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Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
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Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#712Bob was a good friend, tried to hire me numerous tries at Square, and was my next door neighbor for 3 years. I knew him well and spent a lot of time with him. He will be dearly missed. I have been told from very well placed sources in the US Intelligence community this is probably a hit. That being said, I left San Francisco in 2018 because I was worried I would eventually become the random murder that would finally…
> I have been told from very well placed sources in the US Intelligence community this is probably a hit.
Targeted hits and random street crime are quite different, no?
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#713I don't see what's wrong with SF. /sarcasm
SF is the people's choice, no? The people in SF elected DAs who release booked violent criminals right away, multiple times. The people in SF elected politicians who told us, repeatedly and publicly, that looting is a way for people to express their anger or looters were hungry, and violent criminals are victims and questioning their policies are homophobic and racism. The people in SF elected politicians who could stand up projects in the name of helping homeless at cost of more than $100K per homeless person per year. That's $100K equivalent of after-tax income of a normal fucking American! The people in SF elected school board members who dumbed down curriculums. The people in SF painted "kill techies" on streets of SF and the people cheered it.
And most important of all, per the comments here, SF is fine and violent crimes are just the right's wild accusation.
So, what's wrong again?
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
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Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#715I have commented on SF threads before regarding the violent crime. I don't think we have figured out if this was premeditated or not, but either way, SF is becoming incredibly dangerous. Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent crime. Many of my friends have taken their remote gigs and left SF in the last 3 years. What's the point in rolling the dice every time you walk outsid…
> neutered police force The police are on strike and that's all there is to it. They haven't been "neutered". SF has an average number of sworn personnel for cities of its size, 23 per 10k residents. No city has figured out how to attack the problem of police productivity, except arguably Camden NJ.
I’m guessing it’s a thinly veiled reference to the fictional idea that if you steal less then $1,000 worth of valuables in CA you won’t be prosecuted. It’s constantly brought up by people like Charlie Kirk (who tweeted it as early as three days ago.)
For the record, that isn’t true, it’s where they set the threshold for a crime being treated as a high class of misdemeanor or felony (I can’t remember which) and how stiff the sentence is. I live in AZ and our dollar amount threshold for the same types of crime are actually higher than California’s but no one tries to say that you can “walk out of a CVS with $X and there’s no penalty” because some people are just looking to tear down CA, not actually discuss policy and it’s impacts.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#716Honestly this city is a pathetic embarrassment to the United States. The most powerful, richest country in the world, and our second most expensive city is a dilapidated unsafe shithole where our societal leaders get murdered on 1-day business trips. I’ve been on the fence about moving up to SF for a year but I think this might seal the deal to keep me living in South Bay. Shame on people who continue to work their brains into overtime trying to justify the city’s policies as they currently exist.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
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They haven't even caught the guy, which implies it was a random homeless person.
I'm sorry, but... no. No it doesn't.
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> which implies it was a random homeless person
any other sources supporting this notion? it sounds reckless which is understandable from an emotional point of view, but nonetheless demeaning for homeless people and unproductive for justice.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#719Bob was a good friend, tried to hire me numerous tries at Square, and was my next door neighbor for 3 years. I knew him well and spent a lot of time with him. He will be dearly missed. I have been told from very well placed sources in the US Intelligence community this is probably a hit. That being said, I left San Francisco in 2018 because I was worried I would eventually become the random murder that would finally…
What evidence indicates that it was a hit?
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> They haven't even caught the guy, which implies it was a random homeless person.
That is a ludricous comment. It's been less than 48 hours, I'd wager it's not unusual for the police not to have made any arrests at this point.