It's not a common trope, it is a fact. All but the most serious crimes are currently being dismissed, either by the DA or by judges. And those were the ones

It's not a common trope, it is a fact. All but the most serious crimes are currently being dismissed, either by the DA or by judges. And those were the ones where the police bothered to make arrests. There's an epidemic of property crime in SF and SFPD is doing nothing.