As our country comes to terms with the damage caused by our excessive reliance on punishment as a response to crime, the use of the criminal law to sustain racial hierarchies, and the ways the justice system has undermined our democracy and weakened communities,
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Replying to @chesaboudin
Chesa, thank you for trying to change things here in SF with evidence-based interventions and actions. People on here tend to make it seem like you don’t have our support, but you have mine and many others. These changes take time to undo damage caused by a decades old drug war.
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Replying to @seegztho @chesaboudin
I haven’t met anyone in person who supports Chesa, so I’m curious... Do you agree with choices like not prosecuting theft <$950 or not prosecuting the regular assault in the streets? I have a hard time grasping how. Feels like the “everything is fine” fire house meme walking here
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Replying to @_bnovc @chesaboudin
Prop 47 changed the amount of theft that can prosecuted in 2014. Dunno what that has to do with Chesa, but okay.
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Replying to @neo_antiquarian @chesaboudin
Fair. I don’t know his stance on that explicitly, but he has made phrases along the lines of “bring me kilos not grams” or similar. That seems to be an endorsement for allowing small, frequent crimes.
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Replying to @_bnovc @chesaboudin
I’m pretty sure it’s a reference to petty crimes. I could see how someone like you would take that as a literal reference.
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Replying to @neo_antiquarian @chesaboudin
I was taking it as a reference to petty crimes, which I’m saying is the problem. Constant petty crimes breeds more petty crimes and is a problem for stores like Walgreens.
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Replying to @_bnovc @chesaboudin
That’s not how it works. Income inequality is the crime. You want to save Walgreens, fix that. Until that happens, the Fed minimum wage has increased $7 since 1925. Wonder how much my rent would have been in 1925? But, it’s clear you want to demonize the poor- not find solutions.
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Are you saying that in lieu of a raise in minimum wage, we should allow all theft? Doesn’t seem reasonable to me. I’d rather we help raise qol for poor without allowing crime/violence.
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