6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
nytimesAUG 2022
Boudin had to go. It's impossible to separate his progressive policies from the brutal attacks on Asian seniors and smash-and-grab robberies citizens see on the news every night. He's soft on crime and often sides with defendants over victims.
Boudin is being scapegoated. The overall rate of violent crime in SF is close to a historic low, but the facts were no match for the media raising the public's fears by overhyping certain types of crimes, which are then blamed on Boudin's progressive policies.
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