JUST IN: A recall against San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin will very likely reach voters by mid next year. Campaign organizers beat the Oct. 25 submission deadline, and city officials now have 30 days to validate the signatures.https://trib.al/fUIhcOd
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Replying to @sfchronicle
The last straw for me was when someone shot up our block for no reason. My neighbor witnessed this and was so traumatized she was hospitalized. They are mostly seniors who don’t need to live the rest of their lives in fear.
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Replying to @GhostofEdie @sfchronicle
How in the world is that Chesa’s fault? What would you propose he do as crime skyrockets across the US? And what impacts do you think your proposals might have on other communities? I think your anger is misdirected.
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The fact that drug dealers operate with impunity in the Tenderloin is more than enough reason to recall Chesa.
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He’s offering a different approach to addressing issues in our society, but he can’t do it alone. His role is to refuse to use law to punish people for system failures. It’s the state, Mayor Breeds and the BOS’ responsibility to pass laws that support effective responses.
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Replying to @JJ_Harvill @Tenderloin94109 and
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@chesaboudin’s approach -“His role is to refuse to use law to punish people for system failures”- into plain English: “Criminals are not criminals. They’re victims of the system. Therefore I will treat them w/kid gloves - if innocents get hurt: too bad, so sad.”3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @WeideKarsten @Tenderloin94109 and
The approach you’re suggesting is a continuation on the war on drugs. It’s BEEN the strategy for 50 years of SF politics, and SF topped the charts in crime, homelessness, and drug use BEFORE Chesa. Your approach failed because you think you solve poverty with guns. You do not.
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Replying to @JJ_Harvill @Tenderloin94109 and
Yes. The war on drugs has failed. And we have an immediate crisis on our hands that long-term kumbaya policies will not stop. 200 COVID deaths - we shut everything down. 700 dead addicts - we are content to climb over their dead bodies on the way to lunch. Literally. CONT’D
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Replying to @WeideKarsten @JJ_Harvill and
The time has come for tough, unpopular measures. Jail drug dealers and put addicts before the choice: rehab or jail.
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You can say that enforcing drug laws has “failed”, but we just ran Chesa’s social experiment in non-prosecution and found it to be a far worse, truly horrifying, epic failure.
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