You can argue about the causes and the effects all you want, but unless you're doing something about it – either moving away, getting involved in policy, or volunteering at a soup kitchen – it's all just more ineffectual, angry talk... the same empty 'someone should do something' talk that has kicked this can down the road for decades now.
Yes, that doesn't mean they are unnecessary. (Quite the opposite, as police also does too much. And similarly the prison system is also so laughably underfunded compared to its size that it almost makes things worse.)
But. And that's the real issue that many people just don't want to see, it's still chronically underfunded (and mismanaged, but getting better management is not going to be cheap).
Great on you if you are... but doesn't exactly solve issues of people being attacked with metal pipes, no?
Explaining that SF is not safe is actually doing something. Because believe it or not, many people still think this violence and crime is no big deal.
Your comment reeks of “stop whining, I didn’t even hit you that hard”.
How long until acceptance of what was once one of the most beautiful cities on earth becoming a cyberpunk opium den? You people are doing your city such a disservice. Fix it sooner, not later.
Complaining about people who are saying its broken is the opposite of fixing it.