The American public takes certain things for granted. One is that, when a crime occurs, the offender will face meaningful repercussions. Police officers will apprehend the suspect and take him into custody, and he will eventually experience a reasonable consequence for his actions. Innocent people will be made safe, and both victims and perpetrators will receive justice.
It was for failing to do these things that San Franciscans ousted their former district attorney, Chesa Boudin, by a recall vote on June 7. Under his tenure, unchecked crime had affected the city so severely that the facts could no longer be hidden, ignored, or explained away. San Francisco descended into chaos.
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