There’s a really weird political element in San Francisco which claims this reporting is all a conspiracy. While it’s true the violent crime coverage has been misleading, there has been an unprecedented normalisation of all manner of property crimes in a way that, to this New Yorker, is shocking in its banality. That dismissal of criticism as a conspiracy is thwarting civic discussion on this trend.
The unfortunate effect of this is it’s setting back reasonable police reform movements in other major cities by a decade or more.
The unfortunate effect of this is it’s setting back reasonable police reform movements in other major cities by a decade or more.