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Re:SF's crime debate turns nasty by cm2187 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @07:52AM (#27760004)
I don't know that it is the case. The front runner for NY DA intends to not prosecute minor offenses [1]

[1] https://www.alvinbragg.com/plans

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Re:SF's crime debate turns nasty by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @08:13AM (#27760201)
> front runner for NY DA intends to not prosecute minor offenses

Bragg is a far cry from Boudin. He is, as a former prosecutor, leading in a field that had Boudinesque candidates, e.g. those with zero prosecutorial experience.

I would actually highlight him as an example of the sort of compromise that seems lacking in San Francisco.

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Re:SF's crime debate turns nasty by thereare5lights on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @02:25PM (#27764252)
If you actually look at the list he plans to not prosecute for

https://www.alvinbragg.com/declination

they make sense.

Contrast that with one of Boudin's policies

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/24/da-critics-say-anti-d...

and then think about the drug abuse problem that is prevalent in SF.

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Re:SF's crime debate turns nasty by bradleyjg on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @08:00AM (#27760086)
The next mayor is an ex-cop though. The woman that came in second explicitly rejected “defund the police”.
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