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I do no know if this is going to help or not. What is point of these cameras if they are not going catch the criminals? Eye glasses store I go to just got burg

• tristor 3y ago
  > In the middle of the day. Everything recorded but nothing. It's happening all over SF and several other major cities, but SF particularly. And it seems like nobody is interested in doing anything to stop it. It's truly ridiculous and it represents a complete breakdown of social mores.
  • mrguyorama 3y ago
    The DA was replaced with someone vocally pro-police. How come we haven't seen a reduction in crime?
    • shuckles 3y ago
      1. What the hell does "vocally pro-police" even mean? How is DA Jenkins any more pro-police than DA Gascon (who used to be a cop himself)? 2. Most of the regulations which make the criminal justice system in California (and the United States) ineffectual come from state regulations and common law precedent. For example, the court system deemed that bail must be offered in almost all situations (even for high risk defendants) and be affordable, and an attempt to revise this judgment to allow DAs to detain repeat violent offenders was defeated by the unholy alliance of bail bond companies and the ACLU.
      • AnishLaddha 3y ago
        I have literally not seen a single conference she has held without being flanked by sfpd officers. a key tenet of her campaign was rebuilding the relationship between the DA and sfpd. She supported every sfpd budget increase under her tenure and dropped charges on like the second sfpd cop to ever be charged by the city. her first major political move post appointment was backing a mayor/sfpd proposal to increase surveillance. not saying if this is good or bad, and i don't know enough about the bail system to have an opinion, but its bad faith to say that she is not pro police, or at least pro sf police
        • shuckles 3y ago
          This is a really random set of evidence for a relatively strong claim. For example, “the DA and police should be able to work together” is not radical pro-cop propaganda. It’s a fact of how the criminal justice system works. Similarly, dropping charges against a police officer for shooting a suspect who was actively attacking him is not radical; no mainstream advocacy org opposed the charging decision. The press conference claim is almost bizarre: I was at a walkthrough Jenkins did in the Castro with the district supervisor and merchant association where there was little if no police presence. In any case, what does that have to do with policy? I didn’t say it was “bad faith” to say Jenkins is pro-police, I asked for a definition. As your response suggests, there isn’t much evidence to suggest Jenkins is particularly pro-police. She’s about as pro-police as every other DA besides Boudin who’s held office in San Francisco, a city which is historically the least pro-police in the entire country.
          • mrguyorama 3y ago
            If the police helped her campaign, I would consider that strong evidence that they prefer her methods, ideas, and initiatives. That wasn't some offhand thing, that was a conscious choice for everyone involved.
            • shuckles 3y ago
              If a group supports a candidate, that does not make the candidate “vocally pro-group.” In addition, SFPD is a government department. It does not take positions in elections. Please be specific when alleging a conspiracy.
• colpabar 3y ago
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  • Bran_son 3y ago
    You forgot "but what about white-collar crime?"
    • brickfaced 3y ago
      And don't forget wage theft! Which yes, is a problem; and no, does not justify wanton violence and theft.
  • infamouscow 3y ago
    Nobody believes this crock of shit. You're ignoring is all of the small businesses owned by first generation immigrant families. Families that fled much worse conditions with nothing but the cloths on their backs. These are brown-skinned people that don't even speak English, yet managed to work their way to building a new life for their children worked. And then idiots have the gall to blame everything under the Sun for inarguable failed policies and the actions of people that should be locked up.
• inconceivable 3y ago
  in latin america the guards just stand outside with shotguns. it can get that bad.
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