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Bingo. This is the real issue. DAs are refusing to prosecute, so criminals are back on the street within hours or days of being arrested. It's so bad that cop

Bingo. This is the real issue. DAs are refusing to prosecute, so criminals are back on the street within hours or days of being arrested. It's so bad that cops in Southern California try very hard to find evidence that will allow them to hand a criminal over to the feds -- because federal prosecutors will actually prosecute, but state prosecutors will not. (Source: I'm friends with a cop in socal who specializes in theft crime rings) We need to throw out these inept district attorneys and never elect such people again. A bigger question: how did they get elected en-mass in the first place?

lokar 3y ago
Can you point to a case of a DA refusing to prosecute a case of organized theft like this?
goda90 3y ago
> how did they get elected en-mass in the first place? It's a reaction to unjust laws, for-profit prison systems, lack of police accountability, and high rates of recidivism from not treating the cause of lots of crime.
- TimTheTinker 3y ago
  If that's the case, then it's abundantly clear that the reaction is causing even more problems.
  - brookst 3y ago
    Or perhaps dismantling a cancer is leaving the patient susceptible to pneumonia.
anigbrowl 3y ago
This is a trope but one poorly founded in fact. For example, Chesa Boudin was recalled in SF for his supposed unwillingness to prosecute, but in fact conducted sting operations to target exactly this sort of organized crime: https://abc7news.com/international-fencing-operation-sf-boba-shop-chesa-boudin-san-francisco-car-break-ins/11835215/ https://abc7news.com/international-fencing-operation-sf-boba... Guess who declined to help with the logistics of this operation? Surprise, SFPD: https://sfist.com/2022/05/23/report-sfpd-refused-to-participate-in-quickly-burglary-ring-bust-boudin-had-to-rent-his-own-u-haul/ https://sfist.com/2022/05/23/report-sfpd-refused-to-particip... It's extremely easy for cops to do nothing and then blame the prosecutor when people complain, giving themselves significant leverage over the political process with the headache of electoral accountability. There are a lot of bent cops to go round. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fbi-pittsburg-antioch-officers-arrested/3297785/ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fbi-pittsburg-antioch-... Recall that an executive administrator of the San Jose police union was arrested earlier this year for running a fentanyl dealing operation out of the police union HQ. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-jose-police-union-executive-charged-attempted-illegal-importation-fentanyl https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-jose-police-union-e... This is not to give a pass to DAs, but to suggest that your characterization of the issue is overly simplistic.
- moralestapia 3y ago
  PD, DAs, Judges, who cares? The point being made is that the current structure gives people a free pass for this behavior, hence they engage in it.

lokar 3y ago

Can you point to a case of a DA refusing to prosecute a case of organized theft like this?

goda90 3y ago

> how did they get elected en-mass in the first place? It's a reaction to unjust laws, for-profit prison systems, lack of police accountability, and high rates of recidivism from not treating the cause of lots of crime.

TimTheTinker 3y ago
If that's the case, then it's abundantly clear that the reaction is causing even more problems.
- brookst 3y ago
  Or perhaps dismantling a cancer is leaving the patient susceptible to pneumonia.

anigbrowl 3y ago

This is a trope but one poorly founded in fact. For example, Chesa Boudin was recalled in SF for his supposed unwillingness to prosecute, but in fact conducted sting operations to target exactly this sort of organized crime: https://abc7news.com/international-fencing-operation-sf-boba-shop-chesa-boudin-san-francisco-car-break-ins/11835215/ https://abc7news.com/international-fencing-operation-sf-boba... Guess who declined to help with the logistics of this operation? Surprise, SFPD: https://sfist.com/2022/05/23/report-sfpd-refused-to-participate-in-quickly-burglary-ring-bust-boudin-had-to-rent-his-own-u-haul/ https://sfist.com/2022/05/23/report-sfpd-refused-to-particip... It's extremely easy for cops to do nothing and then blame the prosecutor when people complain, giving themselves significant leverage over the political process with the headache of electoral accountability. There are a lot of bent cops to go round. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fbi-pittsburg-antioch-officers-arrested/3297785/ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fbi-pittsburg-antioch-... Recall that an executive administrator of the San Jose police union was arrested earlier this year for running a fentanyl dealing operation out of the police union HQ. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-jose-police-union-executive-charged-attempted-illegal-importation-fentanyl https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-jose-police-union-e... This is not to give a pass to DAs, but to suggest that your characterization of the issue is overly simplistic.

moralestapia 3y ago
PD, DAs, Judges, who cares? The point being made is that the current structure gives people a free pass for this behavior, hence they engage in it.