I watched a motorcycle sideshow in Haight last weekend and wondered what the police could have done that wouldn't escalate into a high speed chase through the city. Generally, are there safe/effective interventions? Or is surveil, track and prosecute later the best option?
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Replying to @jrwiese @chesaboudin
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@chesaboudin won't prosecute them for that activity. Hr wouldn't even prosecute a viscous assault and battery on video when the attacker said he'd apologize... It's total hypocrisy.2 replies 1 retweet 26 likes -
Replying to @LWYERUP @chesaboudin
I haven't seen a single decision Chesa's made that I disagree with. Or anything hypocritical.
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His outrage about the cops not intervening in this sideshow is hypocritical
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How so?
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He directed that his office will not prosecute cases arising from pretext police stops. Pretext police stops are literally intervention in low-level crime with the goal of preventing more serious crime. Now he’s criticizing the cops for not intervening in low-level crime.
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I disagree, but appreciate you responding. Pretextual stops are a form of profiling. By definition- pretending one reason to hide another. A tactic that’s primarily targeted people of color. Almost always ineffective. And rightly creates distrust between those profiled and police
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Define “pretending”. Pretext stops have been ruled lawful in case law because they are based on the commission of an offense regardless of whether that offense is related to the eventual arrest.
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The last time it happened to me, the officer pulled alongside me and looked at me. Then fell back. I signaled and turned. He pulled me over and told me I didn’t use my signal long enough, 5 seconds instead of 10. Then asked if I had drugs and told me he needed to search my car.
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Replying to @jrwiese @nbay2nbeach and
He “pretended” to intervene to warn me about the required signal time. His actual reason, I presume, was his suspicion based on how I looked that I might be trafficking drugs.
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It has the same problems as stop and frisk policies. To quote judge Scheindlin (on S&F), “In practice, the policy encourages the targeting of young black and Hispanic men based on their prevalence in local crime complaints. This is a form of racial profiling.”
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