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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by Fatnino on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @02:54AM (#35450320)
Shoplifting is not a "violent crime". It was everywhere, out in the open, broad daylight. Ride a bike into a store, ride out with a garbage bag full of stuff, set up a table around the corner and sell what you stole at a discount.

Boudin refused to prosecute any of this.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by fogzen on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:34AM (#35450618)
Boudin's charging rate was not significantly different than other DAs: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/3QGJv/1/

SF has a significantly lower charging rate than other major cities, but there's many factors that go into that (the quality of police work, percentage of defendants that live in the district, etc.).

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