Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed to Death in SF

Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by weberer on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:56AM (#35452070)

>SFPD will not arrest them because Boudin refused to prosecute. New DA has not gotten back to me despite repeated attempts.

The same is happening in Philadelphia too. Its sad, because the city was on the upswing in the first half of the 2010's and making a lot of progress on reducing crime. Then a new DA came in and did a complete 180. Now its worse than ever. Look up videos of "Kensington, Philadelphia" on Youtube. Its like Mad Max these days.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by atdrummond on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:11AM (#35452204)

I drove through Kensington twice during my last visit to Philadelphia this past year. It seemed to me a conscious decision by the city to have one open air market that they couldn’t control but at least manage. Sacrifice Kensington and contain the violence and drugs everywhere else.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by ethbr0 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:43AM (#35452444)

Man, that'd make a really good plot point in a show exploring the nuances of policing...

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by syzarian on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:49AM (#35452500)

The Wire is the best TV series in my opinion.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by christkv on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:51AM (#35452525)

So basically the wire.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by beepbooptheory on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:39AM (#35452410)

I live in Philly. "Mad Max" is really pushing it and slightly offensive. It is still, like, society over here. Up until last year my gf worked everyday at a school in Kensington. She was never attacked by raiders or whatever. People everywhere have lives and are doing the best they can with what they've got.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by themaninthedark on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @09:01AM (#35453415)

~ Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes

Some call it slums, some call it nice

I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home

Welcome to paradise ~

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by beepbooptheory on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:59AM (#35456311)

~ And can you hear the sound of hysteria? ~

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