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Well it's certainly the refusal to convict criminals. After the BLM protests we saw many cities you listed made it illegal to arrest people who steal stuff unde

Well it's certainly the refusal to convict criminals. After the BLM protests we saw many cities you listed made it illegal to arrest people who steal stuff under a certain threshold (among other crimes), and the threshold was set really high (in San Francisco it was $950). Very predictably this has driven up crime and San Francisco's District Attorney was recalled for the policy. It's quite possible people have been able to purchase more drugs because of the increased crime, but these policies are why crime has skyrocketed and why we've seen so many videos of people going into stores and stealing garbage bags of stuff

xsmasher 4y ago
* Prop 47 was a state proposition in 2014 * it was not specific to SF * it predates the 2020 BLM protest * it did not "[make] it illegal to arrest people" * It made some thefts in misdemeanors
screye 4y ago
> San Francisco's District Attorney Predictable outcome of voting Chesa Boudin into power. > refusal to convict criminals I know that something similar happened with Pete Holmes in Seattle as district attorney. The attorney's office was so reluctant to prosecute crime, that police stopped responding to minor crimes all together. As of 2022 both people have been voted out of office despite being in deep-blue electorates. Hopefully this points to a more sensible approach towards policing and prosecution in the future.