> Sure, in some cases they won't be in the right place at the right time, but that's the price we pay for civilization and progress.

Not coming to the aid of a man who had just been stabbed is "progress"? How would you have felt in his shoes?

This was an extremely predictable and long foreseen outcome of the policies enacted by SF and DA unwilling to enforce the law. Rather than doing the work to understand the critics of these policies, SF just put their head in the sand and called everyone critical of these policies a bigot. Now the chickens are coming home to roost.

The biggest problem with these stupid policies is the chilling effect that remains even if the policies are completely reversed. You can't expect anyone wants to be a police officer after all of the vitriolic hatred and demonization that have culminated to this. This isn't going to be easy to reverse any time in the next 10 - 15 years. Consequently, the think the only feasible path forward to protect the public is vigilantism.