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0 pointstomschlick6y ago0 comments

The police don't arrest people when they know the DA is going to drop the charges immediately and their superiors are going to ask why they are wasting their time.

This is entirely driven by the political atmosphere there where the DA would rather "its not really a crime" narrative than to prosecute and possibly face criticism from the progressive populace.

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StuffedParrot6y ago· 1 in thread

I don’t see anyone “progressive” arguing for not prosecuting people who break into cars, or not looking for them, or deprioritizing them. This is hardly a polarizing viewpoint. It’s just a useful dog whistle for certain styles of law and order conservatism.

There IS a progressive effort to prioritize moving forward with felony charges over misdemeanors. Perhaps you got confused?

tomschlickOP6y ago

There are people in this very thread arguing that they shouldn't be held accountable because of income inequality. The DA not prosecuting those people is entirely political that is driven by what the population of SF wants. So there obviously is a movement not to prosecute those people.

> It’s just a useful dog whistle for certain styles of law and order conservatism.

Oh yes, enforcing the law against property destruction and theft is definitely a dog whistle... O_o

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