Chesa boudin is charging drug sales, but our system of prohibition has never been effective at deterring crime, and our scientists tell us causes violence, lawlessness, addiction, and overdoses.https://twitter.com/chesaboudin/status/1279449608033316865?lang=en …
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Replying to @netfire4 @chesaboudin
Seen this copypasta. 1, would like to see supporting stats. 2, 20% seems low. 3, how many cases are they prosecuting? 4, what are the outcomes of cases/how many end up back on street? You also see
@SFPD tweets showing product from people who have been busted several times before?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Heres that collated data for you.https://jkalven.medium.com/dont-believe-the-lie-that-da-boudin-is-not-bringing-charges-4e8a8c2a1fe6 …
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It is categorically lazy to send me someone else's blog post -- especially when it doesn't address the stats I am asking for. Violent crime down when streets are a ghost town? Big surprise. Meanwhile property crime is through the roof.
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Replying to @TheRealJFeld @netfire4 and
But if this is all a means to justify to us how we are all benefitting from ending cash bail or not prosecuting drug or petty crimes, I am not your audience.
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We do all benefit when our
@SFDAOffice heeds the advice of epidemiologists. I#StandWithChesa because petty theft was never supposed to be a death sentence, and our epidemiologists warn of existential public health risk in this moment of pandemic.https://sfdistrictattorney.org/policy/justice-driven-data/an-epidemic-inside-a-pandemic/ …1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @netfire4 @chesaboudin and
To say crime is down based on selective stats is a weird bit of mental gymnastics. I’m glad you stand with Chesa. I stand for the homeless people dying, San Francisco residents, and businesses. These idealistic fantasies are fine when things are good, but they are not good now.
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The time to heed the voices of epidemiologists and criminal justice leadership like our
@HouseJudiciary members is absolutely a pandemic " we urge that you use every tool at your disposal to release as many prisoners as possible"https://judiciary.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2893 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @netfire4 @chesaboudin and
I don’t know if this conflation serves to explain why we shouldn’t prosecute crime, but this is a slippery slope. We don’t agree, man. I hope we see a referendum with the recall. You don’t. I just hope you’re not complacent with what you’re seeing at home right now.
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Replying to @TheRealJFeld @chesaboudin and
We should prosecute and are, but shouldn't incarcerate Incarceration in this moment of pandemic poses a greater threat to public health than non violent crime.
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Would you consider dealing fentanyl a nonviolent crime?
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