people don't bother reporti
by newfriend 4y ago
There's a lot of crime that goes unreported. It's well known here that property crime goes unpunished / nothing can be done, so many people don't bother reporting it at all.
In my opinion people like you think that conservative media is exaggerating the amount of crime in cities, but it's actually happening. There is a ton of crime here. Scenes that look like they're from a zombie movie, people shooting up drugs and leaving needles everywhere, open-air markets peddling wares shoplifted from cvs/walgreens/etc. This is not made up.
- themitigating 4y agoHow do you know it's happening if it goes unreported?
- newfriend 4y agoBecause I live here and talk to people. I've been the victim of property crime that I have not reported because I know nothing will come of it. Bike theft and breaking into garages is extremely common, and it's well known that reporting it is a waste of time. I've also witnessed more serious crime like smash & grabs and brazen shoplifting, though they are more rare. What isn't rare is seeing people living in tents chopping up bikes and injecting themselves with needles in plain sight. Your article also mentions the same thing: > Many property crimes in the city go unreported, making it difficult to gauge the level of decline. > San Francisco's increase in burglaries, however, did outpace the rest of the country. People in SF complaining about crime aren't talking about homicides (thank goodness). But as mentioned in your article, burglary is way up. Most likely property crime is also way up. This is what people are complaining about. So saying "crime is actually down" doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.