The article seems to have forgotten to say what is/are the things one should blame other than two sentences:
- We must work to reduce crime. Investments in the social safety net — providing safety for all — goes far.
- We should be focusing resources on opportunists who intentionally seek out to commit these crimes
but aren't the under-privileged and the opportunists already the ones being blamed? If it is not these groups, what groups are being incorrectly blamed?
He is also the son of Weather Underground terrorists, and a longtime volunteer and apologist for the regime of Hugo Chavez and Nicholas Maduro.
Pondering whether a supporter of communist revolution is committed to his role of defending property rights is not unwarranted as he is implying.
Probably not a good idea to blame a child for the activities of their parents. Makes one seem a bit deranged whenever they start arguing that blood carries criminal behaviors.
This doesn't sound like a very controversial result. What part do you think is controversial?
He ran campaign ads showing that he is qualified to be DA because his experience growing up with incarcerated parents exposed him to the injustice of that system, and hardened his resolve to end it.
It's possible that Chesa's public position is that while prison was not inappropriate, the extreme difference in the sentences was not justified.
I did have the impression that was what he had claimed.
If a conservative talk radio host had made up such a story five years ago about how extreme the San Francisco electorate is, it would be seen as outlandish even by Republicans.
One or the other of us has got wrong information.
I just double checked and read that he was an "unarmed getaway driver" convicted under NY's felony murder law. If this is wrong, that would be good to know.
If you're really so high-strung about innocent people being murdered, you might want to figure out some way to stop paying taxes.
Let's say someone says "gee, that's just too far out to believe". A DA who doesn't believe in putting murderers in prison.
What do you support your statement with? Is it purely "he thinks his parents, who are murderers, should be free"?