SF supervisor says lack of tourists has criminals now targeting residents

[PeteS in CA]

SF supervisor says lack of tourists has criminals now targeting residents

https://www.ktvu.com/news/sf-supervisor-says-lack-of-tourists-has-criminals-now-targeting-residents

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco neighborhood is shaken after a close call with a would-be theft was captured on surveillance cameras appearing to case vehicles outside a home in Bernal Heights.

"You can basically see him in the video with the flashlight, you know, going in, looking at the different inside cars and trying to kind of open the door and break into them," said Ben Couillard.
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San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen, District Attorney Chesa Boudin, and the captain of the police department overseeing the area, held a virtual town hall with residents of the community Wednesday night to address their concerns.

They attribute what they say is an increase in crime to "economic desperation" and "tourism has gone down so substantially in San Francisco that criminal rings that targeted tourists in areas that tourists frequent no longer have tourists there," said Supervisor Ronen.

Stuporvisor Hillary Ronen, DA Chesa Boudin, et al were OK with tourists being targeted? Gee, maybe that tolerance of crime against tourists set up the current targeting of residents during a tourism dearth.

[sneakypete]

Da poor bay-bays! They voted for and support this crap,so my heart pumps piss for them. Let them die in the streets and provide food for the illegals that way.

[mountaineer]

This is how a San Francisco Police Commissioner responds to a headline about people moving out due to crime and their dogs nearly dying from accidentally eating human feces.

Here's what was reported by the local newspaper:


Here's the police commissioner's snarky response:


source:

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1361318073064706053

[PeteS in CA]

Anti-police actions by SF city and county government goes back at least into the 90s, the Clinton MalAdministration time frame. Were I in law enforcement I would not, even then, have been willing to be in SFPD. Who in Hades wants to work for a city that condemns you for being "too effective" and condemns you if you back off a little and would-be rioters do riot?

[cato potatoe]

Interesting.  The only time I have suffered a car break-in was a rental ... in San Francisco.

[PeteS in CA]

Interesting.  The only time I have suffered a car break-in was a rental ... in San Francisco.

Between bumping up the $$ threshold for the definition of felony theft, "Progressive" DAs not prosecuting "minor" crimes, and SF practically inviting homeless people to live there car break-ins have been epidemic in SF for years. The big change this past year is that tourism is way down and the thieves have been hitting residents' cars and homes instead.