Yes and they rushed to cast this tragedy as part of an imagined crime epidemic.
There are some good contributors to the Chronicle, but they skew fairly conservative for SF and have for a long time.
There are some good contributors to the Chronicle, but they skew fairly conservative for SF and have for a long time.
Is the SF/Bay Area really having an "imagined" crime epidemic? Serious question. Seems the crime rate is very high
Urban decay is happening all across this country and it needs to be addressed aggressively before you or someone you know gets stabbed to death.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/us/san-francisco-crime-bob-le...
Anyway I agree we need to get aggressive, but a lot of folks thinks that means more cops. We spend a hell of a lot on police, but police don't address the root causes of most crimes.
We need to aggressively invest in urban areas with new housing, job opportunities, drug treatment, gang disruption, violence interruption, mental health care, and other meaningful interventions in the cycles and circumstances that lead people to commit crime.