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What is even arguably the point of this @sfchronicle story? That we should assume anyone who tries to steal a cell phone is going to shoot their mother?
This is dangerous, fearmongering journalism in its purest form. It's got it all. 1/ https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Man-accused-of-killing-mother-in-Sacramento-was-15897826.php
This is dangerous, fearmongering journalism in its purest form. It's got it all. 1/ https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Man-accused-of-killing-mother-in-Sacramento-was-15897826.php
Does it vilify a progressive DA with irrelevant quotes from political opponents? You bet it does!
Does it bury the fact that the assumed premise of the entire article -- Boudin's charging decision led to this outcome -- has no basis in fact whatsoever? Indeed it does.
Don't forget about omitting inconvenient facts that might cloud the speculative chain of causation between Boudin and a homicide, such as that sheriff's deputies arrived 20 mins before the shooting and then left. From the SacBee: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article248620835.html
Finally, does it ignore the devastating harm of mass incarceration and suggest that caging people accused of minor property crimes is a sensible and not repeatedly disproven way of addressing violence? Uh, yeah, it fucking does.
