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In reply to the discussion: We need to consider Boudin's loss in California [View all]Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)62. bystanders (non store workers) have started to get involved. it think, emotionally, following the
rules when others dont really irk people.
There are lots of videos now, of shoplifters filling bags, while employees watch. I think wide spread mask wearing encouraged the behavior too. We all can walk around looking like zorro.
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It was a Recall. A small percentage of the overall SF electorate participated.
maxsolomon
Jun 2022
#13
Only 25% of the registered voters turned out and as we all know low voter turnout is not good for
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#56
Boudin prosecutes disgraced cop for domestic violence after Sacramento DA failed
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#63
My guess is that people got tired of the car break-ins and the blatant shoplifting by drug
jalan48
Jun 2022
#17
They will likely still get tired of it, as harsher punishments has not and will not reduce
ColinC
Jun 2022
#20
So just watch people roll shopping carts full of stuff out the door and ignore it? Actually,
jalan48
Jun 2022
#24
What do you suggest as a solution to the break-ins and shoplifting by homeless drug addicts?
jalan48
Jun 2022
#32
Maybe someone could answer why SFPD has less than a 9% clearance rate for crimes.
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#35
I guess it would depend on the type of crime. What was Boudin's attitude toward crime?
jalan48
Jun 2022
#37
I would think that an 8.1% clearance rate is piss poor compared to any of those.
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#54
... and stores were locking up everything, getting rid of carts, even closing down
Demovictory9
Jun 2022
#41
Same can be said for places that seek traditionally harsh punishment (ie NYC with 44%)
ColinC
Jun 2022
#39
Your police department has a budget of $700 million. Why are their arrests declining?
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#61
shoplifters learned the rules...read about shoplifters yelling "you can't touch me, you can't touch
Demovictory9
Jun 2022
#42
bystanders (non store workers) have started to get involved. it think, emotionally, following the
Demovictory9
Jun 2022
#62
Burglary, rape, robbery, motor vehicle theft, and arson all declined last year.
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#59
My guess is it had something to do with him being a DA who refused to prosecute anyone
BannonsLiver
Jun 2022
#22
Yeah, I'm sure they worked hard to massage those numbers to create that stat
BannonsLiver
Jun 2022
#94
Progressive DA Chesa Boudin is out, which will solve none of San Francisco's problems
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#25
San Francisco's crime rates fall while Sacramento's "tough-on-crime" DA presides over rising violenc
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#27
The people chastising these prosecutors conveniently ignore the far worse situation
ColinC
Jun 2022
#50
How many crimes simply went unreported because the victims knew it was a waste of time ?
MichMan
Jun 2022
#69
"You hear of people arrested multiple times and they keep getting arrested and not charged"
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#78
So DA Boudin never said this when he was quoted by NBC News and it was all fabricated?
MichMan
Jun 2022
#82
And you know this but the SF voters, newspapers, etc. were too dense to see it?
brooklynite
Jun 2022
#51
Allison Collins's a real clown. Her racist tweets aimed at Asians were too much.
jalan48
Jun 2022
#77
I think a lot of people got hoodwinked yesterday. I think a lot of people in LA are
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#68
Maybe the cops with their 8.1% clearance rate and $700 million budget could eradicate
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#67
I live in California and have to laugh when people blame Republicans for things they don't like
ripcord
Jun 2022
#83
The San Francisco Republican Party backed Boudin's recall. That's a fact, Jack.
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#85
They were hoodwinked by a campaign to recall supported by Republicans, specifically
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#98
I have laid it out in this thread. Again 25% of the electorate voted in the recall.
gldstwmn
Jun 2022
#100