I think the reality is people don't want drugs being dealt on the street. I'm all for going after bigger dealers, but I'm not seeing a plan to do that and the Feds, who promised to do that, didn't seem to deliver. That we can't deport dealers who are poisoning people is maddening
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Replying to @JimYoull @chesaboudin
Chesa believes arresting small time dealers is counterproductive. Many in SF also make that argument. What's not clear is why there isn't a more concentrated crackdown on the higher ups within Bay Area drug rings - the ones who direct foot soldiers from the East Bay into SF.
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The cops arrest but the DA does not prosecute. So the dealers are back on the street within 24 hours. Even if cops arrested dealers every chance they got they could not keep them off the streets without support from the DA
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Not focusing on prosecuting in these cases is quite literally the platform that Chesa ran on
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The idea that simply locking people up for petty crimes is a solution to poverty is bizarre. It's been tried for decades and yet: Here we are.
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SF has drug courts and mandatory treatment; we don't seem to use that to deter and treat street use. We don't seem to successfully pursue the criminal syndicates from the East Bay. I'm open to hearing an alternative plans, but open use and dealing affect my quality of life.
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I think that's exactly what @chesaboudin is working on. I don't think you can turn 50 years of police state authoritarian policy and action around in one year. The quality of life in SF has been crappy for at least 2 decades.
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