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A comment on San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge. Parent comment

Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by maxlybbert on Saturday May 22, 2021 @12:29AM (#27243480)
The police arrest, gather information, and pass the file to the prosecutor. If the prosecutor decides to drop the case, the police have no say.

If the police hand hundreds of cases to the prosecutor only to have the prosecutor refuse to pursue them, the police get the message.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by lumost on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:03AM (#27247188)
Why doesn't the DA pursue these cases? San Francisco elects their DA. One could even imagine starting a recall campaign over a refusal to prosecute misdemeanors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_San_Francisco_District_At...

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by maxlybbert on Saturday May 22, 2021 @01:12PM (#27248424)
Years ago, I ran across the statement that democracy guarantees voters get the government they deserve. I didn’t take it seriously at the time, but I’ve come around. San Francisco will change when the voters insist on it, but I don’t expect that any time soon.
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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by 5560675260 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:51AM (#27255005)
Each time I hear about this I'm baffled that not prosecuting is a legal option for DA.
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