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lol, that's pretty easy to do when you just stop prosecuting people. Same way graduation rates increase if you just stop failing people. Who cares about the actual purpose of institutions or whether goals are being achieved, just make sure the numbers are what we want
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I’m curious how many people would agree with this comment. If Chesa and his policies are not considered far left, who/what is? It seems that his polices were on the extreme end of the progressive spectrum, and that both his supporters and critics would agree with that statement.
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Many of the violent criminals Chesa freed would be arrested in any other nation. Chesa is definitely "far left" on crime
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As I understand it, Boudin barely eked out a win to begin with. Philadelphia is about twice the size of San Francisco, which has outsized visibility in our political culture but is in fact about the size of Nashville. Philly overwhelmingly reelected its progressive prosecutor. There's something to be said for the idea that, ideology aside, you also just have to seem good at the actual job; the job is not simply a ser…
> There's still a lot of room --- and actual bipartisan support! --- for CJ reform in US politics To expand on this: there are legions of non-violent, opportunistic crimes that put young Americans in jail only to release them years later unskilled, difficult to hire and possibly disenfranchised. At the same time, hosts of violent crimes carry relatively short sentences with no attempts at rehabilitation. And all sort…
The teenager crimes--drugs & petty thievery--are cut & dry, no contracts, no fine print, yes & no answers. "Did you, or did you not, take the bicycle?" White collar crime--unless the perpetrator was extraordinarily careless--can consume orders-of-magnitude more legal time, & requires more specialized/knowledgeable judges & attorneys (who are obviously in short supply).
Most municipalities fund their district attorney's office begrudgingly. Say some madman of a DA decided to put JP Morgan in his sights. How well will he fare against them with his 2nd/3rd tier attorneys on a shoestring budget?
The legal system is our sublimation of "might makes right". Established white collar criminals have sufficient might.
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you're right. There is no far left.
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I’m curious how many people would agree with this comment. If Chesa and his policies are not considered far left, who/what is? It seems that his polices were on the extreme end of the progressive spectrum, and that both his supporters and critics would agree with that statement.
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I’m curious how many people would agree with this comment. If Chesa and his policies are not considered far left, who/what is? It seems that his polices were on the extreme end of the progressive spectrum, and that both his supporters and critics would agree with that statement.
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Looks like having a DA raised by Weather Underground was too much, even for San Francisco: " Boudin fell in love with David Gilbert in the 1970s and gave birth to their son Chesa in 1980. When her son was 14 months old, she was arrested and subsequently incarcerated for murder and bank robbery. Her son was raised by former Weatherman leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. "
It is disingenuous to say Weather Underground had anything to do with this recall. San Francisco voters knew of his parents' background back in 2019, and still gave him a chance. Ultimately he was kicked out due to his performance (or lack thereof).
It is not "disingenuous" to attribute his recall to WU. It is common sense.
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/shoplifters-walking-into...