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Re:70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has de... by IG_Semmelweiss on Saturday July 03, 2021 @08:31PM (#27726259)
i dont understand you at all - chesa boudin is in favor of letting all the "non violent" criminals you mention , to avoid jail time and prosecution.

He's more of the same SF lawyer we had for decades , but on steroids? What is expected to change exactly?

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Re:70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has de... by ergocoder on Saturday July 03, 2021 @08:34PM (#27726290)
Yeah but different stages require different attitudes.

10y ago, this wasn't an issue, so it was okay.

Now it is an issue.. but we double down on this same approach, which makes it even worse.

Sociological problem like this is tricky to solve. SF residents believe that restorative justice will eventually win in the end, so we should cheer for them to follow through with this experiment.

Whether it will work or not, we will all get to learn. For an outsider, we will get to learn without investing much.

I don't think it will work, but I'm not an expert here, and I would love to know the result of the experiment.

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Re:70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has de... by zozbot234 on Saturday July 03, 2021 @08:57PM (#27726451)
> SF residents believe that restorative justice will eventually win in the end, so we should cheer for them to follow through with this experiment.

Doesn't restorative justice usually involve restoration, though? As in, making victims "whole" by paying them fair compensation for the harm they've incurred? How often does that happen in SF?

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Re:70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has de... by creamytaco on Saturday July 03, 2021 @08:51PM (#27726417)
You are already seeing the result of this multi-year experiment. At what point does one lift the veil from his/her eyes? Does the entire city need to become a no-go zone?

It won't take long.

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