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I don’t see anyone “progressive” arguing for not prosecuting people who break into cars, or not looking for them, or deprioritizing them. This is hardly a polarizing viewpoint. It’s just a useful dog whistle for certain styles of law and order conservatism.

There IS a progressive effort to prioritize moving forward with felony charges over misdemeanors. Perhaps you got confused?

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There are people in this very thread arguing that they shouldn't be held accountable because of income inequality. The DA not prosecuting those people is entirely political that is driven by what the population of SF wants. So there obviously is a movement not to prosecute those people.

> It’s just a useful dog whistle for certain styles of law and order conservatism.

Oh yes, enforcing the law against property destruction and theft is definitely a dog whistle... O_o

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