This thread is a bizarre read. The challenges involved with humanely detaining violent offenders with severe mental illness, ordering & compelling treatment, etc., are not new. SF is a very rich city within a very rich state with exceptionally strong public services, inc medical.https://twitter.com/GeorgeGascon/status/1162372342359527424 …
so... the state should just be able to incarcerate people without any kind of process? what is your alternative?
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I'm not sure how to respond to this. Are you suggesting that we *don't* already evaluate and involuntarily hold people who are deemed a threat to themselves or others? Bail can and should be denied when their release would present an ongoing threat to the people around them.
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I'm not sure how to respond to the fact that you clearly didn't understand what the DA said, which is that they advocated against releasing this person (but also simultaneously want to educate the public that jail isn't the solution to mental health issues.)
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it’s not okay, which is why we argued against his being released. We don’t have authority to make pretrial release decisions.